As used in this article 295, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Approved psychiatric technician education program" means a course of training conducted by a school for the training of psychiatric technicians carrying out the basic curriculum prescribed by this article 295 and approved by the board.
"Board" means the state board of nursing created in section 12-255-105.
"Person" includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
"Practice as a psychiatric technician" means the performance for compensation ofselected acts requiring interpersonal and technical skills and includes the administering of selected treatments and selected medications prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist, in the care of and in the observation and recognition of symptoms and reactions of a patient with a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability under the direction of a licensed physician and the supervision of a registered professional nurse. The selected acts in the care of a patient with a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability must not require the substantial specialized skill, judgment, and knowledge required in professional nursing.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1570, § 1, effective October 1; (1) amended, (SB 19-154), ch. 169, p. 1975, § 11, effective October 1.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 12-42-102 as it existed prior to 2019.
(2) Before its relocation in 2019, this section was amended in SB 19-154. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of this title 12, effective October 1, 2019. For those amendments to the former section in effect from July 1, 2019, to October 1, 2019, see SB 19-154, chapter 169, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.