Title 25, Public Health and Environment
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1001 Short title
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This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the Newborn Screening and Genetic Counseling and Education Act. Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 1300, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1002 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Recent newborn screening innovations are considered among the greatest public health achievements of the twenty-first century; (b) Scientific research has demonstrated that newborn screening not only saves lives and imp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1002.5 Definitions
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Birthing facility means a general hospital or birthing center licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103. (2) Department means the department of public health and environment. (3) State board means the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1003 Powers and duties of executive director - newborn screening programs - genetic counseling and education programs - rules
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(1) The executive director of the department of public health and environment shall have the authority to: (a) Establish and administer state programs for newborn screening and genetic counseling and education; (b) Promulgate rules, regulations, and standards for the provision of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1004 Newborn screening - rules
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(1) (a) Repealed. (b) Infants born in the state of Colorado shall be tested for the following conditions: Phenylketonuria, hypothyroidism, abnormal hemoglobins, galactosemia, cystic fibrosis, biotinidase deficiency, and such other conditions as the state board may determine meet …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1004.3 Newborn heart defect screening - pulse oximetry - rules - definition
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(1) (a) On and after January 1, 2016, a birthing facility that is below seven thousand feet of elevation shall test all infants born in the facility for critical congenital heart defects using pulse oximetry. (b) Upon receipt of the confirmation of the appropriate algorithm for t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1004.5 Follow-up testing and treatment - second screening - fee - rules
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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) Repealed. (b) The executive director of the department shall increase the newborn screening fee as provided in section 25-4-1004 (2) so that the fee is sufficient to include the costs of providing first and second specimen tests with second-tier testing if n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1004.7 Newborn hearing screening - advisory committee - report - rules
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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) (I) There is hereby established an advisory committee on hearing in newborn infants for the purpose of reviewing information and statistics gathered during the newborn hearing screening program and providing recommendations to birthing facilities, other heal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1005 Exceptions
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Nothing in the provisions of this part 10 shall be construed to require the testing or medical treatment for the minor child of any person who has personal objection to the administration of the tests or treatment or of any person who is a member of a well-recognized church or re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1006 Cash funds
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(1) All money received from fees collected pursuant to this part 10, except for the money received pursuant to section 25-4-1004.7, shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit it to the newborn screening and genetic counseling cash funds, which funds are hereby …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-101 Premises sanitation - food defined
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Every building, room, basement, enclosure, or premises occupied, used, or maintained as a bakery, confectionery, cannery, packing house, slaughterhouse, creamery, cheese factory, restaurant, hotel, grocery, meat market factory, shop, or warehouse, or any public place or manufactu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-102 Sanitary regulations
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The floors, sidewalls, ceilings, furniture, receptacles, utensils, dishes, implements, and machinery of every restaurant, hotel kitchen, and establishment or place where such food intended for sale is produced, prepared, manufactured, packed, stored, sold, or distributed and all …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-103 Construction requirements
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The sidewalls, floors, and ceilings of every bakery, confectionery, creamery, cheese factory, and hotel or restaurant kitchen and every building, room, basement, or enclosure occupied or used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of food shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-104 Protection from dirt
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All such factories, buildings, and other places containing food shall be provided with proper doors and screens necessary and adequate to protect against the contamination of the product from flies, dust, or dirt. Source: L. 13: p. 511, � 4. L. 21: p. 676, � 2. C.L. � 1018. CSA: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-105 Toilet rooms and lavatories
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Every such building, room, basement, enclosure, or premises occupied, used, or maintained for the production, preparation, manufacture, canning, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of such food shall have adequate and convenient toilet rooms or lavatories. The toilet rooms sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-106 Nuisances - petty offense
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If any such building, room, basement, enclosure, or premises occupied, used, or maintained for the purposes stated in sections 25-4-101 to 25-4-105 or if the floors, sidewalls, ceilings, furniture, receptacles, utensils, implements, appliances, or machinery of any such establishm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-107 Rooms not used for sleeping
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It is unlawful for any person to sleep or to allow or permit any person to sleep in any workroom of a bakeshop, kitchen, dining room, confectionery, creamery, cheese factory, or other place where food is prepared for sale, served, or sold unless all foods therein handled are at a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-108 Work by persons with contagious diseases - forbidden
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It is unlawful for any employer to permit any person who works in food preparation and is affected with any contagious or infectious disease that is spread by food to work, or for any person so affected to work, in any capacity in which there is a likelihood that the employee wou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-109 Enforcement
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(1) It is the duty of the department of public health and environment to enforce this part 1, and, for that purpose, the department has full power at all times to enter every such building, room, basement, enclosure, or premises occupied or used or suspected of being occupied or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-110 Prosecutions - disposition of fines
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All fines collected under the provisions of this part 1 shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the prosecution is brought, and it is the duty of the district attorneys in the respective counties to prosecute all persons violating or refusing to obey the prov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-111 Penalty
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this part 1 or refuses to comply with any lawful order or requirement of the department of public health and environment, duly made in writing as provided in section 25-4-109 commits a petty offense. Each day of noncompliance after…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-112 Rules
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The state board of health, created in section 25-1-103, may adopt rules as necessary for the implementation of this article. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-179), ch. 112, p. 467, � 2, effective April 9.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1201 Powers and duties of executive director
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(1) The executive director of the department of public health and environment shall have the authority to: (a) Establish and administer a culture-testing program to test for streptococcus; (b) Designate such personnel as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this part 12, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1202 Streptococcus cash fund
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(1) The executive director of the department of public health and environment shall establish the fees to be collected for any streptococcus culture test performed by the department. (2) (a) All moneys collected pursuant to this part 12 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1301 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby declares that the sanitary protection of bulk foods and the sanitary maintenance of equipment used to display and dispense bulk foods are matters of statewide concern and are affected with a public interest and that the provisions of this part 13 are e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1302 Definitions
