Title 25, Public Health and Environment
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-131 Firearms safe storage education campaign
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(1) (a) The office of suicide prevention within the department shall include on a public page of the department's website information about the following: (I) The unlawful storage of a firearm offense described in section 18-12-114 and the unlawful storage of a firearm in a vehic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-132 Two-year appropriation to the department - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-243), ch. 317, p. 1954, � 2, effective June 24. Editor's note: Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2025. (See L. 2021, p. 1954.) Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 21-243, see…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-133 Environmental equity and cumulative impact analyses - selection of contractor - required components of analyses - selection of locations - requirements for contractors - definitions - report
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Colorado EnviroScreen tool” has the meaning set forth in section 24-4-109 (5)(a)(II). (b) “Contractor” means an academic institution or other party with which the department contracts to develop an EECIA. (c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-133.5 Office of environmental justice - created - powers and duties - definitions
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(1) (a) There is created in the department the office of environmental justice, the head of which is the director of the office, who shall be appointed by the executive director of the department and may employ staff as necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the office. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-134 Environmental justice - ombudsperson - advisory board - grant program - annual report - definitions - repeal
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(1) Environmental justice ombudsperson. (a) There is hereby created in the department the position of an environmental justice ombudsperson. The ombudsperson reports to the executive director of the department. The department shall provide administrative support for the ombudsper…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-135 Health-care services reserve corps task force - created - powers and duties - report - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 25-1-135Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-136 Kidney disease prevention and education task force - created - powers and duties - report - selection of chair and vice-chair - sunset review - repeal
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(1) The kidney disease prevention and education task force, referred to in this section as the “task force”, is hereby created. (2) The task force consists of the following nine voting members: (a) Two members from the general assembly, collectively referred to in this section as…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-137 Task force to reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors - creation - membership - reporting - definitions
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(1) On or before December 31, 2023, the department shall convene a task force to establish shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for governmental agencies and community-based agencies to achieve maximum impact in reducing youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-138 Health facilities - on-site administered topical medication - use for continued treatment - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Facility-provided medication” or “medication” means a topical medication that a health facility has on hand or is retrieved from a dispensing system for a specified patient for use during a surgical procedur…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1501 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) A rare disease, sometimes called an orphan disease, is a disease that affects fewer than two hundred thousand people in the United States; (b) There are seven thousand known rare diseases affecting approximately thirty million…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1502 Definitions
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As used in this part 15, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Council means the Colorado rare disease advisory council created in section 25-1-1503. (2) Department means the department of public health and environment. (3) Facilitator means the person selected by the counci…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1503 Colorado rare disease advisory council - creation
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There is created in the department the Colorado rare disease advisory council. The purpose of the council is to study and make findings and recommendations to the general assembly, state agencies, and others, as appropriate, concerning the needs of individuals living in Colorado …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1504 Council membership
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(1) The appointing authorities shall conduct the appointment process in a transparent manner to provide interested individuals an opportunity to apply for membership on the council. All members of the council must be full-time residents of Colorado. (2) (a) The council consists o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1505 Activities carried out by the council - duties
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(1) The council shall conduct the following activities to benefit rare disease patients in Colorado: (a) Convene public meetings, make inquiries, and solicit comments from Coloradans to assist the council with a survey of the needs of rare disease patients, caregivers, and provid…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1506 Department - fiscal agent
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(1) The department may, as necessary: (a) Act as fiscal agent for the council; (b) Receive gifts, grants, or donations from the council or facilitator for use by the council; (c) Host the council's web page or website; and (d) Provide meeting space and other administrative suppor…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1507 Council facilitator - duties
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(1) Unless the council determines that an administrator is not needed, the council shall contract for the services of a facilitator to provide assistance to the council, as determined by the council, in an annual amount not to exceed fifty thousand dollars. The facilitator's assi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1508 Council meetings - requirements - transparency - information
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(1) At its first meeting, the council shall select a chair and vice-chair from among its membership by majority vote. Unless otherwise determined by the council, the chair and vice-chair serve two-year terms. The chair and vice-chair may be reappointed without limit. (2) (a) The …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1509 Reporting - recommendations
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(1) Within twelve months after the establishment of the council, the council shall submit a report to the governor, the public and behavioral health and human services committee and the health and insurance committee of the house of representatives, and the health and human servi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1510 Funding - gifts, grants, or donations
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(1) The general assembly may appropriate money from the general fund to the department for allocation to the council to carry out council activities and to contract for the services of a facilitator. (2) Members of the council and any facilitator may seek, accept, and expend gift…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-1511 Repeal of part - sunset review
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This part 15 is repealed, effective September 1, 2032. Before the repeal, this part 15 is scheduled for review in accordance with section 2-3-1203. Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (SB 22-186), ch. 488, p. 3540, � 1, effective August 10.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-401 Office of state chemist created
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The professor of food and drug chemistry in the department of chemistry at the university of Colorado is the state chemist of Colorado. The office and laboratory of the state chemist is in the department of chemistry at the university of Colorado. The office of state chemist is a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-402 Employment of assistants
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The state chemist has the power to employ such assistants as are necessary for the carrying out of this part 4. The appropriations for the office of state chemist shall be determined by each general assembly in the general appropriation bill. The state chemist and his assistant s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-403 Analyses of food and drugs
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It is the duty of the state chemist to make or cause to be made chemical analyses of all such samples of foods and drugs as may be collected for the purpose of analysis by the department of public health and environment. The state chemist shall make full and complete written repo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-404 Certificate presumptive evidence
