C.R.S. Section 6-20-201
Definitions

For the purposes of this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Collection activity” means only those activities provided or performed by a licensed collection agency, using a business name other than the name of the health-care provider, for purposes of collecting a debt. The term does not include any standard billing procedures used by the health-care provider or its agent in the normal course of business on current, nondelinquent accounts.

(2)

“Collection agency” shall have the same meaning as in section 5-16-103 (3).

(3)

“Health-care provider” includes a health-care facility licensed pursuant to article 3 of title 25, C.R.S., and any other health-care provider.

(4)

“Hospital services” means health-care services, as defined in section 10-16-102 (33), provided by a health-care facility, as defined in section 25.5-3-501 (1), or a licensed health-care professional, as defined in section 25.5-3-501 (3).

(5)

“Impermissible extraordinary collection action” means initiating foreclosure on an individual’s primary residence or homestead, including a mobile home, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (5).

(6)

“Medical creditor” means an entity that attempts to collect on a medical debt, including:

(a)

A health-care provider or health-care provider’s billing office;

(b)

A collection agency, as defined in section 5-16-103 (3);

(c)

A debt buyer, as defined in section 5-16-103 (8.5); and

(d)

A debt collector, as defined in 15 U.S.C. sec. 1692a (6).

(7)

“Permissible extraordinary collection action” means an action other than an impermissible extraordinary collection action that requires a legal or judicial process, including but not limited to placing a lien on an individual’s real property, attaching or seizing an individual’s bank account or any other personal property, or garnishing an individual’s wages. A permissible extraordinary collection action does not include the assertion of a hospital lien pursuant to section 38-27-101.

Source: Section 6-20-201 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-06.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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