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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-401 - Legislative declaration

(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 to make informed decisions that promote their individual physical and mental health and well-being. This right applies to all Coloradans, regardless of geographic location, ethnic or racial background, income, ability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
(c)
Positive, stigma-free messages and comprehensive, evidence-based information must be available to create healthy, safe relationships and a healthier Colorado; and
(d)
It is the responsibility of any individual who has knowledge or reasonable grounds to suspect that he or she has a sexually transmitted infection to not intentionally transmit the infection to another individual.
(2)
The general assembly further declares that:
(a)
Reporting sexually transmitted infections to public health agencies is essential to enable a better understanding of the scope of exposure and the impact of the exposure on the community and to optimize means of sexually transmitted infection control;
(b)
Efforts to control sexually transmitted infections include public education, counseling, voluntary testing, linkage to treatment, prevention, and access to services;
(c)
Restrictive enforcement measures may be used only when necessary to protect the public health;
(d)
Having a sexually transmitted infection, being presumed to have one, or seeking testing for the presence of such an infection must not serve as the basis for discriminatory actions or prevent access to services; and
(e)
It is the policy of the state to encourage voluntary testing for sexually transmitted infections and promote linkage to care without perpetuating stigma.
(3)
Therefore, the general assembly further declares that the purpose of this part 4 is to protect the public health, empower individuals to take personal responsibility for their sexual health, and to prevent infections that may be sexually transmitted.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 156,§34, eff. 9/7/2021.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 230,§1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 895, p. 895, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1)(b) amended, (HB 21-1108), ch. 895, p. 895, § 34, effective September 7.
This section is similar to former §§ 25-4-406 (2), 25-4-1401 , and 25-4-1408.5 as they existed prior to 2016.
2021 Ch. 156, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1108, see section 1 of chapter 156, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-403 - Eligibility - nondiscrimination

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, creed, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, mental or physical disability, familial status, marital status, or immigration status.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 156,§35, eff. 9/7/2021.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 230,§1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 897, p. 897, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (HB 21-1108), ch. 895, p. 895, § 35, effective September 7.
2021 Ch. 156, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1108, see section 1 of chapter 156, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-404 - Rules

(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 sexually transmitted infections. The rules are binding on all public health agencies, health officers, and other persons affected by this part 4. The rules must include, at a minimum:
(a)
The information that must be reported pursuant to section
25-4-405
and the form, manner, and time frame in which it must be reported; and
(b)
The performance standards for anonymous and confidential HIV counseling and testing sites established pursuant to section
25-4-411
. Standards must include performance standards for notifying and counseling a person who is diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection and for notification of his or her partner or partners.
(2)
The state department shall create and maintain guidelines, subject to approval by the state board, concerning the public health procedures described in sections
25-4-412
and
25-4-413
.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 230,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 897, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-405 - Reporting requirements - immunity

(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 a sexually transmitted infection, the following persons and entities shall report any information required by rule of the state board to the state department or local public health agency, in a form and within a time period designated by rule of the state board:
(I)
Every health-care provider in the state;
(II)
Persons who test, diagnose, or treat sexually transmitted infections in a hospital, clinic, correctional institution, community-based organization, nonclinical setting, or other private or public institution; or
(III)
A laboratory or a person performing a test for a case of a sexually transmitted infection.
(b)
The reporting requirement specified in subsection (1)(a) of this section does not apply to a mental health professional who is not engaged in testing a patient for, diagnosing a patient with, or treating a patient with a sexually transmitted infection, regardless of whether the mental health professional knows the patient has a sexually transmitted infection.
(2)
The reports submitted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must include the name, date of birth, sex at birth, gender identity, address, and phone number of the individual with the sexually transmitted infection, and the name, address, and phone number of the person making the report. The report must also include any test results and the name, address, and phone number of the health-care provider and any other person or agency that referred the specimen for testing.
(3)
(a)
A person who, in good faith, complies with the reporting and treatment requirements of this part 4 is immune from civil and criminal liability for such actions.
(b)
Immunity from liability pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) does not apply to a negligent act or omission on the part of the health-care provider.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 57,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2023.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 156, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 230, § 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 898, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former §§ 25-4-402, 25-4-1402 , 25-4-1403 , and 25-4-1404 as they existed prior to 2016.
2023 Ch. 57, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-407 - Reporting requirements - research exemption

