§ 12-295-109 — Approved psychiatric technician education program

Colorado § 12-295-109

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Psychiatric Technicians

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(1) (a)
Any institution within the state of Colorado desiring to conduct an approved
preservice psychiatric technician education program may apply to the board and
submit evidence that it is prepared to carry out a psychiatric technician curriculum
that contains theoretical content and clinical practice to prepare the psychiatric
technician student to care for clients with intellectual and developmental
disabilities or behavioral or mental health disorders in institutional and community
settings.

(b) Content in a psychiatric technician education program must include but is
not limited to:

(I) Fundamental nursing principles and skills;

(II) Growth and developmental and other physical and behavioral skills;

(III) Intellectual and developmental disabilities theory and rehabilitation
nursing principles and skills if the technician is to be licensed to care for clients
with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and

(IV) Psychopathology and psychiatric nursing principles and skills if the
technician is to be licensed to care for clients with behavioral or mental health
disorders.

(2) A survey of the institution and its entire psychiatric technician education
program shall be made by the executive secretary or other authorized board
employee. The survey may be conducted in conjunction with an authorized
consultant appointed by the board. The persons making the survey shall submit a
written report of the survey to the board. One or more board members may
participate in any survey.

(3) If the requirements of this article 295 for an approved psychiatric
technician education program are met, the board must approve the institution as a
psychiatric technician educational program for psychiatric technicians for work
with patients with mental health disorders or intellectual and developmental
disabilities, and the approval is valid for so long as the institution meets the
requirements of this article 295.

(4) The board shall examine, from time to time, the approved psychiatric
technician education programs of all institutions in the state with approved
programs. The executive secretary or other authorized representative of the board
shall conduct the examinations and submit the examination results to the board in
the form of written reports. If the board determines that an institution with an
approved psychiatric technician education program is not maintaining the
standards required by this article 295, the board shall serve notice of its
determination in writing, specifying the defect, on the institution by certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested. If the institution receiving the notice
fails, within one year after mailing of the notice, to correct the conditions
complained of in the notice, the board shall revoke the institution's authority to
conduct an approved psychiatric technician education program. An institution has
the right, at any time before the expiration of one year from the date it receives the
notice, to demand and be granted a hearing before the board. In case of a demand,
the board shall not take action until after the hearing.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1572, � 1, effective October 1; (1)(a), (3), and (4) amended, (SB 19-154), ch. 169, p. 1976, � 15, effective October 1.