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/crs2023-title-24.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 24-72-602’s source at colorado​.gov