Colorado § 15-14-505 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 15-14-505 — Definitions

Colorado § 15-14-505

Title 15Probate,

Art.Persons Under Disability - Protection

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-14-505 (2026).

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As used in sections 15-14-503 to 15-14-509, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Adult means any person eighteen years of age or older.

(2)Advance medical directive means any written instructions concerning the making of medical treatment decisions on behalf of the person who has provided the instructions. An advance medical directive includes a medical durable power of attorney executed pursuant to section 15-14-506, a declaration executed pursuant to the Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act, article 18 of this title, a power of attorney granting medical treatment authority executed prior to July 1, 1992, pursuant to section 15-14-501, and a declaration executed pursuant to article 18.6 of this title.

(3)Artificial nourishment and hydration means any medical procedur

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As used in sections 15-14-503 to 15-14-509, unless
the context otherwise requires:

(1) Adult means any person eighteen years of age or older.

(2) Advance medical directive means any written instructions concerning
the making of medical treatment decisions on behalf of the person who has
provided the instructions. An advance medical directive includes a medical durable
power of attorney executed pursuant to section 15-14-506, a declaration executed
pursuant to the Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act, article 18 of this title, a
power of attorney granting medical treatment authority executed prior to July 1,
1992, pursuant to section 15-14-501, and a declaration executed pursuant to article
18.6 of this title.

(3) Artificial nourishment and hydration means any medical procedure
whereby nourishment or hydration is supplied through a tube inserted into a
person's nose, mouth, stomach, or intestines or nutrients or fluids are injected
intravenously into a person's bloodstream.

(4) Decisional capacity means the ability to provide informed consent to or
refusal of medical treatment or the ability to make an informed health-care benefit
decision.

(4.7) Health-care benefit decision means any decision or action related to
the application, enrollment, disenrollment, appeal, or other function necessary for
private or public health-care benefits that does not conflict with any known
preference of the individual.

(5) Health-care facility means any hospital, hospice, nursing facility, care
center, dialysis treatment facility, assisted living facility, any entity that provides
home and community-based services, home health-care agency, or any other
facility administering or contracting to administer medical treatment, and which is
licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer
medical treatment.

(6) Health-care provider means any physician or any other individual who
administers medical treatment to persons and who is licensed, certified, or
otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer medical treatment or who is
employed by or acting for such authorized person. Health-care provider includes a
health maintenance organization licensed and conducting business in this state.

(7) Medical treatment means the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of
any health care, medical procedure, including artificially provided nourishment and
hydration, surgery, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or service to maintain, diagnose,
treat, or provide for a patient's physical or mental health or personal care.

(8) Physician or designee means the treating physician or a health-care
professional under the supervision of the treating physician.