Title 25, Public Health and Environment
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-501 Short title
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This part 5 shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Hazardous Substances Act of 1973. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 697, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-21-1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-502 Definitions
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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Banned hazardous substance means: (a) (I) Any toy, or other article intended for use by children, which is a hazardous substance, or which bears or contains a hazardous substance in such manner as to be susceptibl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-503 Prohibited acts
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(1) The following acts and the causing thereof are hereby prohibited: (a) The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance; (b) The alteration, mutilation, destruction, obliteration, or removal of the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-504 Penalties
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(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 25-5-503 commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense. (2) No person shall be subject to the penalties of this section for having violated section 25-5-503 (1)(c) if the receipt, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-505 Injunction proceedings
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In addition to the remedies provided in this part 5, the executive director is authorized to apply to the district court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of section 25-5-503, irrespective of whether or not there exists an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-506 Embargo and seizure
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(1) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the department finds or has probable cause to believe that any hazardous substance is misbranded or is a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of this part 5, he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-507 Duties of district attorney
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(1) It is the duty of each district attorney to whom the executive director reports any violation of this part 5 to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. (2) Before any violation of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-508 Regulations
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(1) All regulations adopted now or hereafter under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, as amended, shall be the hazardous substances regulations in this state. However, the department is authorized to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this part 5, which re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-509 Examinations - investigations
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(1) For the purposes of enforcement of this part 5, officers or employees duly designated by the executive director, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, are authorized to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, or establ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-510 Records of shipment
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For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this part 5, carriers engaged in commerce and persons receiving hazardous substances in commerce or holding such hazardous substances so received shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the executive dire…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-511 Publicity
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(1) The executive director may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing any judgments, decrees, or court orders which have been rendered under this part 5, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (2) The executive director may also cause…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-512 Exception - discretion as to reporting
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(1) Nothing in this part 5 shall be construed as: (a) Applicable to any person or corporation if the safety of his or its product or service is already regulated by any agency of the state of Colorado; (b) Requiring the executive director to report minor violations of this part 5…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-801 Definitions
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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Natural swimming area means a designated portion of a natural or impounded body of water in which the designated portion is devoted to swimming, recreative bathing, or wading and for which an individual is charged…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-802 Submission of plans and specifications
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Prior to the construction, extension, enlarging, remodeling, or modification of a swimming area, the plans and specifications for the work to be done shall be submitted for review and recommendation to the department of public health and environment by the owner of the swimming a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-803 Sanitation of swimming areas
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(1) A swimming area shall be kept clean and free of all accumulations of trash, garbage, filth, and debris. Concentrations of any other matter in the water shall not be injurious to health. (2) All swimming areas shall provide separate toilet facilities for both males and females…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-804 Safety standards for swimming areas
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(1) All natural swimming areas shall have a sanded beach the slope of which shall not be steeper than one foot of fall to ten feet of horizontal distance and shall be posted with warning signs, buoys, or other markers located not more than one hundred feet apart and visible to a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-805 Connection with potable water
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All potable water supply sources connected to the swimming pool or pool appurtenances shall be protected against contamination by means of an air gap or equivalent device, and such device shall be placed between the source of the potable water supply and the pool or pool appurten…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-806 Inspection
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All swimming areas shall be open to inspection at any time they are in use and at any other reasonable time by agents of the department of public health and environment. Source: L. 63: p. 543, � 6. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-22-6. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2779, � 486, effective J…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-807 Injunctive relief
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The operation of a swimming area in violation of any provision of this part 8 may be restrained by the executive director of the department of public health and environment; by any city, county, city and county, or district health officer; or by any of their authorized agents in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-808 Municipalities may regulate
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Any city, town, or city and county may by ordinance regulate swimming areas. Any such ordinance may include standards which are the same or more restrictive than the standards set forth in this part 8 but shall not supersede the state law except insofar as they are more restricti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-809 Applicability of part 8
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This part 8 shall not apply to any swimming pool constructed in connection with or appurtenant to a single-family dwelling, condominium, or apartment house, which pool is used solely by the persons living within such dwelling, condominium, or apartment house and the guests of suc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-810 Rules and regulations
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The department of public health and environment may adopt any rules and regulations necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this part 8. Source: L. 63: p. 543, � 10. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-22-10. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2779, � 488, effective July 1. Cross…