(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 by and is governed by the federal department of health and human services;
(c)
The research activity has as protocol objectives either:
(I)
The investigation of the effectiveness of a medical therapy or vaccine to prevent infection; or
(II)
Basic medical research into the cellular mechanisms that cause sexually transmitted infections;
(d)
The research activity is reviewed and approved by a duly constituted institutional review board in accordance with the regulations established by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services;
(e)
The research for the research activity has provided information that demonstrates that the research will be facilitated by an exemption specified in this section; and
(f)
The research activity has been determined to have a potential health benefit.
(2)
The research exemption authorized in this section does not alter the reporting requirements of persons and researchers who are otherwise required to make reports when engaged in any treatment or testing outside the scope of or prior to enrollment in an approved research protocol, including required reporting of other reportable diseases.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 230,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 899, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-409 - Minors - treatment - consent

(1)
(a)
A health-care provider or facility, if consulted by a patient who is a minor, shall perform, at the minor's request, a diagnostic examination for a sexually transmitted infection. The health-care provider or facility shall treat the minor for a sexually transmitted infection, if necessary; discuss, administer, dispense, or prescribe preventive measures or medications, where applicable; and include appropriate therapies and prescriptions.
(b)
If a minor requests a diagnostic examination, care, prevention services, or treatment for a sexually transmitted infection, the health-care provider who provides such services is not civilly or criminally liable for performing the service, but the immunity from liability does not apply to any negligent act or omission by the health-care provider.
(2)
The consent of a parent or legal guardian is not a prerequisite for a minor to receive a consultation, an examination, preventive care, or treatment for sexually transmitted infections. For the purposes of this section, health care provided to a minor is confidential, and information related to that care must not be divulged to any person other than the minor; except that the reporting required pursuant to the "Child Protection Act of 1987", part 3 of article
3
of title
19
, still applies. If the minor is thirteen years of age or younger, the health-care provider may involve the minor's parent or legal guardian. A health-care provider shall counsel the minor on the importance of bringing the minor's parent or legal guardian into the minor's confidence regarding the consultation, exam, or treatment.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 428,§2, eff. 7/6/2021.
Added by 2016 Ch. 230,§1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 902, p. 902, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1)(a) and (2) amended, (SB 21-016), ch. 2835, p. 2835, § 2, effective July 6.
This section is similar to former § 25-4-402 as it existed prior to 2016.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-411 - Confidential counseling and testing sites - legislative declaration

(1)
Confidential HIV counseling and testing services are the preferred screening services for the detection of a possible infection. However, the state department shall, consistent with generally accepted practices for the protection of the public health and safety, conduct an anonymous HIV counseling and testing program at selected sites. The state department may operate sites or separately contract through local public health agencies to conduct HIV testing in conjunction with counseling and testing sites, subject to maintaining standards for performance as set by rule of the state board pursuant to section
25-4-404
.
(2)
(a)
The disclosure of a person's name, address, phone number, birth date, or other personally identifying information is not required as a condition to be tested for HIV at an anonymous testing site. Any provision of this part 4 that requires or can be construed as requiring a person seeking testing to report or disclose such information does not apply to persons seeking to be tested at an anonymous testing site created pursuant to this section.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)(a) of this section, the age, gender, or gender identity of a person seeking to be tested at a testing site may be required.
Added by 2016 Ch. 230,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 905, § 1, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 25-4-1405.5 as it existed prior to 2016.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 4 - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (§§ 25-4-401 — 25-4-414) › Section 25-4-414 - Penalties

(1)
A health-care provider, laboratory employee, or other person who is required to make a report pursuant to section
25-4-405
and who fails to make such a report commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
(2)
A health-care provider, officer or employee of the state department, officer or employee of a local public health agency, or person, firm, or corporation that violates section
25-4-406
by breaching the confidentiality requirements of such section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 68, § 31, eff. 3/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 450, eff. 3/1/2022.
Added by 2016 Ch. 230, § 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 909, p. 909, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3234, p. 3234, § 450, effective 3/1/2022.
(1) This section is similar to former §§ 25-4-407 and 25-4-1409 as they existed prior to 2016.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-500.3 - Definitions

