C.R.S. § 12-295-103: Definitions.

As used in this article 295, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Approved psychiatric technician education program" means a course of training conducted by a school for the training of psychiatric technicians carrying out the basic curriculum prescribed by this article 295 and approved by the board.

(2) "Board" means the state board of nursing created in section 12-255-105.

(3) "Person" includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.

(4) "Practice as a psychiatric technician" means the performance for compensation of selected acts requiring interpersonal and technical skills and includes the administering of selected treatments and selected medications prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist, in the care of and in the observation and recognition of symptoms and reactions of a patient with a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability under the direction of a licensed physician and the supervision of a registered professional nurse. The selected acts in the care of a patient with a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability must not require the substantial specialized skill, judgment, and knowledge required in professional nursing.