Colorado § 25-3-100.5 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-3-100.5 — Definitions

Colorado § 25-3-100.5

Title 25Public

Art.Hospitals

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-3-100.5 (2026).

Text

As used in this article 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Acute treatment unit means a facility or a distinct part of a facility for short-term psychiatric care, which may include treatment for substance use disorders, that provides a total, twenty-four-hour, therapeutically planned and professionally staffed environment for persons who do not require inpatient hospitalization but need more intense and individual services than are available on an outpatient basis, such as crisis management and stabilization services.

(2)Department means the department of public health and environment.

(3)Heart attack database means a national registry designed for heart attack data.

(4)Joint commission means an independent, nonprofit organization that accredits and certifies heal

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As used in this article 3, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Acute treatment unit means a facility or a distinct part of a facility for
short-term psychiatric care, which may include treatment for substance use
disorders, that provides a total, twenty-four-hour, therapeutically planned and
professionally staffed environment for persons who do not require inpatient
hospitalization but need more intense and individual services than are available on
an outpatient basis, such as crisis management and stabilization services.

(2) Department means the department of public health and environment.

(3) Heart attack database means a national registry designed for heart
attack data.

(4) Joint commission means an independent, nonprofit organization that
accredits and certifies health-care organizations and programs in the United
States, or its successor entity.

(5) PCI center means a hospital that performs percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI), commonly known as coronary angioplasty, for acute myocardial
infarction.

(6) STEMI means ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1391, � 22, effective August 7. L. 2017: IP amended and (2) to (6) added, (HB 17-1246), ch. 214, p. 834, � 1, effective May 18; entire section amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1324, � 188, effective May 25.