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Active tuberculosis" means a diagnosis of tuberculosis demonstrated by clinical, bacteriologic, or diagnostic imaging evidence, or a combination thereof. A person who has been diagnosed as having active tuberculosis and has not completed a course of antituberculosis treatment is still considered to have active tuberculosis and may be infectious.
(2)
"Board of health" means the state board of health created in section
25-1-103
.
(3)
"Contact" means a person who has shared the same air space with a person who has active tuberculosis.
(4)
"Contagious" means having a disease that may be transmitted from one living person to another through direct or indirect contact.
(5)
"Department" means the department of public health and environment.
(6)
"Health officer" means the executive director of the department, the state chief medical officer, and county or district public health directors.
(7)
"Infectious" means contagious.
(8)
"Isolation" means separation of a person infected, or suspected to be infected, with tuberculosis from other persons to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
(9)
"Latent tuberculosis infection" means that tuberculosis organisms are present in a person's body, but the person does not have tuberculosis or symptoms, nor is the person infectious. Such a person usually has a positive reaction to the tuberculin skin test.
(10)
"Local health officer" means the chief medical health officer of a county, district, or municipal public health agency or the health officer for a public health nursing service.
(11)
"Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis" means tuberculosis caused by tuberculosis organisms that are resistant to at least the drugs isoniazid and rifampin.
(12)
"Screening" means measures used to identify persons who have active tuberculosis or latent tuberculosis infection.
(13)
"State chief medical officer" means the chief medical officer of the department, as described in section
25-1-105
, or the executive director of the department.
(14)
"Suspected case of active tuberculosis", "suspected case of tuberculosis", "suspected tuberculosis", or "suspected tuberculosis case" means a diagnosis of tuberculosis is being considered for a person, whether or not antituberculosis therapy has been started.
(15)
"Tubercle bacilli" means tuberculosis organisms.
(16)
"Tuberculosis" means a potentially fatal contagious disease caused by the bacterial microorganisms of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that can affect almost any part of the body but most commonly affects the lungs.
L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 313, § 1, effective April 7; (13) amended, p. 1906, § 99, effective August 5. L. 2009: (6) amended, (SB 09-179), ch. 112, p. 472, §13, effective April 9. L. 2010: (10) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2093, §92, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-501 - Tuberculosis declared to be an infectious and communicable disease

It is hereby declared that tuberculosis is an infectious and communicable disease, that it endangers the population of this state, and that the treatment and control of such disease is a state and local responsibility. It is further declared that the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis requires that this threat be addressed with a coherent and consistent strategy in order to protect the public health. To the end that tuberculosis may be brought better under control and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis prevented, it is further declared that the department and local public health agencies shall, within available resources, cooperatively promote control and treatment of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
L. 67: R&RE, p. 723, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-1. L. 73: p. 695, § 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2762, § 432, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1313, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 313, § 1, effective April 7.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-502 - Tuberculosis to be reported

(1)
Every attending physician and other persons either treating or having knowledge of active or suspected tuberculosis in this state shall make a report to the department in accordance with section
25-1-122(1)
on every person known by said physician or other person to have active or suspected tuberculosis.
(2)
Any health-care facility or other similar private or public institution in this state shall make a report to the department in accordance with section
25-1-122(1)
on every person having active or suspected tuberculosis who comes into its care or observation.
(3)
All clinical laboratories rendering diagnostic service shall report to the department in accordance with section
25-1-122(1)
, within twenty-four hours after diagnosis, the full name and other available data relating to the person whose sputa or other specimens submitted for examination reveal the presence of tubercle bacilli.
L. 67: R&RE, p. 723, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-2. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 946, § 5, effective May 6. L. 94: (1) and (2) amended, p. 2762, § 433, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 315, § 1, effective April 7.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsections (1) and (2), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-503 - Examination of sputum. (Deleted by amendment)

