C.R.S. § 12-315-302: Veterinarian-client-patient relationship - telemedicine.

(1) Only a licensed veterinarian may establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship in this state.

(2) (a) A veterinarian-client-patient relationship must be established by an in-person, physical examination of the animal or timely visits to the premises where the animal is kept.

(b) A veterinary specialist may use telecommunications technology to see a patient under another veterinarian's previously established veterinarian-client-patient relationship pursuant to section 12-315-306.

(3) An established veterinarian-client-patient relationship may be maintained through examinations that occur using telecommunications technology in between appropriate in-person, physical examinations or visits to the premises where the patient is kept.