§ 24-31-907 — Prohibited use of excited delirium - definition

Colorado § 24-31-907

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Department of Law

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(1) (a) A person
or entity conducting a training program for peace officers, as described in section
16-2.5-101 (1), or other first responders shall not include any training on or reference
to the term excited delirium in any training program. A peace officer, as described
in section 16-2.5-101 (1), law enforcement agency, or other organization shall not
report to the P.O.S.T. board, created in section 24-31-302, a course that contains
the concept of excited delirium for credit toward any training required by sections
24-31-303 (1), 24-31-315, or any rule promulgated by the P.O.S.T. board. Nothing in
this section prohibits the instruction of, or reporting to the P.O.S.T. board for
training credit, courses that include the safe and effective interaction with
individuals exhibiting an altered mental state, including symptomatology of a state
of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and
apparent immunity from pain.

(b) A peace officer shall not use the term excited delirium to describe an
individual in an incident report completed by a peace officer. A peace officer may
describe the characteristics of an individual's conduct but shall not generally
describe the individual's demeanor, conduct, or physical or mental condition at
issue as excited delirium.

(2) For purposes of this section, excited delirium means a term used to
describe a person's state of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme aggression,
physical violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not listed in the most
recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Excited delirium also includes excited delirium syndrome, hyperactive delirium,
agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2024: Entire section added, (HB 24-1103), ch. 47, p. 166, � 1, effective August 7.