Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25. Health § 25-3.5-207. Ability of certified or licensed emergency medical service providers to work in clinical settings--restrictions--definitions--rules

(a) “Clinical setting” means a health facility licensed or certified by the department pursuant to section 25-1.5-103(1)(a).

(b) “In-scope tasks and procedures” means tasks and procedures performed by an emergency medical service provider within the emergency medical service provider's scope of practice.

(c) “Interfacility transport” means the movement of a patient from one licensed health-care facility to another licensed health-care facility.

(d) “Medical supervision” means the oversight, guidance, and instructions that a medical supervisor provides to an emergency medical service provider.

(e) “Medical supervisor” means a Colorado-licensed physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or certified midwife.

(f) “Scope of practice” means the tasks, medications, and procedures that an emergency medical service provider is authorized to perform or administer in accordance with sections 25-3.5-203 and 25-3.5-206 and rules promulgated pursuant to those sections.

(a) The emergency medical service provider may perform only tasks and procedures that are within the emergency medical service provider's applicable scope of practice;

(b) The emergency medical service provider shall perform in-scope tasks and procedures pursuant to orders or instructions from, and under the medical supervision of, a medical supervisor;

(c) Medical supervision must be provided by a medical supervisor who is immediately available and physically present at the clinical setting where the care is being delivered to provide oversight, guidance, or instruction to the emergency medical service provider during the emergency medical service provider's performance of in-scope tasks and procedures;

(d) The medical supervisor of the emergency medical service provider must be licensed in good standing; and

(e) Each clinical setting at which an emergency medical service provider performs in-scope tasks and procedures pursuant to this section shall, in collaboration with its medical staff, establish operating policies and procedures that ensure that emergency medical service providers perform tasks and procedures and administer medications within their scope of practice.