Colorado good-faith exam for med spas

Good-faith examination in Colorado

⚠️ read the limit on this section first. article 240 imposes no pre-treatment examination requirement — but the Colorado Medical Board’s rules (3 CCR 713) are published on a host whose robots.txt disallows the rule-display endpoint, so WE HAVE NOT READ THEM and claim no absence about them. What follows is what the STATUTE provides.

• ⚠️ ARTICLE 240 imposes no pre-treatment examination duty. The Colorado Medical Practice Act was surveyed in full for this entry. Its only uses of “physical examination” are in § 12-240-125, where the BOARD compels an examination of a licensee and restricts the use of the results; its only uses of “good faith” are a board examiner’s findings and a reporting immunity; and “physician-patient” appears only as a reference to the evidentiary privilege. No provision requires a history, examination, diagnosis or treatment plan before prescribing or treating. ⚠️ read that strictly — it is a statement about ARTICLE 240, not about Colorado: the Medical Board’s rules at 3 CCR 713 sit on a host whose robots.txt disallows the rule-display endpoint, and no absence is claimed for them.

  Colo. Rev. Stat. art. 240 of tit. 12, surveyed in full; the examination provisions are at § 12-240-125 · verified Sep 2, 2026

• The general standard is a single ground with no injury requirement: “Any act or omission that fails to meet generally accepted standards of medical practice” is unprofessional conduct. Colorado states the duty at that level of generality rather than enumerating steps, which means a med spa is measured against prevailing practice rather than against a checklist it can complete.

  Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-240-121(1)(j) · verified Sep 2, 2026

• Telemedicine is inside the definition and outside any discount. “The delivery of telemedicine” is itself the practice of medicine, and separately “any act or omission in the practice of telemedicine that fails to meet generally accepted standards of medical practice” is its own ground for unprofessional conduct. The remote consult is medicine and is held to the same standard.

  Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-240-107(1)(g); § 12-240-121(1)(aa) · verified Sep 2, 2026

• The prescribing ground is framed by PURPOSE rather than by procedure: “Administering, dispensing, or prescribing any habit-forming drug or any controlled substance … other than in the course of legitimate professional practice” is unprofessional conduct. “In the course of legitimate professional practice” is where a Colorado prescribing dispute is actually decided.

  Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-240-121(1)(c) · verified Sep 2, 2026

Recent Colorado changes

• CO HB1024: Medical-Aesthetic Services Delegation DisclosuresApr 7, 2025