Colorado § 12-255-208 - Medication aides - training - scope of duties - rules.
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§ 12-255-208. Medication aides - training - scope of duties - rules.
(1) Prior to a certified nurse aide obtaining authority as a medication aide to administer medications, the certified nurse aide shall meet all applicable requirements as established by rules of the board. The board shall promulgate rules regarding the scope of practice, education, experience, and certification requirements for a nurse aide to obtain authority to administer medications. The board shall consider, but not be limited to, reducing the number of required hours of education, expanding the allowable routes of administration, reducing or eliminating the required hours of work experience, and developing different scopes of practice depending on practice setting, if appropriate.
(2) The board shall promulgate rules regarding the supervision requirements for a medication aide, the requirements for a registered nurse to perform a patient assessment before a medication aide administers medications to the patient, and requirements for a registered nurse to review medications to be administered by a medication aide.
(3) The administration of medications by medication aides does not alter any requirement or limitation applicable to the delegation of nursing tasks pursuant to section 12-255-131.
Source: L. 2020: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 688, § 29, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-260-113 as it existed prior to 2020.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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