C.R.S. Section 25-3-605
Confidentiality

(1)

Except as provided by subsection (5) of this section, all information and materials obtained and compiled by the department under this part 6 or compiled by a health facility under this part 6, including all related information and materials, are confidential; are not subject to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release to any person, subject to subsection (2) of this section; and may not be admitted as evidence or otherwise disclosed in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding.

(2)

The confidential protections under subsection (1) of this section shall apply without regard to whether the information or materials are obtained from or compiled by a health facility or an entity that has ownership or management interests in a health facility.

(3)

The transfer of information or materials under this part 6 is not a waiver of a privilege or protection granted under law.

(4)

Information reported by a health facility under this part 6 and analyses, plans, records, and reports obtained, prepared, or compiled by a health facility under this part 6 and all related information and materials are subject to an absolute privilege and shall not be used in any form against the health facility, its agents, employees, partners, assignees, or independent contractors in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding, regardless of the means by which a person came into possession of the information, analysis, plan, record, report, or related information or materials.

(5)

The provisions of this section regarding the confidentiality of information or materials compiled or reported by a health facility in compliance with or as authorized under this part 6 shall not restrict access, to the extent authorized by law, by the patient or the patients’ legally authorized representative to records of the patient’s medical diagnosis or treatment or to other primary health records.

Source: Section 25-3-605 — Confidentiality, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Dec. 24, 2024).

25‑3‑100.5
Definitions 25‑3‑101
Hospitals - health facilities - licensed - definitions 25‑3‑102
License - application - issuance - certificate of compliance required - rules 25‑3‑102.1
Deemed status for certain facilities 25‑3‑102.5
Nursing facilities - consumer satisfaction survey - pilot survey 25‑3‑103
License denial or revocation - provisional license - rules 25‑3‑103.1
Health facilities general licensure cash fund 25‑3‑103.5
Nondiscrimination - hospital surgical privileges - hospital rules and regulations 25‑3‑103.7
Employment of physicians - when permissible - conditions - definitions - repeal 25‑3‑104
Reports 25‑3‑105
License - fee - rules - performance incentive system - penalty 25‑3‑106
Unincorporated associations 25‑3‑107
Disciplinary actions reported to Colorado medical board or podiatry board 25‑3‑108
Receivership 25‑3‑109
Quality management functions - confidentiality and immunity 25‑3‑110
Emergency contraception - definitions 25‑3‑111
Authentication of verbal orders - hospital policies or bylaws 25‑3‑113
Health-care facility stakeholder forum - creation - membership - duties 25‑3‑115
Stroke advisory board - creation - membership - duties - report - definition - repeal 25‑3‑116
Department recognition of national certification - suspension or revocation of recognition 25‑3‑117
Heart attack database - hospitals to report data on heart attack care 25‑3‑118
Hospital off-campus location - obtain and use unique NPI - definitions 25‑3‑119
Freestanding emergency departments - required notices - disclosures - rules - definitions 25‑3‑120
Regulation of surgical smoke - requirement to adopt a policy - definitions - applicability 25‑3‑121
Health-care facilities - emergency and nonemergency services - required disclosures - balance billing - deceptive trade practice - rules - definitions 25‑3‑122
Out-of-network facilities - emergency medical services - billing - payment - deceptive trade practice 25‑3‑123
Mental health facility pilot program - establishment - rules - definitions 25‑3‑124
Food donations to nonprofit organizations encouraged 25‑3‑125
Visitation rights - hospital patients - residents in nursing care facilities or assisted living residences - limitations - definitions - short title 25‑3‑126
Health facilities - requirements related to labor and childbirth - rules - definitions 25‑3‑127
Emergency room intake data - marijuana use - annual report 25‑3‑128
Hospitals - nurses, nurse aides, and EMS providers - staffing requirements - enforcement - waiver - rules - definitions 25‑3‑129
Office of saving people money on health care - study - report 25‑3‑130
Intimate examination of sedated or unconscious patient - informed consent required - rules - definitions 25‑3‑301
Establishment of public hospital 25‑3‑302
Board of trustees 25‑3‑303
Organization of trustees 25‑3‑304
Trustees - powers and duties 25‑3‑304.5
Hospital collaborative agreements - additional powers 25‑3‑305
Vacancies - removal for cause 25‑3‑306
Right of eminent domain 25‑3‑307
Building requirements 25‑3‑308
Improvements, operations, or enlargements 25‑3‑309
Hospital fees 25‑3‑310
Rules and regulations 25‑3‑311
Donations permitted 25‑3‑312
Training school for nurses 25‑3‑313
Lease of hospital 25‑3‑314
Charge for professional services 25‑3‑315
Records of hospital 25‑3‑401
Department to administer plan 25‑3‑403
Department to administer federal mental health construction funds 25‑3‑601
Definitions 25‑3‑602
Health facility reports - advisory committee - creation - duties 25‑3‑603
Department reports 25‑3‑604
Privacy 25‑3‑605
Confidentiality 25‑3‑606
Penalties 25‑3‑607
Regulatory oversight 25‑3‑701
Short title 25‑3‑703
Hospital report card - rules - exemption 25‑3‑704
Fees 25‑3‑705
Health-care charge transparency - hospital charge report - definitions
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 25-3-605’s source at colorado​.gov