Colorado § 25.5-1-601 Legislative declaration

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§ 25.5-1-601 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 25.5-1-601

Title 25.5Health

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-1-601 (2026).

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(1)The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

(a)Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this state;

(b)Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban areas of the state are underserved;

(c)A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved because of indigency;

(d)Family physicians provide health care to all segments of the population;

(e)The provision of more competent family physicians is a public purpose of great importance; and

(f)The creation of the commission on family medicine is a desirable, necessary, and cost-effective means of addressing the needs described in this subsection (1).

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds
and declares that:

(a) Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this
state;

(b) Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban
areas of the state are underserved;

(c) A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved
because of indigency;

(d) Family physicians provide health care to all segments of the population;

(e) The provision of more competent family physicians is a public purpose of
great importance; and

(f) The creation of the commission on family medicine is a desirable,
necessary, and cost-effective means of addressing the needs described in this
subsection (1).