What follows below is the complete text of Subsection (7) of the Colorado Natural Health Consumer Protection Act. It describes in detail the limitations placed upon the scope of practice for Alternative and Complementary Health practitioners in Colorado. Please review it carefully as you craft and advertise your Ayurvedic offerings publicly. click here to read this important document in its entirety SUBSECTION (6)
A COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTITION PROVIDING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES UNDER THIS SECTION WHO IS NOT LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR REGISTERED BY THE STATE SHALL NOT: (a) PERFORM SURGERY OR ANY INVASIVE PROCEDURE, INCLUDING A PROCEDURE THAT REQUIRES ENTRY INTO THE BODY THROUGH SKIN, PUNCTURE, MUCOSA, INCISION, OR OTHER INTRUSIVE METHOD, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER PARAGRAPH (g) OF THIS SUBSECTION (6); (b) ADMINISTER OR PRESCRIBE X RAY RADIATION TO ANOTHER PERSON; (c) PRESCRIBE, ADMINISTER, INJECT, DISPENSE, SUGGEST, OR RECOMMEND A PRESCRIPTION OR LEGEND DRUG OR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR DEVICE IDENTIFIED IN THE FEDERAL "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT", 21 U.S.C. SEC. 801 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED; (d) USE GENERAL OR SPINAL ANESTHETICS, OTHER THAN TOPICAL ANESTHETICS; (e) ADMINISTER IONIZING RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES; (f) USE A LASER DEVICE THAT PUNCTURES THE SKIN, INCISES THE BODY, OR IS OTHERWISE USED AS AN INVASIVE INSTRUMENT. IF A COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER USES A LASER DEVICE AS A NONINVASIVE INSTRUMENT, THE LASER DEVICE MUST BE CLEARED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER USE. (g) PERFORM ENEMAS OR COLONIC IRRIGATION UNLESS THE COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER:
(h) PRACTICE MIDWIFERY; (i) PRACTICE PSYCHOTHERAPY, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 12-43-201 (9), C.R.S.; (j) PERFORM SPINAL ADJUSTMENT, MANIPULATION, OR MOBILIZATION; (k) PROVIDE OPTOMETRIC PROCEDURES OR INTERVENTIONS THAT CONSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 40 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S.; (l) DIRECTLY ADMINISTER MEDICAL PROTOCOLS TO A PREGNANT WOMAN OR TO A CLIENT WHO HAS CANCER; (m) TREAT A CHILD WHO IS UNDER TWO YEARS OF AGE; (n) TREAT A CHILD WHO IS TWO YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT LESS THAN EIGHT YEARS OF AGE UNLESS THE COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER:
(o) PROVIDE DENTAL PROCEDURES OR INTERVENTIONS THAT CONSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 35 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S.; (p) SET FRACTURES; (q) PRACTICE OR REPRESENT THAT HE OR SHE IS PRACTICING MASSAGE THERAPY, WHICH, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
(r) PROVIDE A CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL DISEASE DIAGNOSIS TO A CLIENT; (s) RECOMMEND THE DISCONTINUATION OF A COURSE OF CARE, INCLUDING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED OR PRESCRIBED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL; OR (t) HOLD ONESELF OUT AS, STATE, INDICATE, ADVERTISE, OR IMPLY TO A CLIENT OR PROSPECTIVE CLIENT THAT HE OR SHE IS A PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, OR BOTH, OR THAT HE OR SHE IS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR REGISTERED BY THE STATE.
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