SB13-215: Colorado Natural Health Consumer Protection Act

• Exempts unlicensed complementary and alternative health care practitioners from state regulation if they comply with disclosure requirements and practice limitations.

• Requires practitioners to provide written disclosures to clients including their name, credentials, services offered, and recommendation to discuss treatments with licensed physicians.

• Prohibits unlicensed practitioners from performing surgery, prescribing drugs, administering anesthetics, practicing midwifery or psychotherapy, performing spinal adjustments, and other regulated medical procedures.

• Allows enemas and colonic irrigation only if the practitioner maintains board certification through specified organizations and discloses their non-physician status to clients.

• Designates violations as deceptive trade practices subject to enforcement under Colorado consumer protection laws; allows practitioners with revoked licenses or felony convictions related to health care to be barred from providing these services.