C.R.S. Section 25-1.5-501
Legislative declaration

(1)

The general assembly hereby finds that there are areas of Colorado that suffer from a lack of health-care professionals, geriatric advanced practice providers, or behavioral health-care providers to serve, and a lack of nursing or other health-care professional faculty to train health-care professionals to meet, the medical and behavioral health-care needs of communities. The general assembly further finds that the state needs to implement incentives to encourage health-care professionals, geriatric advanced practice providers, and behavioral health-care providers to practice in these underserved areas and to encourage nursing faculty and other health-care professional faculty to teach health-care professionals.

(2)

It is therefore the intent of the general assembly in enacting this part 5 to create a state health service corps program that uses state money, federal money, when permissible, and contributions from communities and private sources to help repay the outstanding education loans that many health-care professionals, geriatric advanced practice providers, behavioral health-care providers, candidates for licensure, nursing faculty, and health-care professional faculty hold. In exchange for repayment of loans incurred for the purpose of obtaining education in their chosen health-care, geriatric care, and behavioral health-care professions, the health-care professionals, geriatric advanced practice providers, behavioral health-care providers, and candidates for licensure will commit to provide health-care, geriatric care, or behavioral health-care services, as applicable, in communities with underserved health-care, geriatric care, or behavioral health-care needs throughout the state, and the nursing and health-care professional faculty will commit to provide a specified period of service in a qualified faculty position.

(3)

In addition, for purposes of increasing the availability of certified addiction counselors, it is the intent of the general assembly to create a scholarship program to provide scholarships to addiction counselors who, in exchange for receiving scholarships to assist them in obtaining the required education and training to be certified as an addiction counselor, commit to practice in a health professional shortage area for a specified period.

Source: Section 25-1.5-501 — Legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

25‑1.5‑101
Powers and duties of department - laboratory cash fund - office of suicide prevention - suicide prevention coordination cash fund - report - dispensation of payments under contracts with grantees - definitions 25‑1.5‑102
Epidemic and communicable diseases - powers and duties of department - rules - definitions 25‑1.5‑103
Health facilities - powers and duties of department - rules - limitations on rules - definitions - repeal 25‑1.5‑104
Regulation of standards relating to food - powers and duties of department 25‑1.5‑105
Detection of diseases - powers and duties of department 25‑1.5‑106
Medical marijuana program - powers and duties of state health agency - rules - medical review board - medical marijuana program cash fund - subaccount - created - “Ethan’s Law” - definitions - repeal 25‑1.5‑106.5
Medical marijuana health research grant program 25‑1.5‑107
Pandemic influenza - purchase of antiviral therapy - definitions 25‑1.5‑108
Regulation of dialysis treatment clinics - training for hemodialysis technicians - state board of health rules - definitions - repeal 25‑1.5‑109
Food allergies and anaphylaxis form for schools - powers and duties of department 25‑1.5‑110
Monitor health effects of marijuana - report 25‑1.5‑111
Suicide prevention commission - created - responsibilities - gifts, grants, or donations - reimbursement for expenses - definition - repeal 25‑1.5‑112
Colorado suicide prevention plan - established - goals - responsibilities - funding - definition 25‑1.5‑113
Crisis and suicide prevention training grant program - creation - process - reporting requirements - fund - definitions 25‑1.5‑114
Freestanding emergency departments - licensure - requirements - rules - definitions 25‑1.5‑115
Opiate antagonist bulk purchase fund - creation - rules - report - appropriation - definition - repeal 25‑1.5‑115.3
Non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests - appropriation - definitions - repeal 25‑1.5‑115.5
Fentanyl prevention and education campaign - website 25‑1.5‑116
Costs associated with living organ donation - definitions 25‑1.5‑117
Hospitals - standardized health benefit plan - participation - penalties 25‑1.5‑118
Training for staff providing direct-care services to residents with dementia - rules - definitions 25‑1.5‑120
Natural medicine testing and standards - rules 25‑1.5‑201
Definitions 25‑1.5‑202
Water - minimum general sanitary standards 25‑1.5‑203
Water - powers and duties of department - rules 25‑1.5‑204
Inspection for violations of minimum general sanitary standards relating to quality of drinking water 25‑1.5‑205
Advice to other entities 25‑1.5‑206
Applicability 25‑1.5‑207
Damages and injunctive relief to prevent or abate release of contaminants in water 25‑1.5‑208
Grant program for public water systems and domestic wastewater treatment works - small communities water and wastewater grant fund - rules 25‑1.5‑209
Drinking water fee - drinking water cash fund - repeal 25‑1.5‑210
Best practices for residential rooftop precipitation collection 25‑1.5‑301
Definitions 25‑1.5‑302
Administration of medications - powers and duties of department - record checks - rules 25‑1.5‑303
Medication reminder boxes or systems - medication cash fund 25‑1.5‑401
Legislative declaration 25‑1.5‑402
Definitions 25‑1.5‑403
Primary care office - creation 25‑1.5‑404
Primary care office - powers and duties - rules 25‑1.5‑405
Visa waiver program fund 25‑1.5‑406
School nurse grant program - creation - eligibility - award of grants - rules - report - legislative declaration - definitions 25‑1.5‑407
Practice-based health education grant program - creation - primary care office to administer 25‑1.5‑501
Legislative declaration 25‑1.5‑502
Definitions 25‑1.5‑503
Colorado health service corps - program - creation - conditions 25‑1.5‑503.5
Scholarship program for addiction counselors - creation - eligibility - conditions 25‑1.5‑504
Colorado health service corps advisory council - creation - membership - duties 25‑1.5‑505
Advisory council - report 25‑1.5‑506
Colorado health service corps fund - created - acceptance of grants and donations - annual appropriation from marijuana tax cash fund - repeal 25‑1.5‑601
Short title 25‑1.5‑602
Definitions 25‑1.5‑603
Applicability to volunteer health practitioners 25‑1.5‑604
Regulation of services during emergency 25‑1.5‑605
Volunteer health practitioner registration systems 25‑1.5‑606
Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states 25‑1.5‑607
No effect on credentialing and privileging 25‑1.5‑608
Provision of volunteer health or veterinary services - administrative sanctions 25‑1.5‑609
Relation to other laws 25‑1.5‑610
Rules 25‑1.5‑611
Civil liability for volunteer health practitioners - vicarious liability 25‑1.5‑612
Workers’ compensation coverage 25‑1.5‑613
Uniformity of application and construction 25‑1.5‑701
Health survey for birthing parents
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 25-1.5-501’s source at colorado​.gov