Colorado § 12-140-102 - Definitions.
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§ 12-140-102. Definitions.
As used in this article 140, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Designee" means an individual designated by a nontransplant tissue bank registered in accordance with section 12-140-103.
(2) "Human remains" means all or any portion of the physical remains of a dead human who was born alive.
(3) (a) "Nontransplant tissue bank" means a person that, for any purpose other than transplantation into a living human being, and with the intent of further distribution, provides or engages in at least one of the following for the storage and distribution of human remains:
(I) Recovery;
(II) Collection;
(III) Acquisition;
(IV) Distribution;
(V) Screening;
(VI) Storage; or
(VII) Arrangement.
(b) "Nontransplant tissue bank" does not include:
(I) An eye bank, an organ procurement organization, or a tissue bank, as those terms are defined in section 15-19-202 (10), (16), and (31), respectively;
(II) A funeral establishment registered in accordance with section 12-135-110; or
(III) Repealed.
(IV) An approved medical college, as defined in section 12-240-104 (3), or similar educational institution that accepts human remains primarily for its own educational or research purposes.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 962, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2024: (3) amended, (HB 24-1254), ch. 241, p. 1595, § 8, effective August 7. L. 2026: (3)(b)(II) amended and (3)(b)(III) repealed, (HB 26-1258), ch. 383, p. 2402, § 27, effective August 12.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 12-54.5-101 as it existed prior to 2019.
(2) Section 33(2) of chapter 383 (HB 26-1258), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed; license and registration applications filed; certificates of death initiated, completed, responded to, or filed; and contracts entered into or renewed on or after August 12, 2026.
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