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By the authority of this part 4, every certificate of analysis of foods or drugs duly signed by the state chemist shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated. Source: L. 39: p. 550, � 4. CSA: C. 78, � 25(4). CRS 53: � 66-16-4. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-16-4.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-501 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The public health system reduces health-care costs by preventing disease and injury, promoting healthy behavior, and reducing the incidents of chronic diseases and conditions. Thus, the public health system is a critica…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-502 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agency means a county or district public health agency established pursuant to section 25-1-506. (2) Core public health shall be defined by the state board and shall include, but need not be limited to, the assess…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-503 State board - public health duties
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(1) In addition to all other powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the state board, the state board has the following specific powers and duties: (a) To establish, by rule, the core public health services that each county and district public health agency must provide or a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-504 Comprehensive public health plan - development - approval - reassessment - cash fund
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(1) On or before December 31, 2009, and at a minimum on or before December 31 every five years thereafter, the state department shall develop a comprehensive, statewide public health improvement plan, referred to in this section as the “plan”, that assesses and sets priorities fo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-505 County and district public health plans - approval
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(1) As soon as practicable after the approval of each comprehensive, statewide public health improvement plan pursuant to section 25-1-504, each county or district public health agency shall prepare a county or district public health plan, referred to in this section as the local…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-506 County or district public health agency
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(1) Each county, by resolution of its board of county commissioners, shall establish and maintain a county public health agency or shall participate in a district public health agency. Any two or more contiguous counties, by resolutions of the boards of county commissioners of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-507 Municipal board of health
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Except as otherwise provided by law, the mayor and council of each incorporated town or city, whether incorporated under general statutes or special charter in this state, may establish a municipal public health agency and appoint a municipal board of health. If appointed, the mu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-508 County or district boards of public health - public health directors
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(1) Within ninety days after the adoption of a resolution to establish and maintain a county public health agency or to participate in a district public health agency, the respective board of county commissioners shall proceed to organize the agency by the appointment of a county…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-509 County and district public health directors
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(1) (a) The director of each agency shall be the public health director. (b) All other personnel required by an agency shall be selected by the public health director. All personnel shall perform duties as prescribed by the public health director. (c) In the event of a public hea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-510 County or district board unable or unwilling to act
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(1) If the county or district board is unable or unwilling to efficiently or promptly abate a nuisance or prevent the introduction or spread of a contagious or infectious disease, the county or district board or agency shall notify the state department and request assistance to t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-511 County treasurer - agency funds
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(1) (a) In the case of a county public health agency, the county treasurer, as a part of his or her official duties as county treasurer, shall serve as treasurer of the agency, and the treasurer's official bond as county treasurer shall extend to and cover his or her duties as tr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-512 Allocation of moneys - public health services support fund - created
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(1) (a) The state department shall allocate any moneys that the general assembly may appropriate for distribution to county or district public health agencies organized pursuant to this part 5 for the provision of local health services. The state board shall determine the basis f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-513 Enlargement of or withdrawal from public health agency
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(1) Any county contiguous to a district maintaining a district public health agency may become a part of the district by agreement between its board of county commissioners and the boards of county commissioners of the counties comprising the district. The county, upon being acce…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-514 Legal adviser - county attorney - actions
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The county attorney for the county or the district attorney of the judicial district in which a cause of action arises shall bring any civil or criminal action requested by a county or district public health director to abate a condition that exists in violation of, or to restrai…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-515 Judicial review of decisions
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(1) Any person aggrieved and affected by a decision of a county or district board of health or a public health director acting under the provisions of this part 5 shall be entitled to judicial review by filing, in the district court of any county over which the county or district…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-516 Unlawful acts - penalties
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(1) It is unlawful for any person, association, or corporation and the officers thereof to: (a) Willfully violate, disobey, or disregard the provisions of the public health laws or the terms of any lawful notice, order, standard, or rule; (b) Fail to make or file a report require…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-517 Mode of treatment inconsistent with religious creed or tenet
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Nothing in this part 5 authorizes a county or district board of health to impose on any person any mode of treatment inconsistent with the creed or tenets of any religious denomination of which he or she is an adherent if the person complies with sanitary and quarantine laws and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-518 Nuisances
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(1) Removal of nuisances. The county or district board of health shall examine all nuisances, sources of filth, and causes of sickness, which, in its opinion, may be injurious to the health of the inhabitants, within its town, city, county, city and county, or district, and it sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-519 Existing intergovernmental agreements
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Nothing in this part 5 shall void the terms of any intergovernmental agreement concerning public health entered into as of July 1, 2008, so long as all core and essential public health services continue to be provided. Source: L. 2008: Entire part R&RE, p. 2051, � 1, effective Ju…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-520 Clean syringe exchange programs - operation - approval - testing supplies
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(1) A county public health agency or district public health agency may request approval from its county board of health or district board of health, referred to in this section as the “board”, for a clean syringe exchange program operated by the agency or by a nonprofit organizat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-521 State department - local public health agencies - address substance use disorders - appropriation - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 25-1-521Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-800.3 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) HIPAA-compliant means in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-191, as amended. (2) Personal representative has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR 164.502. (3) (a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-801 Patient records in custody of health-care facility
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(1) (a) Every patient record in the custody of a health facility licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1) or article 3 of this title, or both, or any entity regulated under title 10, C.R.S., providing health-care services, as defined in section 10-16-102 (33), C.R…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-802 Patient records in custody of individual health-care providers
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(1) (a) Every patient record in the custody of a podiatrist, chiropractor, dentist, doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, nurse, certified midwife, optometrist, occupational therapist, audiologist, acupuncturist, direct-entry midwife, or physical therapist required to be lice…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-803 Effect of this part 8 on similar rights of a patient
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(1) Nothing in this part 8: (a) Limits the right of a patient, the patient's personal representative, or a person who requests the medical records upon submission of a HIPAA-compliant authorization, a valid subpoena, or a court order to inspect the patient's medical or mental hea…