Notice Designed to Comply with the Colorado Natural Health Consumer Protection
Act as promulgated in SB 13-215 signed into law on June 5, 2013
***All clients must read, understand, agree, and sign this disclosure***
Colon Hydrotherapy services provided at this center comply with the Colorado Health Freedom Act. Before seeking colon hydrotherapy, we recommend you seek the advice of your healthcare provider or primary care physician. In compliance with this act, we must advise you:
- There are NO licensed physicians at this center, and the individual performing colon hydrotherapy is ONLY a colon hydrotherapist; they are not a physician. This means and implies that they cannot and will not:
(1) Preform surgery or another invasive procedure, including a procedure that requires entry into body through the skin, puncture, mucosa, incision, or other intrusive method.(2) Administer or prescribe X-ray radiation to another person.(3) Prescribe, administer, inject, dispense, suggest, or recommend a prescription of or legend drug or controlled substance or device identified in the Federal "Controlled Substance Act" 21 U.S.C. Sec 801 Et Seq., as amended.(4) Use general or spinal anesthetics other than topical anesthetics.(5) Use a laser device that punctures the skin, incises the body, or otherwise used an invasive instrument.(6) Practice midwifery.(7) Practice psychotherapy.(8) Preform spinal adjustment, manipulation or mobilization.(9) Provide Optometric Procedures or interventions that constitute the practice of optometry.(10) Directly administer medical protocols to a pregnant woman or to client who has cancer.(ll) Treat a child who is under the legal adult age of eighteen years.(12) Provide dental procedures or interventions that constitute the practice of dentistry.(13) Set fractures.(14) Provide conventional medical disease diagnosis to a client.(15) Recommend the discontinuation of a course of care including a prescription drug that was recommend or prescribed by a health care professional.(16) Hold oneself out as or indicate, advertise, or imply to a client or prospective client that he is a physician, surgeon, or both, or that he is a health care professional who is licensed, certified, or registered by the state.
- Colon Hydrotherapy is an elective alternative or complementary to the healing arts services licensed by the state.
- The services of Colon Hydrotherapy and therapists that provide the services are not licensed by the state of Colorado.
- The session of Colon Hydrotherapy includes the following procedures:
(1) The client will insert and retract the speculum. (2) Warm (temperature and pressure-controlled) water will flow into the colon, softening the fecal material, which will be released through normal peristalsis into the sewer through tubing.
(3) Your dignity and modesty will be maintained always. (4) I am a member of I-ACT and the National Board for Colon Hydrotherapy.
- The therapy or treatment upon which colon hydrotherapy is based is more historical and intuitive than scientific, as there have not been any studies to validate the effectiveness of this modality. However, good sense indicates hydration of the body through the large intestine can enhance the health of the individual. This started thousands of years ago with a simple enema and has evolved into present-day colonic. Many people simply report they feel better after a colonic, maybe due to hydration by osmosis or the release of bowel contents. On the other hand, there is a growing number of healthcare practitioners that believe in the idea of autointoxication, that sluggish bowels allow the body to reabsorb toxins, which should and does have some value.
- All of our therapists have been trained by I-ACT and follow the I-ACT Guidelines. I am an I-ACT member, and certified by I-ACT. You may validate this information by checking with the I-ACT Office at (210) 366-2888 or go to the I-ACT website at www.i-act.org and then check the referral section.
- Colon Hydrotherapy will not be performed on any person under 18.
- New, factory-sealed, and sanitized colon hydrotherapy tubing and speculum are used at this facility and discarded after each use.
- Colon Hydrotherapy will not be administered on any person with diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, severe or internal hemorrhoids, or tumors in the rectum or colon, or soon after bowel surgery (unless directed by a healthcare provider).
I acknowledge that i have read the above discloser and have been given a copy of this document. This information was provided to me in a language I can read and understand. This document will be maintained for two years after the last date of service.
Colon hydrotherapy should not be administered to any person with diverticulitis ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease severe or internal hemorrhoids or tumors in the rectum or colon or soon after bowel su e (unless directed by a health care provider).
