Colorado § 13-90-202 Definitions

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§ 13-90-202 — Definitions

Colorado § 13-90-202

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-90-202 (2026).

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Appointing authority means the presiding officer or similar official of any court, board, commission, agency, or licensing or law enforcement authority of the state.

(2)Assistive listening device means an amplification system that operates in conjunction with a hearing aid to increase the volume of sounds for the hearing aid only.

(3)Auxiliary services means those aids and services that assist in effective communication with a person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind, including:

(a)The services of a qualified interpreter;

(b)The provision of a qualified communication access realtime translation (CART) reporter;

(c)The provision of an assistive listening device; or

(d)The acquisition or modificat

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Appointing authority means the presiding officer or similar official of
any court, board, commission, agency, or licensing or law enforcement authority of
the state.

(2) Assistive listening device means an amplification system that operates
in conjunction with a hearing aid to increase the volume of sounds for the hearing
aid only.

(3) Auxiliary services means those aids and services that assist in effective
communication with a person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind, including:

(a) The services of a qualified interpreter;

(b) The provision of a qualified communication access realtime translation
(CART) reporter;

(c) The provision of an assistive listening device; or

(d) The acquisition or modification of equipment or devices to assist in
effective communication with a person who is deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind.

(4) Repealed.

(5) Communication access realtime translation (CART) reporter means a
word-for-word speech-to-text translation service for the deaf, hard of hearing, or
deafblind.

(6) Deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind means a person who has a functional
hearing loss of sufficient severity to prevent aural comprehension, even with the
assistance of hearing aids.

(6.3) Division means the division for the deaf, hard of hearing, and
deafblind in the department of human services created in section 26-21-106 (1).

(7) Effective communication means those methods of communication that
are individualized and culturally appropriate to a person who is deaf, hard of
hearing, or deafblind so that he or she can easily access all auditory information.

(7.3) Enterprise means the communication services for people with
disabilities enterprise created in section 26-21-103.5.

(8) Qualified interpreter means a person who has a valid certification of
competency accepted by the division and includes oral interpreters, sign language
interpreters, and intermediary interpreters.

(9) State court system means the system of courts, or any part thereof,
established pursuant to articles 1 to 9 of this title 13 and article VI of the state
constitution. State court system does not include the municipal courts or any part
thereof.

Legislative History

Source: L. 87: Entire part R&RE, p. 570, � 1, effective April 23. L. 94: (4) amended, p. 2642, � 93, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1086, � 2, effective May 25. L. 2009: (1) amended and (9) added, (SB 09-144), ch. 219, p. 992, � 9, effective August 5. L. 2018: (3) to (7) and (9) amended, (HB 18-1108), ch. 303, p. 1833, � 3, effective August 8. L. 2025: (4) repealed, (6.3) and (7.3) added, and (8) amended, (HB 25-1154), ch. 230, p. 1084, � 19, effective May 22.