Colorado § 25-5-418 Advertisements

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-5-418 — Advertisements

Colorado § 25-5-418

Title 25Public

Art.Products Control and Safety

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-5-418 (2026).

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(1)An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or cosmetic is deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular.

(2)For the purpose of this part 4, the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, arthritis, baldness, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, rheumatism, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sexually transmitted infections, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, or

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(1) An advertisement of a food, drug, device, or
cosmetic is deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular.

(2) For the purpose of this part 4, the advertisement of a drug or device
representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis,
arthritis, baldness, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles,
cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and
vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps,
nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis),
prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, rheumatism, scarlet fever, sexual impotence,
sexually transmitted infections, sinus infection, smallpox, tuberculosis, tumors,
typhoid, or uremia shall also be deemed to be false; except that no advertisement
not in violation of subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to be false under
this subsection (2) if it is disseminated only to members of the medical, dental,
chiropractic, or veterinary professions, or appears only in the scientific periodicals
of these professions, or is disseminated only for the purpose of public health
education by persons not commercially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale
of such drugs or devices; but, if the department determines that an advance in
medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the
diseases named in this subsection (2), the department shall by regulation authorize
the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease,
subject to such conditions and restrictions as the department may deem necessary
in the interests of public health; except that this subsection (2) shall not be
construed as indicating that self-medication for any diseases is safe or efficacious.

Legislative History

Source: L. 57: p. 439, � 18. CRS 53: � 66-22-18. C.R.S. 1963: � 66-20-18. L. 2009: (2) amended, (SB 09-179), ch. 112, p. 476, � 24, effective April 9.