Behavioral health orders for scope of treatment not required for treatment

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-18.7-206, under DIRECTIVES CONCERNING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORDERS FOR SCOPE OF TREATMENT.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-18.7-206

A health-care facility or a health-care provider shall not require an adult to have executed a behavioral health orders form as a condition of being admitted to, or receiving behavioral health treatment, medication, or alternative treatment from, the health-care facility or health-care provider.

Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1044), ch. 60, p. 210, § 2, effective August 2.