(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person shall not practice physical therapy unless the person purchases and maintains professional liability insurance of at least one million dollars per claim and at least three million dollars per year for all claims, unless the corporation that employs the physical therapist maintains the insurance required by section 12-285-131 if the insurance covers at least one million dollars per claim and at least three million dollars per year.
The board may by rule establish lesser financial responsibility standards for a class ofphysical therapists whose practice does not require the level of public protection established by subsection (1) of this section. The board shall not establish greater financial responsibility standards than those established in subsection (1) of this section.
This section does not apply to a physical therapist who is a public employee actingwithin the course and scope of the public employee's duties and who is granted immunity under the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article 10 of title 24.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1514, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-41-114.5 as it existed prior to 2019.