Colorado § 18-1.3-209 - Substance abuse assessment required.
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§ 18-1.3-209. Substance abuse assessment required.
(1) Each person convicted of a felony committed on or after July 1, 1992, and each person convicted of a misdemeanor or petty offense on or after July 1, 2008, who is to be considered for probation or a deferred judgment and sentence that includes supervision by the probation department, shall be required to submit to an assessment for the use of controlled substances or alcohol developed pursuant to section 16-11.5-102 (1)(a), C.R.S., as part of the presentence or probation investigation required pursuant to section 16-11-102, C.R.S., or, if the investigation is waived pursuant to section 16-11-102 (4), C.R.S., and the person is sentenced to probation or supervised by a probation officer, then as a part of intake.
(2) The court shall order each person required to submit to an assessment pursuant to subsection (1) of this section to comply with the recommendations of the alcohol and drug assessment. If the person is sentenced to probation, a deferred judgment and sentence that includes supervision by the probation department, or any other sentence except a sentence only to jail, the person shall be ordered to comply with the recommendations as a condition or as part of the sentence imposed, at the person's own expense, unless the person is indigent.
(3) The assessment required by subsection (1) of this section shall be at the expense of the person assessed, unless the person is indigent.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1385, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1714, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1) amended, (HB 11-1200), ch. 158, p. 544, § 1, effective August 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 16-11.5-103 as it existed prior to 2002.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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