C.R.S. Section 25-52-103
Definitions

As used in this article 52, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Committee” means the Colorado maternal mortality review committee created in section 25-52-104.

(2)

“Department” means the department of public health and environment.

(3)

“Designated state perinatal care quality collaborative” means a statewide nonprofit network of health facilities, clinicians, and public health professionals working to improve the quality of care for mothers and babies through continuous quality improvement.

(4)

“Health-care provider” means any person licensed, registered, or certified by the state of Colorado to deliver health-care services, including mental and behavioral health-care services and medical marijuana services.

(4.5)

“Health facility” means a health facility licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1).

(5)

“Maternal death” means a death that occurs during pregnancy or up to one year after the end of a pregnancy.

(6)

“Maternal mortality” means the incidence of maternal deaths.

(7)

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(a)

“Medical record” means the written or graphic documentation, sound recording, or computer record pertaining to health-care services performed at the direction of a health-care provider on behalf of a patient.

(b)

“Medical record” includes:

(I)

Diagnostic documentation such as X rays, electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, and other test results;

(II)

Data entered into the electronic prescription drug monitoring program under section 12-280-403;

(III)

Data entered into the national violent death reporting system or a successor system; and

(IV)

Autopsy reports.

(8)

“Pregnancy-related death” means a death caused by issues related to, or aggravated by, a pregnancy or treatment of that pregnancy.

Source: Section 25-52-103 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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