{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-285-108","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 12-285-108","heading":"Limitations on authority.","body":"(1) Nothing in this article 285 authorizes a physical therapist to perform any of the following acts:\n\n(a) Practice of medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as authorized by the provisions of this article 285; or\n\n(b) Use of roentgen rays and radioactive materials for therapeutic purposes; the use of electricity for surgical purposes; or the diagnosis of disease.\n\n(2) Nothing in this section prevents a physical therapist from making a physical therapy diagnosis within the physical therapist's scope of practice.","path":["Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","Article 285 - Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants","Part 1 - PHYSICAL THERAPISTS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-12.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"5b3e55c63ca42369aa98f13d83af7b64e14fb64b777d18bdca4c1c0e0b09d09a","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-285-107","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-285-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}