C.R.S. § 24-60-3102

As used in this part 31, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Department” means the department of regulatory agencies, created in section 24-1-122 . (2) “Executive director” means the executive director of the department. (3) “Medicine” or “medical practice” has the same meaning as “practice of medicine” as defined in section 12-240-107 . (4) “Nursing” or “nursing practice” includes both the practice of practical nursing and the practice of professional nursing as set forth in section 12-255-104 (9) and (10), respectively; except that nothing in this part 31 shall be construed to authorize nurses to deliver services outside their scope of practice. (5) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.