Colorado § 24-60-3102 - Definitions.
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§ 24-60-3102. Definitions.
As used in this part 31, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Department" means the department of regulatory agencies, created in section 24-1-122.
(2) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(3) "Medicine" or "medical practice" has the same meaning as "practice of medicine" as defined in section 12-240-107.
(4) "Nursing" or "nursing practice" includes both the practice of practical nursing and the practice of professional nursing as set forth in section 12-255-104 (9) and (10), respectively; except that nothing in this part 31 shall be construed to authorize nurses to deliver services outside their scope of practice.
(5) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.
Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 577, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2019: (3) and (4) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1693, § 133, effective October 1.
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