C.R.S. Section 24-72-602
Access to personal medical information prohibited

  • exceptions

(1)

The department shall neither access nor distribute an individual’s personal medical information or medical record without the individual’s consent concurrent with a request for access.

(2)

When the department requests access to the personal medical information or medical record of an employee of the department in connection with one of the following employment-related requests, occurrences, or claims, the employee’s consent applies throughout the duration of the employment-related request, occurrence, or claim for which the access to the employee’s personal medical information or medical record is requested:

(a)

Family medical leave;

(b)

A request for a workplace accommodation under the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., as amended;

(c)

A request for short- or long-term disability benefits;

(d)

Determining fitness to return to work after a lengthy absence;

(e)

Physician verification of an absence exceeding three days;

(f)

A request by a job applicant for an accommodation through the application process;

(g)

A workers’ compensation claim; or

(h)

Disability retirement.

(3)

This section does not:

(a)

Prohibit the department from accessing an invoice, a sales receipt, or other documentation of a sale necessary to substantiate an exemption from state sales tax under section 39-26-717 as long as:

(I)

No personal medical information or medical record is contained in the documentation; and

(II)

Any information in the documentation that identifies or could be used to identify an individual patient or that indicates a patient diagnosis or treatment plan has been redacted from the documentation;

(b)

Override the authority of the department to obtain and use a written medical opinion in accordance with section 42-2-112; or

(c)

Apply to a request by the department for information in accordance with section 39-22-540 (6).

Source: Section 24-72-602 — Access to personal medical information prohibited - exceptions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-24.­pdf (accessed May 26, 2025).

24–72–101
Records destroyed - certified copies rerecorded 24–72–102
District court to restore destroyed records 24–72–103
Costs and expenses of proceeding 24–72–104
Purchase abstracts 24–72–105
Abstract books part of records - evidence 24–72–106
Abstract books - use - presumptions 24–72–107
Abstract books, when notice 24–72–108
Jurisdiction of courts to make inquiry 24–72–109
Special commissioners - fees 24–72–110
Evidence admissible, when - charges 24–72–111
Originals destroyed, prior abstracts as evidence 24–72–112
Public records free to servicemen 24–72–113
Limit on retention of passive surveillance records - definition 24–72–200.1
Short title 24–72–201
Legislative declaration 24–72–202
Definitions 24–72–203
Public records open to inspection 24–72–204
Allowance or denial of inspection - grounds - procedure - appeal - definitions - repeal 24–72–204.5
Adoption of electronic mail policy 24–72–205
Copy, printout, or photograph of a public record - imposition of research and retrieval fee 24–72–205.5
Public inspection of ballots - stay period - recounts - rules governing public inspection of ballots - legislative declaration - definitions 24–72–301
Legislative declaration 24–72–302
Definitions 24–72–303
Records of official actions required - open to inspection - applicability 24–72–304
Inspection of criminal justice records 24–72–305
Allowance or denial of inspection - grounds - procedure - appeal 24–72–305.3
Private access to criminal history records of volunteers and employees of charitable organizations 24–72–305.4
Governmental access to criminal history records of applicants in regulated professions or occupations 24–72–305.5
Access to records - denial by custodian - use of records to obtain information for solicitation - definitions 24–72–305.6
County clerk and recorder access to criminal history records of election judges and employees - rules 24–72–306
Copies, printouts, or photographs of criminal justice records - fees authorized 24–72–307
Challenge to accuracy and completeness - appeals 24–72–309
Violation - penalty 24–72–501
Definitions 24–72–502
Creation of a privacy policy for governmental entities 24–72–601
Definitions 24–72–602
Access to personal medical information prohibited - exceptions 24–72–701
Definitions 24–72–702
Expungement of arrest records in case of mistaken identity - definitions 24–72–703
Sealing of records - general provisions - order applicability - discovery and advisements 24–72–704
Sealing of arrest records when no charges filed - automatic sealing 24–72–705
Sealing criminal justice records other than convictions - simplified process - applicability 24–72–706
Sealing of criminal conviction and criminal justice records - processing fee 24–72–707
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses committed by victims of human trafficking 24–72–708
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for municipal offenses for convictions 24–72–709
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for multiple conviction records 24–72–710
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses that receive a full and unconditional pardon

Current through Fall 2025

§ 24-72-602. Access to personal medical information prohibited's source at colorado​.gov