Colorado § 12-240-122 - Prescriptions - requirement to advise patients.
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§ 12-240-122. Prescriptions - requirement to advise patients.
(1) A physician or physician assistant licensed under this article 240 may advise the physician's or the physician assistant's patients of their option to have the symptom or purpose for which a prescription is being issued included on the prescription order.
(2) A physician's or a physician assistant's failure to advise a patient under subsection (1) of this section shall not be grounds for any disciplinary action against the physician's or the physician assistant's professional license issued under this article 240. Failure to advise a patient pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not be grounds for any civil action against a physician or physician assistant in a negligence or tort action, nor shall the failure be evidence in any civil action against a physician or a physician assistant.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1195, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2023: (1) amended, (SB 23-083), ch. 114, p. 413, § 4, effective August 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-36-117.5 as it existed prior to 2019.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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