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As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bulk foods means unpackaged or unwrapped foods, either processed or unprocessed, in aggregate containers from which quantities desired by the consumer are withdrawn. Bulk foods does not include fresh fruits, fres…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1303 Labeling - product modules - take-home containers
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(1) Product modules shall be labeled with either: (a) The manufacturer's or processor's bulk food container labeling plainly in view; or (b) A counter card, a counter sign, or any other appropriate device bearing prominently and conspicuously the common name of the product, a lis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1304 Bulk food protection
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(1) Bulk foods and product modules shall be protected from contamination during display, customer self-service, refilling, and storage. (2) Containers of bulk pet foods and bulk nonfood items shall be separated from product modules by a barrier or open space. (3) Bulk foods retur…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1305 Bulk food display
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(1) Bulk foods shall be dispensed only from product modules which are protected by close-fitting, individual covers. If any product module is to be opened by customers, the cover shall be self-closing and shall remain closed when not in use. (2) Customer access to bulk foods in p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1306 Dispensing utensils
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(1) Manual handling of bulk foods by customers during dispensing shall be discouraged. Mechanical dispensing devices shall be used, including gravity dispensers, pumps, extruders, and augers. Manual dispensing utensils shall also be used, including tongs, scoops, ladles, and spat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1307 Materials
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Product modules and utensils shall be constructed of safe materials and shall be corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, smooth, easily cleanable, and durable under conditions of normal use. Wood shall not be used as a food-contact surface. Source: L. 85: Entire part added, p. 885, � …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1308 Food-contact surfaces
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Product modules, lids, dispensing units, and utensils shall be designed and fabricated to meet the requirements for food-contact surfaces, as provided in section 25-4-1307. Source: L. 85: Entire part added, p. 885, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1309 Non-food-contact surfaces
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Surfaces of product module display units, tethers, and display equipment which are not intended for food contact but which are exposed to splash, food debris, or other soiling shall be designed and fabricated to be smooth, cleanable, durable under conditions of normal use, and fr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1310 Accessibility
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Individual product modules shall be designed to be easily removable from a display unit for servicing unless the product modules are so designed and fabricated that they can be effectively cleaned and sanitized when necessary through a manual in-place cleaning procedure that will…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1311 Equipment sanitization
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(1) Tongs, scoops, ladles, spatulas, and other appropriate utensils and tethers used by customers shall be cleaned and sanitized at least daily or at more frequent intervals based on the type of bulk food and the amount of food particle accumulation or soiling. (2) When soiled, p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1312 Violation - penalty
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Any retail food store owner violating any of the provisions of this part 13 commits a petty offense. It is the duty of the district attorneys of the several districts of this state to prosecute for violations of this part 13 as for other crimes and misdemeanors. Source: L. 85: En…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1313 Rules and regulations
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The department has the power to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this part 13. Source: L. 85: Entire part added, p. 886, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1314 Limitation
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The provisions of this part 13 shall be expressly limited to retail food store outlets. Source: L. 85: Entire part added, p. 886, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1401 Drug assistance program - program fund - HIV medications rebate fund - created - legislative declaration - no entitlement created
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(1) (a) The general assembly recognizes that: (I) Medical science is making strides in treating individuals who have AIDS or HIV; (II) There are effective biomedical strategies to reduce new HIV infections; (III) Individuals at risk of HIV may also be at risk of other infectious …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1402 Definitions
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As used in this section and sections 25-4-1403 to 25-4-1405, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Program means the Colorado HIV and AIDS prevention grant program created in section 25-4-1403. (2) State board means the state board of health created in section 25-1-103. Sour…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1403 Colorado HIV and AIDS prevention grant program
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(1) There is hereby created in the department the Colorado HIV and AIDS prevention grant program to address local community needs in the areas of medically accurate HIV and AIDS prevention and education through a competitive grant process. The department shall administer the prog…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1404 Grant program - rules - advisory committee - conflict of interest
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(1) (a) The program shall fund medically accurate HIV and AIDS prevention and education programs through a competitive grant process that is overseen by the HIV and AIDS prevention grant program advisory committee, which is hereby created and referred to in this section as the “a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1405 AIDS and HIV prevention fund - administration - limitation
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(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the AIDS and HIV prevention fund, referred to in this section as the fund, which consists of moneys that may be appropriated to the fund by the general assembly. The moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the ge…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1501 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the incidence of breast cancer in women of this state is a significant health problem that can and should be reduced through early detection and treatment. Accordingly, it is the intention of the general assembly in enacting thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1502 Definitions
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As used in this part 15, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 95, p. 487, � 2, effective July 1, 1995.) (2) Board means the state board of health. (3) Department means the department of public health and environment. (3.5) Diagnostic screening mean…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1503 Fund created
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(1) There is established in the state treasury the breast cancer screening fund, which is subject to annual appropriation to the department for the purposes of this part 15. The fund shall be credited with such appropriations as the general assembly may make from the general fund…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1504 Allocation of fund
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(1) All moneys in the fund shall be used by the department for the following purposes: (a) The creation and development of a breast cancer screening program, undertaken by private contract for services or operated by the department, that will improve the availability of breast ca…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1505 Powers and duties of department and advisory board
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(1) The executive director of the department shall appoint an advisory board which shall recommend guidelines for the services of the program and such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effect the purposes of this part 15. Members of the advisory board shall be persons …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1506 Repeal of part. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 88: Entire part added, p. 1015, � 1, effective April 7. L. 92: Entire section repealed, p. 1296, � 2, effective May 29.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-4-1601 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that it is in the public interest for the department of public health and environment to establish minimum standards and rules for retail food establishments in Colorado and to provide authority for the uniform state…