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Colorado Statutes, Title 25

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Title 25, Public Health and Environment

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-314 Ambulance service - license required - exceptions - rules - local authorization to operate - penalties - liability insurance
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(1) State license required. On and after July 1, 2024, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person shall not operate or maintain an ambulance service without a license issued by the department and without authorization to operate from the local licensing au…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-315 Minimum standards for ambulance services - rules
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(1) On or before January 1, 2024, the board shall adopt rules establishing minimum standards for the operation of an ambulance service within the state. The rules must address the following: (a) Minimum equipment to be carried on an ambulance; (b) Staffing requirements for ambula…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-316 Ambulance services cash fund - created
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(1) There is hereby created the ambulance services cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund". The department shall transmit any fees collected pursuant to this part 3 to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fees to the fund. The fund consists of the credited fees …
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-317

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(1) An ambulance service license expires after two years. The department shall determine the form and manner of initial and renewal license applications. (2) (a) To ensure the health, safety, and welfare of ambulance service patients, the department shall inspect an ambulance ser…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-318 License denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew

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(1) In denying a license application, the department shall issue its denial in accordance with article 4 of title 24. (2) (a) The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of an ambulance service that is out of compliance with the requirements of this part 3 …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-401 Responsibility for coordination

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(1) The telecommunications subsystem shall be used to maintain effective interface with the other components of the system, which shall include but not be limited to the following: (a) To dispatch the ambulance; (b) To maintain contact while en route to the scene of the emergency…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-402 Local government participation

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The department of personnel shall consult with local government entities to ensure that provision is made for their entry into the statewide telecommunications subsystem and that their present resources are being fully utilized. Source: L. 77: Entire article added, p. 1284, § 2, …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-501 Records - ambulance services to report - access to patient information

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(1) Each ambulance service shall prepare and transmit copies of uniform and standardized records, as specified by regulation adopted by the department, concerning the transportation and treatment of patients in order to evaluate the performance of the emergency medical services s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-601 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly recognizes that an efficient and reliable statewide emergency medical and trauma network would serve not only to promote the health, safety, and welfare of Colorado residents, but would also, by increasing safety throughout the state, indirectly serve to …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-602 Definitions

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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Council" means the state emergency medical and trauma services advisory council created in section 25-3.5-104. (2) "Department" means the department of public health and environment. (3) "EMTS" means emergency me…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-603 Emergency medical services account - creation - allocation of money - rules

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(1) (a) There is hereby created a special account within the highway users tax fund established under section 43-4-201, to be known as the emergency medical services account, which consists of all money transferred into the account in accordance with section 42-3-304 (21), fees c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-604 EMTS grant program - EMS account - role of council and department - rules - awards

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(1) (a) The council shall make recommendations to the department concerning the application for and distribution of moneys from the EMS account for the development, maintenance, and improvement of emergency medical and trauma services in Colorado and for the establishment of prio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-605 Improvement of county emergency medical and trauma services - eligibility for county funding - manner of distributing funds

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(1) Moneys in the emergency medical services account shall be apportioned pursuant to subsection (2.5) of this section. (2) In order to qualify for money under this section, a county must: (a) Comply with all provisions of part 3 of this article 3.5 regarding the authorization to…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-606 Annual report

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No later than January 1, 1991, and prior to November 1 of each year thereafter, the department, in cooperation with the council, shall submit a report to the health, environment, welfare, and institutions committees and the joint budget committee of the general assembly on the mo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-701 Short title

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This part 7 shall be known and may be cited as the "Statewide Trauma Care System Act". Source: L. 95: Entire part R&RE, p. 1351, § 3, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-702 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that trauma is the greatest single cause of death and disability in Colorado for persons under the age of forty-five years and that trauma care is a unique type of emergency medical service. (2) The general assembly further finds…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-703 Definitions

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2000, p. 537, § 16, effective July 1, 2000.) (2) "Board" means the state board of health. (3) Repealed. (3.5) "Council" means the state emergency medical and trauma services advisory cou…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-704 Statewide emergency medical and trauma care system - development and implementation - duties of department - rules

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(1) The department shall develop, implement, and monitor a statewide emergency medical and trauma care system in accordance with the provisions of this part 7 and with rules adopted by the board. Pursuant to section 24-50-504 (2), the department may contract with any public or pr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-705 Creation of fee - creation of trauma system cash fund

