Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-240-122
Prescriptions - requirement to advise patients
Colorado · Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12 — Professions and Occupations · Status: effective
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- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-240-122, Prescriptions - requirement to advise patients, Colorado, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2290865
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(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.