L. 67: R&RE, p. 724, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-3. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2762, § 434, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 315, § 1, effective April 7.
This section was deleted by amendment in 2008. (See L. 2008, p. 315.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-504 - Statistical case register. (Deleted by amendment)

L. 67: R&RE, p. 724, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-4. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2763, § 435, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 315, § 1, effective April 7.
This section was deleted by amendment in 2008. (See L. 2008, p. 315.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-505 - Laboratories to report. (Deleted by amendment)

L. 67: R&RE, p. 724, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-5. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2763, § 436, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 316, § 1, effective April 7.
This section was deleted by amendment in 2008. (See L. 2008, p. 316.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-506 - Investigation and examination of suspected or known tuberculosis cases

(1)
The state chief medical officer and all local health officers are directed to use every available means to investigate immediately and ascertain the existence of all reported or suspected cases of active tuberculosis within the health officer's jurisdiction, to determine the sources of such infections, and to identify and evaluate the contacts of such cases and offer treatment as appropriate. In carrying out such investigations, such health officer is invested with full powers of inspection and examination of all persons known to be infected with active tuberculosis and is directed to make or cause to be made such examinations as are deemed necessary of persons who, on reasonable grounds, are suspected of having active tuberculosis in an infectious form.
(2)
Whenever a health officer determines on reasonable grounds that an examination of any person is necessary for the preservation and protection of the public health, the health officer shall issue a written order directing medical examination, setting forth the name of the person to be examined, the time and place of the examination, and such other terms and conditions as the health officer may deem necessary. A copy of such order shall be served upon the person. Such an examination may be made by a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse of the person's own choice under such terms and conditions as the health officer shall specify.
(3)
Any person who depends exclusively on prayer for healing in accordance with the teachings of any well-recognized religious sect, denomination, or organization, and claims exemptions on such grounds, shall nevertheless be subject to examination, and the provisions of this part 5 regarding compulsory reporting of communicable diseases and isolations shall apply where there is probable cause to suspect that such person has active tuberculosis. Such person shall not be required to submit to any medical treatment or to go to or be confined in a hospital or other medical institution if the person can safely be isolated in the person's own home or other suitable place of the person's choice.
(4)
A health officer may conduct screening programs of populations that are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis or having latent tuberculosis infection and offer treatment as appropriate. Such screening programs may be implemented by a local health officer with the approval of the state chief medical officer.
L. 67: R&RE, p. 724, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-6. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1313, § 2, effective August 7. L. 2004: (1)(a) amended, p. 1201, § 66, effective August 4. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 316, § 1, effective April 7; (2) amended, p. 132, § 14, effective 1/1/2009.
Amendments to subsection (2) by House Bill 08-1061 and House Bill 08-1199 were harmonized, effective January 1, 2009.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-508 - Inspection of records

Authorized department personnel may inspect and have access to all medical records of all medical practitioners, hospitals, institutions, and clinics, both public and private, where persons with known or suspected tuberculosis are treated and shall provide consultation services regarding the control of tuberculosis and the care of persons having tuberculosis to health-care providers or any other persons having responsibility for the care of persons with tuberculosis. Authorized department personnel shall also have access to laboratory records of persons tested for tuberculosis.
L. 67: R&RE, p. 725, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-8. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 947, § 6, effective May 6. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2763, § 437, effective July 1. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 318, § 1, effective April 7.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-509 - Violations - penalty

(1)
Any person who, after service upon him or her of an order of a health officer directing his or her isolation or examination as provided in sections
25-4-506
and
25-4-507
, violates or fails to comply with the order commits a petty offense.
(2)
Any person, firm, or corporation that fails to make the reports required by this part 5 or knowingly makes any false report is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
(3)
Upon the receipt of information that any examination, isolation, or treatment order made and served as provided in this part 5 has been violated, the health officer shall advise the district attorney of the judicial district in which such violation occurred of the pertinent facts relating to the violation.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 451, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 67: R&RE, p. 725, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-9. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 318, § 1, effective April 7. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3234, p. 3234, § 451, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-510 - Jurisdiction

District courts shall have original jurisdiction under this part 5.
L. 67: R&RE, p. 726, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-10. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 318, § 1, effective April 7.
This section was not amended in 2008, although it was contained in a 2008 act that amended this entire part 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-511 - Duties of board of health and department - confidentiality of records - rules

