§ 25-4-402 — Definitions

Colorado § 25-4-402

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Disease Control

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As used in this part 4:

(1) Executive director means the executive director of the state
department.

(2) Health-care provider means a person whose vocation or profession is
related to the maintenance of individuals' health or anyone who provides diagnostic
screening tests, medical treatment, or other medical services.

(3) Health officer means the executive director of the state department,
the chief medical officer appointed pursuant to section 25-1-105, or a local director.

(4) HIV means human immunodeficiency virus.

(5) Local director has the same meaning as set forth in section 25-1-502
for public health director.

(6) Local public health agency means a county or district public health
agency established pursuant to section 25-1-506 or a local department of public
health.

(7) Medical emergency means an acute injury, illness, or exposure that
poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long-term health, such that the
absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in
placing the person's health in serious jeopardy, including a serious impairment to
bodily function or a serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.

(7.5) Mental health professional means:

(a) A psychologist, a social worker, a marriage and family therapist, a
licensed professional counselor, an unlicensed psychotherapist, or an addiction
counselor licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise regulated pursuant to article
245 of title 12; or

(b) A psychologist candidate, a clinical social worker candidate, a marriage
and family therapist candidate, a licensed professional counselor candidate, or an
addiction counselor candidate registered pursuant to section 12-245-304 (3), 12-245-404 (4), 12-245-504 (4), 12-245-604 (4), or 12-245-804 (3.7), respectively.

(8) Minor, unless otherwise specified, means a person who is under
eighteen years of age.

(9) Public safety workers includes law enforcement officers, peace
officers, emergency service providers, and firefighters.

(10) Sexually transmitted infection refers to chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea,
HIV, and relevant types of hepatitis, as well as any other sexually transmitted
infection, regardless of mode of transmission, as designated by the state board by
rule upon making a finding that the particular sexually transmitted infection is
contagious.

(11) State board means the state board of health created in section 25-1-103.

(12) State department means the state department of public health and
environment established in section 25-1-102.

(13) Test means any diagnostic, screening, or other test that may be
provided in a health-care or community-based environment.

(14) Victim has the same meaning as defined in section 24-4.1-302 (5),
C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2016: Entire part R&RE, (SB 16-146), ch. 230, p. 896, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2023: (7.5) added, (HB 23-1031), ch. 57, p. 203, � 1, effective August 7.