Limitations on authority
C.R.S. § 12-285-108
in effect12-285-108. 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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