Colorado § 25-1.5-120 Natural medicine testing and standards - rules

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-1.5-120 — Natural medicine testing and standards - rules

Colorado § 25-1.5-120

Title 25Public

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1.5-120 (2026).

Text

(1)The department of public health and environment, in coordination with the department of revenue, to ensure consistency between rules, shall promulgate rules concerning testing standards and laboratory certification requirements of natural medicine and natural medicine product regulated by the department of revenue pursuant to article 50 of title 44.

(2)At a minimum, the rules must:

(a)Establish natural medicine and natural medicine product laboratory testing standards and requirements;

(b)Establish a natural medicine independent laboratory testing certification program for licensees pursuant to article 50 of title 44, within an implementation time frame established by the department of revenue, requiring licensees to test natural medicine and natural medicine product to

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(1) The
department of public health and environment, in coordination with the department
of revenue, to ensure consistency between rules, shall promulgate rules concerning
testing standards and laboratory certification requirements of natural medicine and
natural medicine product regulated by the department of revenue pursuant to
article 50 of title 44.

(2) At a minimum, the rules must:

(a) Establish natural medicine and natural medicine product laboratory
testing standards and requirements;

(b) Establish a natural medicine independent laboratory testing certification
program for licensees pursuant to article 50 of title 44, within an implementation
time frame established by the department of revenue, requiring licensees to test
natural medicine and natural medicine product to ensure, at a minimum, that
products transferred for human consumption by persons licensed pursuant to
article 50 of title 44 do not contain contaminants that are injurious to health and to
ensure correct labeling;

(c) Establish procedures that require notification to the state licensing
authority if test results indicate the presence of quantities of any substance
determined to be injurious to health;

(d) Ensure that testing verifies concentration representations and
homogeneity for correct labeling;

(e) Establish an acceptable variance for concentration representations and
procedures to address concentration misrepresentations; and

(f) Establish the protocols and frequency of natural medicine testing by
licensees.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (SB 23-290), ch. 249, p. 1389, � 20, effective July 1. L. 2024: (1), (2)(a), (2)(b), and (2)(c) amended, (SB 24-198), ch. 452, p. 3141, � 6, effective June 6.