Colorado § 18-1.3-1204 - Implements - sentence executed by executive director.
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§ 18-1.3-1204. Implements - sentence executed by executive director.
The executive director of the department of corrections, at the expense of the state of Colorado, shall provide a suitable and efficient room or place, enclosed from public view, within the walls of the correctional facilities at Cañon City and therein at all times have in preparation all necessary implements requisite for carrying into execution the death penalty by means of the administration of a lethal injection. The execution shall be performed in the room or place by a person selected by the executive director and trained to administer intravenous injections. Death shall be pronounced by a licensed physician or a coroner according to accepted medical standards.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1453, § 2, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 16-11-402 as it existed prior to 2002.
ANNOTATION
The regulations concerning the implementation of a death sentence are not subject to the provisions of § 24-4-103 of the State Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Section 17-1-111 precludes the application of certain provisions of the APA to rules of the executive director. Although that section refers to the provisions of title 17 only, it applies to this section because this section is part of the executive director's duties as described in § 17-1-103. Dunlap v. Dept. of Corr., 2013 COA 63, 303 P.3d 572.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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