§ 23-22-107 — Objects of hospital - eligible patients

(1) The hospital is
primarily and principally conducted, not for chronic illness, but for the care and
treatment of legal residents of Colorado who are afflicted with a behavioral or
mental health disorder that can probably be remedied by observation, treatment,
and hospital care. The hospital must also be utilized for such instruction and for
such scientific research as, in the opinion of the board of regents, will promote the
welfare of the patients committed or certified to its care and assist in the
application of science to the prevention and cure of behavioral or mental health
disorders.

(2) Persons eligible to admission to said hospital as patients shall belong to
one of the following classes: First, voluntary public patients; second, committed
public patients; third, voluntary private patients; fourth, committed private patients;
fifth, part pay patients, either voluntary or committed.

(3) A voluntary public patient is one who is admitted to the hospital at his
own request or at the request of the person who has lawful custody or control over
him. A committed patient is one who is ordered by the court to submit to
observation, care, and treatment at the hospital. A private patient is one whose
entire expenses at the hospital are paid by himself, out of his estate, by those
responsible for his support, or by some person who voluntarily assumes the
expense. A public patient is one whose entire expense at the hospital is paid out of
the psychiatric hospital fund. A part pay patient is one whose expense is paid in part
out of the psychiatric hospital fund, and the remainder is paid by himself, out of his
estate, by those legally responsible for his support, or by someone who voluntarily
assumes the expense.

Legislative History

Source: L. 23: p. 525, � 3. CSA: C. 105, � 69. CRS 53: � 124-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: � 124-3-6. L. 2017: (1) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1320, � 174, effective May 25.