Title 25, Public Health and Environment
0 chapters · 1,375 sections in this title.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-411 Definitions of misbranding - food
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(1) A food is deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) If its labeling or packaging fails to conform to the requirements of section 25-5-419; (c) If it is offered for sale under the name of another food; (d) If it is an imitation …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-412 Issuance of permits
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(1) Whenever the department finds after investigation that the distribution in this state of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health and that such injurious na…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-413 Limit of adulteration - rule or regulation
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(1) Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, food additive, pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity, or color additive, with respect to any particular use or intended use, shall be deemed unsafe for the purpose of application of section 25-5-410 (1)(b) with …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-414 Adulterations
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(1) A drug or device shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; (b) If it has been produced, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions under which it may have been contaminated with filth o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-415 Misbranding of drugs or devices - exemption - definition
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(1) A drug or device is deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) If its labeling or packaging fails to conform with the requirements of section 25-5-419; (c) If in package form, unless it bears a label containing: (I) The name and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-416 Adulteration of cosmetics
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(1) A cosmetic shall be deemed to be adulterated: (a) If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement thereof or under such conditions of use as are custo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-417 Misbranding of cosmetics
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(1) A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded: (a) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (b) If its labeling or packaging fails to conform with the requirements of section 25-5-419; (c) If in package form, unless it bears a label containing the name and plac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-418 Advertisements
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(1) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic is deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (2) For the purpose of this part 4, the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclero…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-419 Packaging and labeling of consumer commodities
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(1) All labels of consumer commodities, as defined in section 25-5-402 (4), shall conform with the requirements for the declaration of net quantity of contents of the federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. sec. 1453) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto; b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-420 Enforcement
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(1) The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this part 4 is vested in the department. The department is authorized to make the regulations promulgated under this part 4 conform, insofar as practicable, with those promulgated under the federal act, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-421 Inspections
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(1) (a) For purposes of enforcement of this part 4, the authorized agents of the department, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, are authorized to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which food, d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-422 Reports and information
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(1) The department may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under this part 4, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (2) The department may also cause to be dissemin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-423 Cooperation with federal agencies
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The department is authorized to confer and cooperate with the federal food and drug administration in the enforcement of the federal act and the United States department of agriculture in the enforcement of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. secs. 603-623, as amended, as …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-424 Review
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Any person aggrieved by a decision of the department, and affected thereby, is entitled to judicial review pursuant to section 25-1-113. Source: L. 57: p. 441, � 23. CRS 53: � 66-22-23. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-20-23.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-425 Application of part 4
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The powers in this part 4 vested in the department are declared to be cumulative and in addition to and not in exclusion nor derogation nor limitation of the powers vested by law in the department, or in any other department of this state, or in any board or commission establishe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-426 Wholesale food manufacturing and storage - definitions - legislative declaration - registration - fees - cash fund
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the registration of wholesale food manufacturers and the regulation of premises or places wherein manufactured foods are produced, manufactured, packed, processed, prepared, treated, packaged, transported, or he…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-427 Classes of hemp-derived compounds and cannabinoids - definitions - registration required - prohibitions - safe harbor - rules
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(1) Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that the registration of hemp product and safe harbor hemp product manufacturers and the regulation of premises and places where hemp products and safe harbor hemp products are manufactured for dist…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-428 Misbranding of cell-cultivated meat as meat product prohibited - labeling of cell-cultivated meat required - definitions - inspections - stop orders - embargo orders - enforcement - rules
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Agricultural food animal” means: (I) A domesticated animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; or (II) A live domestic chicken or turkey. (b) “Cell-cultivated meat” means food having…
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…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) Every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual's reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraception. (2) Contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information are not available as a practical matter to many …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-102 Policy, authority, and prohibitions against restrictions
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(1) All medically acceptable contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information shall be readily and practicably available to each person desirous of the same regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, creed, religion, disability, age…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-103 Department of public health and environment - powers and duties
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The department of public health and environment is authorized to receive and disburse such funds as may become available to it for family planning programs to any organization, public or private, engaged in providing contraceptive procedures, supplies, and information. Any family…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-104 Department of public health and environment - family planning access collaborative - legislative declaration - recommendations - funding - repeal. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 25-6-104Statutes 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. § 25-6-201 This part 2 to be liberally construed
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This part 2 shall be liberally construed to protect the rights of all individuals to pursue their religious beliefs, to follow the dictates of their own consciences, to prevent the imposition upon any individual of practices offensive to the individual's moral standards, to respe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-202 Services to be offered by the county
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The governing body of each county and each city and county or any county or district public health agency thereof or any welfare department thereof may provide and pay for, and each county and each city and county or any public health agency or county or district public health ag…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-203 Extent of services
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Family planning and birth control services shall include: Interview with trained personnel; distribution of literature; referral to a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a certified midwife for consultation, examination, tests, medical treatment, and pre…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-204 Counties may charge for services
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The governmental unit making provision for and offering such services may charge those persons to whom family planning and birth control services are rendered a fee sufficient to reimburse the county or city and county all or any portion of the costs of the services rendered. Sou…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-205 Services may be refused
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The refusal of any person to accept family planning and birth control services shall in no way affect the right of such person to receive public assistance or to avail himself of any other public benefit, and every person to whom such services are offered shall be so advised init…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-6-206 Interviews conducted in language recipient understands
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In all cases where the recipient does not speak or read the English language, the services shall not be given unless the interviews are conducted and all literature is written in a language which the recipient understands. Source: L. 65: p. 464, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 36-20-5.