Title 25, Public Health and Environment

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1905 Confidentiality of information collected
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(1) The department shall compile, analyze, and evaluate the information and data submitted to the registry. (2) All information obtained from or concerning a veteran or an individual on the registry shall be confidential; except that release may be made of such information for st…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1906 Gulf war syndrome registry fund
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The department is authorized to accept and expend grants, donations, and gifts-in-kind from private and public sources for the purposes of maintaining and publicizing the registry created in this part 19; except that the registry shall not be implemented until sufficient grants, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2001 Short title
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This part 20 shall be known and may be cited as the Hepatitis C Program Act. Source: L. 99: Entire part added, p. 1067, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2002 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Hepatitis C is a silent killer, being largely asymptomatic until irreversible liver damage may have occurred; (b) Hepatitis C has been characterized by the world health organization as a disease of primary …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2003 Definitions
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As used in this part 20, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) CDC means the centers for disease control and prevention. (2) Department means the department of public health and environment. (3) Health-care professional means any person licensed in this state or any other st…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2004 Powers and duties of executive director - hepatitis C program
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(1) The executive director of the department shall design and implement a hepatitis C program to: (a) Coordinate with local public health officials, health-care professionals, public institutions, and community organizations to identify high risk populations, including those asso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2005 Hepatitis C testing - recommendations - definitions - rules - repeal
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(1) (a) (I) The department recommends that each primary health-care provider or physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner who treats a patient in an inpatient or outpatient setting offer a person born between the years of 1945 and 1965 a hepatitis C screening test or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-201 Blood testing during pregnancy - HIV - syphilis - rules
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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) If a person who is pregnant enters a hospital for delivery and has not been tested for HIV during the pregnancy or there is no available record of testing, the hospital shall notify the person who is pregnant that the person will be tested for HIV unless the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-202 Tests approved by department. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 39: p. 413, � 2. CSA: C. 78, � 170(2). CRS 53: � 66-11-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-11-2. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2760, � 425, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section repealed, (SB 09-179), ch. 112, p. 468, � 4, effective April 9.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-203 Birth certificate - blood test
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In reporting every birth and stillbirth, physicians and others required to make such reports shall state on the certificate whether a blood test for syphilis and HIV has been made upon a specimen of blood taken from the woman who bore the child for which a birth or stillbirth cer…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-204 Penalty
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Any licensed physician and surgeon or other person engaged in attendance upon a pregnant woman during the period of gestation or at delivery or any representative of a laboratory who violates the provisions of this part 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-205 District attorneys to prosecute
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The district attorneys in the several districts in the state shall prosecute for violation of this part 2 as for other crimes and misdemeanors. Source: L. 39: p. 414, � 5. CSA: C. 78, � 170(5). CRS 53: � 66-11-5. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-11-5.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2101 Powers and duties of department - rules
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In addition to any other powers and duties, the department of public health and environment shall promulgate rules governing the safe and sanitary practice of body art, the safe and sanitary physical environment where body art is performed, and the safe and sanitary conditions of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2102 Penalties for violations
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Upon a finding by the department of public health and environment or a local board of health that a body art facility is in violation of any rule adopted pursuant to section 25-4-2101, the department or local board of health may assess a penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty do…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2103 Parental consent for minors
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No body artist shall perform a body art procedure upon a minor unless the body artist has received express consent from the minor's parent or guardian. Failure to obtain such permission before performing body art procedures on a minor shall constitute a petty offense punishable b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2201 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds that: (a) Although Colorado as a whole is a healthy state, African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, who represent over twenty-five percent of the population, are disproportionately impacted by disease, injury, disability, and death…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2202 Definitions
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As used in this part 22, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the health equity commission created in section 25-4-2206. (2) Repealed. (3) Department means the department of public health and environment. (3.3) Equity strategic plan means a strategic plan t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2203 Health disparities and community grant program - rules
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(1) There is hereby created in the department the health disparities and community grant program, referred to in this section as the grant program, to provide financial support for statewide initiatives that address prevention, early detection, and treatment of cancer and cardiov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2204 Office of health equity - creation
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(1) There is hereby created in the department of public health and environment the office of health equity. The executive director of the department, subject to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, shall appoint the director of the office, who sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2205 Powers and duties of the office of health equity - rules - working group
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(1) The purpose of the office is to serve in a coordinating, educating, and capacity-building role for state and local public health programs and community-based organizations promoting health equity in Colorado by implementing strategies tailored to address the varying complex c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2206 Health equity commission - creation - repeal
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(1) There is hereby created in the office the health equity commission. The purpose of the commission is to serve as an advisor to the office on health equity issues, specifically focusing on alignment, education, and capacity-building for state and local health programs and comm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2207 Interagency health disparities leadership council - creation. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 25-4-2207Statutes 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. § 25-4-2208 Necessary document program - report - appropriation - gifts, grants, or donations - definition
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(1) As used in this section, “necessary document” means: (a) A social security card issued pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec. 405 (c)(2)(G); (b) One of the following documents issued in Colorado or analogous documents issued in another jurisdiction: (I) A driver’s license issued pursuant…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2209 Culturally relevant and affirming health-care training - health-care providers - grants - definitions
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Priority populations means people experiencing homelessness; people involved with the criminal justice system; Black people, indigenous people, and people of color; American Indians and Alaska natives; veterans; people who are lesbian, gay, bisexu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2301 Colorado immunization fund - supplemental tobacco litigation settlement moneys account - creation
