12-285-108. Limitations on authority

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CO Code › Title 12 › Article 285 › Part 1 › Section 12-285-108

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12-285-108. Limitations on authority. (1) Nothing in this article 285 authorizes a physical therapist to perform any of the following acts:

(a) Practice of medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as authorized by the provisions of this article 285; or

(b) Use of roentgen rays and radioactive materials for therapeutic purposes; the use of electricity for surgical purposes; or the diagnosis of disease.

(2) Nothing in this section prevents a physical therapist from making a physical therapy diagnosis within the physical therapist's scope of practice.

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