Duty of medical practitioners

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20-105, under Public Health and Environment.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20-105

(1) A medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card of the type described in section 25-20-103 (2) and examine them for emergency information.

(2) A claim for relief against a medical practitioner does not arise from his making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device or identification card, even though the person is not wearing an identifying device or carrying an identification card.

Source: L. 73: p. 754, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-39-5.