(1)
The board of health is authorized to adopt such rules as are deemed necessary, appropriate, and consistent with good medical practice in the state of Colorado for the treatment and control of persons with tuberculosis.
(2)
Subject to available appropriations, the department may contract with local public health agencies to provide assistance with tuberculosis treatment and control. The department shall retain the authority to, when necessary:
(a)
Direct any program of investigation and examination of suspected tuberculosis cases, including persons who have had contact with a person who has suspected or confirmed active tuberculosis, and the administration of antituberculosis chemotherapy or the treatment of a latent tuberculosis infection on an outpatient basis where appropriate;
(b)
Perform such other duties and have such other powers with relation to the provisions, objects, and purposes of this part 5 as the board of health shall prescribe.
(3)
Except as otherwise provided by law, all records kept by the department and by local public health agencies and all records retained in a county coroner's office in accordance with section
30-10-606(4)(c)
, C.R.S., as a result of the investigation of tuberculosis shall be kept strictly confidential and shall only be shared to the extent necessary for the investigation, treatment, control, and prevention of tuberculosis; except that every effort shall be made to limit disclosure of personal identifying information to the minimal amount necessary to accomplish the public health purpose.
L. 73: p. 695, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-11. L. 94: (1)(a), IP(2), and (3) amended, p. 2763, § 438, effective July 1. L. 2002: (2)(a) and (2)(b) amended, p. 1314, § 4, effective August 7. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 318, § 1, effective April 7.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (1)(a), the introductory portion to subsection (2), and subsection (3), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-512 - Nondiscrimination in the provision of general services

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 5 to the contrary, programs and services that provide for the investigation, identification, testing, preventive care, or treatment of tuberculosis shall be available to a person regardless of his or her race, religion, gender, ethnicity, national origin, or immigration status.
L. 73: p. 696, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-12. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1314, § 5, effective August 7. L. 2006 1st Ex. Sess.: (1)(c) amended and (2) added, p. 26, § 4, effective July 31. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 319, § 1, effective April 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 5 - TUBERCULOSIS (§§ 25-4-500.3 — 25-4-513) › Section 25-4-513 - Funding

The department shall provide funding to local public health agencies for tuberculosis treatment and control and shall consider the number of active, suspected, and latent tuberculosis cases undergoing therapy in each agency's jurisdiction when determining funding levels.
L. 73: p. 696, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-12-13. L. 2008: Entire part amended, p. 320, § 1, effective April 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-601 - Definitions

As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"County board of health" means the body acting as the county or district board of health under the provisions of section
25-1-508
.
(2)
"Health department" means the department of public health and environment or any county or district public health agency organized and maintained under the provisions of part 5 of article
1
of this title.
(3)
"Health officer" means the person appointed as the public health director of a district, county, city, or town under the provisions of section
25-1-509
.
(4)
"Inoculation against rabies" means the administration of the antirabies vaccine as approved by the department of public health and environment or the county or district department of health.
(5)
"Owner" means any person who has a right of property in a dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal, or who keeps or harbors a dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal, or who has it in his care or acts as its custodian.
L. 63: p. 545, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-1. L. 91: (2) and (5) amended, p. 947, § 7, effective May 6. L. 94: (4) amended, p. 2764, § 439, effective July 1. L. 2008: (1), (2), and (3) amended, p. 2053, § 7, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (4), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-602 - Notice to health department or officer if animal affected or suspected of being affected by rabies

Whenever a dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal is affected by rabies or suspected of being affected by rabies or has been bitten by an animal known or suspected to be affected by rabies, the owner of the dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal, or any person having knowledge thereof, shall forthwith notify the health department or health officer in the county, city, or town in which such animal is located, stating precisely where such animal may be found.
L. 63: p. 546, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-2. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 947, § 8, effective May 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-603 - Report of person bitten by animal to health department or health officer

Every physician after his first professional attendance upon a person bitten by a dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal, or any person having knowledge thereof, shall report to the health department or health officer in accordance with the provisions of section
25-1-122(1)
.
L. 63: p. 546, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-3. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 947, § 9, effective May 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-604 - Animal attacking or biting person to be confined - examination

