DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES Colorado Podiatry Board RULE 125 – PODIATRY SCOPE EXPANSION RULES – ADMINISTRATION OF VACCINATIONS 3 CCR 712-20 [Editor’s Notes follow the text of the rules at the end of this CCR Document.] _________________________________________________________________________ 20.1 STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE A. Basis. Through Executive Order D 2021 008, Governor Jared Polis temporarily suspended the emergency rulemaking authorities for the Colorado Podiatry Board (“Board”) set forth in section 24-1-122(3)(m)(II), C.R.S., and directed the Executive Director of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (“DORA”), through the Director of the Division of Professions and Occupations (Division Director), to promulgate and issue temporary emergency rules consistent with the Executive Order. The basis for these emergency rules is Executive Order D 2021 008 issued by Governor Jared Polis pursuant to the State of Emergency Declaration found in Executive Orders D 2020 003, D 2020 018, D 2020 032, D 2020 058, D 2020 076, D 2020 109, D 2020 125, D 2020 152, D 2020 176, D 2020 205, D 2020 234, D 2020 258, D 2020 264, D 2020 268, D 2020 284, D 2020 290, and D 2020 296, Article IV, Section 2 of the Colorado Constitution, and the Colorado Disaster Emergency Act, sections 24-33.5-701, et. seq., C.R.S. B. Purpose. These Emergency Rules are adopted by the Executive Director of DORA, through the Division Director, to effectuate Executive Order D 2021 008 directing the immediate expansion of the workforce of trained medical personnel available to administer the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations within inpatient facilities and outpatient settings due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Colorado.

20.2 EXPANDED SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR PODIATRISTS PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER D 2021 008 A. Podiatrists may administer the COVID-19 vaccination while working in a hospital, inpatient facility or outpatient setting as delegated by physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, certified registered nurse anesthetists, or professional nurses. 1. Podiatrists are authorized to perform this delegated service upon adequate cross-training as determined necessary by the hospital, inpatient facility, or outpatient setting. 2. Podiatrists shall not accept delegation of this service if the licensee does not possess the knowledge, skill or training to perform.

3. Podiatrists shall not perform this delegated service if the licensee does not possess the knowledge, skill or training to perform.

4. This delegated service shall not be re-delegated to another person or licensee by the delegatee.

5. Podiatrists shall not prescribe, order, or select the COVID-19 vaccination regardless of delegation.

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