§ 26.5-4-401 — Definitions

Colorado § 26.5-4-401

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 26.5: Early
• Art.: Child Care and Education

Text

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Abuse means physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, or
negligent treatment of a child.

(2) Coach means a person employed or volunteering as a coach, manager,
or supervisor of a youth athletic activity but does not include occasional assistance
with or support of the youth athletic activity by a person, including the action of
other volunteers or employees of the youth sports organization in a passing,
general, or nominal manner.

(3) (a) Youth sports organization means a private for-profit or not-for-profit
organization that, as part of its core function, provides persons who are less than
eighteen years of age the opportunity to participate in scheduled competitive or
recreational sporting activities, whether individually or as a team, but does not
include a sporting activity that is incidental to a nonathletic program or lesson.

(b) Youth sports organization does not include:

(I) A neighborhood youth organization, as defined in section 26.5-5-303;

(II) A public or private school serving any of grades kindergarten through
twelve;

(III) A licensed child-care facility;

(IV) A public or private institution of higher education; or

(V) An organization that merely provides the opportunity to participate in an
unsupervised, unscheduled competitive or recreational sporting event on a walk-in
basis.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2024: Entire part added, (SB 24-113), ch. 196, p. 1193, � 1, effective August 7.