The health department or health officer shall serve notice upon the owner of a dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal which has attacked or bitten a person to confine the animal at the expense of the owner upon his premises or at a pound or other place designated in the notice for a period designated by the department of public health and environment. The health department, health officer, or his representative shall be permitted by the owner of such dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal to examine the animal at any time within the period of confinement to determine whether such animal shows symptoms of rabies. No person shall obstruct or interfere with the authorized person in making such examination.
L. 63: p. 546, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-4. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 948, § 10, effective May 6. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2764, § 440, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-605 - Animals bitten by animals known or suspected of having rabies to be confined

The health department or health officer shall serve notice in writing upon the owner of a dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal known to have been bitten by an animal known or suspected of having rabies requiring the owner to immediately treat and confine such animal by procedures outlined by the department of public health and environment.
L. 63: p. 546, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-5. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 948, § 11, effective May 6. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2765, § 441, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-606 - Animals to be confined to prevent spread of rabies

Whenever the board of health of a health department or the county board of health has reason to believe or has been notified by the department of public health and environment that there is imminent danger that rabies may spread within that county or district, such board shall serve public notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in such county or district covered by such department requiring the owners of dogs, cats, other pet animals, or other mammals specified to confine such dogs, cats, pet animals, or mammals for such period as may be necessary to prevent the spread of rabies in such county or district.
L. 63: p. 546, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-6. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 948, § 12, effective May 6. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2765, § 442, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-608 - Notice of order requiring inoculation of animals

The order of a board of health of a health department or a county board of health requiring inoculation of all dogs, cats, other pet animals, or other mammals shall not become effective until twenty-four hours after notice of adoption of the order requiring inoculation of all dogs, cats, other pet animals, or other mammals has been published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or district.
L. 63: p. 547, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-8. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 949, § 14, effective May 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-609 - Effect of order requiring inoculation of animals

Sections 25-4-610 and 25-4-611 shall be in force and effect only in those counties, districts, or portions of counties or districts where an order requiring inoculation of all dogs, cats, other pet animals, or other mammals is in effect.
L. 63: p. 547, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-9. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 949, § 15, effective May 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-610 - Uninoculated animals not to run at large - impounding and disposition of animals

It is unlawful for any owner of any dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal which has not been inoculated as required by the order of the county board of health or board of health of a health department to allow it to run at large. The health department or health officer may capture and impound any such dog, cat, other pet animal, or other mammal found running at large and dispose of such animal in accordance with local program policy. Such power to impound and dispose shall extend to any and all animals unclaimed and found or suspected to be affected by rabies, whether wild or domestic. The division of parks and wildlife shall cooperate with and aid the health department or health officer in the enforcement of this section as it affects animals found or suspected to be affected by rabies when such animals are in its care, jurisdiction, or control.
L. 63: p. 547, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-10. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 949, § 16, effective May 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-611 - Report to state department

Each health department or health officer shall furnish information to the department of public health and environment concerning all cases of rabies and the prevalence of rabies within the county at any time such information is requested by the department of public health and environment.
L. 63: p. 548, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-11. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2765, § 443, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-612 - Enforcement of part 6

The health officer or health department shall enforce the provisions of this part 6, and the sheriff and his deputies and the police officers in each incorporated municipality and the division of parks and wildlife shall be aides and are instructed to cooperate with the health department or health officer in carrying out the provisions of this part 6.
L. 63: p. 548, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-613 - Liability for accident or subsequent disease from inoculation

The health departments, their assistants and employees, the department of public health and environment, health officers, or anyone enforcing the provisions of this part 6 shall not be held responsible for any accident or subsequent disease that may occur in connection with the administration of this part 6.
L. 63: p. 548, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-13. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2765, § 444, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Article 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (§§ 25-4-101 — 25-4-2504) › Part 6 - RABIES CONTROL (§§ 25-4-601 — 25-4-615) › Section 25-4-614 - Penalties

Any person who refuses to comply with or who violates any of the provisions of this part 6 commits a petty offense.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 452, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 63: p. 548, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-25-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-23-14. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3234, p. 3234, § 452, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).