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There are hereby created in the state treasury the Colorado immunization fund and an account within the fund to be known as the supplemental tobacco litigation settlement moneys account. The principal of the portion of the fund that is not the account consists of general fund app…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2401 Short title
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This part 24 shall be known and may be cited as the Immunization Registry Act. Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 659, � 6, effective April 26.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2402 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Immunization is one of the most important ways to protect individuals and communities against serious infectious diseases and their consequences, and widespread immunization has virtually eliminated many serious disease…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2403 Department of public health and environment - powers and duties - immunization tracking system - rules - definitions
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(1) In order to expand the immunization registry and increase access to immunizations, the department may address: (a) Mechanisms for: (I) Maximizing federal funds to purchase, distribute, and deliver vaccines for individuals in Colorado; and (II) Statewide purchase, distribution…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2404 Vaccines - access to the public - definitions
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Independent pharmacy means a prescription drug outlet privately owned by at least one licensed pharmacist with no ownership interest by or affiliation with a chain or publicly owned pharmacy. (b) Practitioner means a physician or a physician assis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2501 Short title
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This part 25 shall be known and may be cited as the Cervical Cancer Immunization Act. Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 1346, � 1, effective May 29.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2502 Definitions
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As used in this part 25, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board of health means the state board of health. (2) Cervical cancer vaccine or cervical cancer immunization means the series of vaccines to prevent cervical cancer as determined by the board of health to be nece…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2503 Cervical cancer immunization program - rules
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(1) There is hereby created in the department the cervical cancer immunization program. The department is directed to investigate manners in which the cervical cancer vaccine may be administered in an economical fashion. The state board is authorized to promulgate rules to assist…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2504 Public awareness campaign - fund
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(1) Subject to the moneys being available in the fund created in subsection (2) of this section, on and after January 1, 2008, the department shall conduct a public awareness campaign on cervical cancer immunization and the benefits, disadvantages, and possible side effects of re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2601 Short title
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The short title of this part 26 is the “Adult Immunization Act”.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2602 Legislative declaration
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(1) (1) The general assembly finds and determines that:(a) Vaccine-preventable diseases represent a serious public health threat to people in the state;(b) It has been well documented that vaccines and other immunizing agents are an effective way to prevent sickness and debilitat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2603 Definitions
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(1) As used in this part 26, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “ACIP” means the advisory committee on immunization practices to the centers for disease control and prevention in the United States department of health and human services, or its successor entity.(2) “Adult”…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2604 Rules - adult immunization rules - rule-making authority of state board of health
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(1) (1) The board of health shall adopt rules establishing a schedule of recommended adult immunizations, including:(a) The vaccines or other immunizing agents recommended for adults, after taking into consideration the recommendations of the ACIP, the American Academy of Pediatr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-2605 Limitations on liability - repeal
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(1) (1) A person that administers a vaccine or other immunizing agent to an adult is not liable for injuries sustained pursuant to the vaccine or other immunizing agent if:(a) The vaccine or other immunizing agent was administered in accordance with the schedule of recommended ad…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-301 Inflammation of eyes
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(1) Any inflammation, swelling, or unusual redness in either one or both eyes of any infant, either apart from or together with any unnatural discharge from the eyes of such infant, independent of the nature of the infection, if any, occurring at any time within two weeks after t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-302 Duties of department. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 37: p. 618, � 2. CSA: C. 22, � 70. CRS 53: � 66-6-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-6-2. L. 77: (1)(d) and (1)(e) amended, p. 284, � 49, effective July 1. L. 94: IP(1) and (1)(c) amended, p. 2760, � 426, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1)(c) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2093, � 9…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-303 Duty to treat eyes. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 37: p. 619, � 3. CSA: C. 22, � 71. CRS 53: � 66-6-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-6-3. L. 77: Entire part added, p. 284, � 50, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2760, � 427, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section repealed, (HB 12-1058), ch. 71, p. 245, � 3, e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-304 Duties of county, district, or municipal public health director. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 25-4-304Statutes 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. § 25-4-305 Penalty. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 37: p. 620, � 5. CSA: C. 22, � 73. CRS 53: � 66-6-5. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-6-5. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 285, � 51, effective July 1. L. 2012: Entire section repealed, (HB 12-1058), ch. 71, p. 245, � 5, effective March 24.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-401 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly declares that: (a) Sexually transmitted infections, regardless of the mode of transmission, impact the public health of the state and are a matter of statewide concern; (b) Coloradans have a right to receive accurate, confidential, and timely information …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-402 Definitions
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As used in this part 4: (1) Executive director means the executive director of the state department. (2) Health-care provider means a person whose vocation or profession is related to the maintenance of individuals' health or anyone who provides diagnostic screening tests, medica…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-403 Eligibility - nondiscrimination
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 4 to the contrary, programs and services that provide for the investigation, identification, testing, preventive care, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections are available regardless of a person's actual or perceived race…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-404 Rules
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(1) The state board, with sufficient involvement and consultation from the state department, the community, and other interested stakeholders, shall adopt rules it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this part 4, including rules addressing the control and treatment of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-405 Reporting requirements - immunity
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(1) (a) In accordance with sections 12-240-139, 25-1-122, 25-4-404, and 25-4-406, and except as provided in subsection (1)(b) of this section, for every individual known to the person or entity to have a diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection or to have a positive test for…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-406 Reports - confidentiality
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(1) The public health reports required pursuant to section 25-4-405 and any records resulting from compliance with that section held by the state department and county and district public health agencies, or any health-care provider, facility, third-party payer, physician, clinic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-407 Reporting requirements - research exemption
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(1) The state board shall approve an exemption from the reporting requirements of section 25-4-405 for a research activity that meets all of the following criteria: (a) The research activity is fully described by a research protocol; (b) The research activity is subject to review…