Colorado § 25-1-101 - Construction of terms.
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§ 25-1-101. Construction of terms.
(1) When any law of this state refers to the executive director of the state department of public health or of the department of health, said law shall be construed as referring to the executive director of the department of public health and environment.
(2) Whenever any law of this state refers to the state department of public health or to the department of health, said law shall be construed as referring to the department of public health and environment.
Source: L. 68: p. 106, § 73. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-1-1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1095, § 9, effective July 1, 1994.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1993 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 1993.
ANNOTATION
This article is a legislative declaration of the prevailing policy of Colorado in connection with the practice of medicine and the operation of hospitals. Moon v. Mercy Hosp., 150 Colo. 430, 373 P.2d 944 (1962).
Overview of the state's three-tiered public health system and the responsibilities delegated under parts 5 and 6 of this article appears in Jefferson County Health Servs. Ass'n v. Feeney, 974 P.2d 1001 (Colo. 1998).
County board of health, not the board of county commissioners, is the "governing body" of a county health department for purposes of notice under the Governmental Immunity Act. Jefferson County Health Servs. Ass'n v. Feeney, 974 P.2d 1001 (Colo. 1998).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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