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(1) The board is authorized, by rule, to establish a schedule of fees based on the direct and indirect costs incurred in designating facilities. In addition, the department is authorized to collect the appropriate fee on the schedule. The board may adjust fees in amounts necessar…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-706 Immunity from liability

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The department, the board, the council as defined in section 25-3.5-703 (3.5), a RETAC as defined in section 25-3.5-703 (6.8), the emergency medical practice advisory council created in section 25-3.5-206, key resource facilities, any other public or private entity acting on beha…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-707 False representation as trauma facility - penalty

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(1) No facility, or agent or employee of a facility, shall represent that the facility functions as a level I, II, III, IV, or V trauma facility unless the facility possesses a valid certificate of designation issued pursuant to section 25-3.5-704 (2)(d). In addition, no facility…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-708 Financing for statewide trauma system

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(1) The implementation of the statewide trauma system shall be subject to the availability of: (a) Federal transportation highway safety seed moneys that the department of transportation transfers to the department of public health and environment pursuant to an intergovernmental…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-709 Annual report

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No later than January 1, 1999, and prior to November 1 of each year thereafter, the department, in cooperation with the council, as defined in section 25-3.5-703 (3.5), shall submit a report to the health, environment, welfare, and institutions committees and the joint budget com…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-801 Short title

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This part 8 shall be known and may be cited as the "Tobacco Education, Prevention, and Cessation Act". Source: L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 613, § 13, effective May 18.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-802 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) The use of all types of tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco, results in a high incidence of addiction, disease, illness, and death; (b) Persons who begin using and become addicted to tobacco products in their youth often f…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-803 Definitions

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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Division" means the division within the department of public health and environment responsible for prevention services. (2) "Entity" means any local government, county, district, or municipal public health agenc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-804 Tobacco education, prevention, and cessation programs - review committee - grants - reimbursement for expenses - rules

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(1) There is hereby created the tobacco education, prevention, and cessation grant program to provide funding for community-based and statewide tobacco education programs designed to reduce initiation of tobacco use by children and youth, promote cessation of tobacco use among yo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-805 Tobacco education, prevention, and cessation programs - requirements

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(1) An entity that applies for a grant pursuant to the provisions of this part 8 shall in the application demonstrate that the tobacco education, prevention, or cessation program provides at least one of the following: (a) Education designed for school-age children that, at a min…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-806 Tobacco education, prevention, and cessation programs - reporting requirements

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(1) In adopting rules specifying the reporting requirements for entities that receive grants pursuant to this part 8, the state board shall ensure that such reports, at a minimum, include: (a) An evaluation of the implementation of the program, including but not limited to the nu…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-808 Administration - limitation

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The prevention services division of the department may receive up to five percent of the moneys annually appropriated by the general assembly from the tobacco education programs fund created in section 24-22-117, C.R.S., for the actual costs incurred in administering the program,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-809 Tobacco education, prevention, and cessation programs - funding

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The programs under this part 8 shall be funded by moneys annually appropriated by the general assembly to the department from the tobacco education programs fund created in section 24-22-117, C.R.S. Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 912, § 18, effective June 2.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-810 Nicotine products education, prevention, and cessation programs

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The education, prevention, and cessation programs that are funded with money transferred to the tobacco education programs fund in accordance with section 24-22-118 (2) may also apply to nicotine products. Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1427), ch. 248, p. 1211, § 2…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-901 Short title

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This part 9 shall be known and may be cited as the "Carol J. Shanaberger Act". Source: L. 2014: Entire part added, (SB 14-162), ch. 335, p. 1489, § 1, effective June 5.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-902 Legislative declaration

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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the implementation of quality management functions to evaluate and improve prehospital emergency medical service patient care is essential to the operation of emergency medical services organizations. For this purpose, it is nec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-903 Definitions

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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Emergency medical services organization" means: (a) Local emergency medical and trauma service providers, as defined in section 25-3.5-602 (4), excluding a health-care facility licensed or certified by the depart…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3.5-904 Quality management programs - creation - assessments - confidentiality of information - exceptions - immunity for good faith participants

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(1) Each emergency medical services organization that institutes a quality management program to conduct quality management assessments shall include in that program at least the following components: (a) Periodic review of treatment protocols, compliance with treatment protocols…