Colorado § 25-18.5-106 - Powers and duties of department.
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§ 25-18.5-106. Powers and duties of department.
(1) The department shall implement, coordinate, and oversee the rules promulgated by the board in accordance with this article, including:
(a) The certification of persons involved in the assessment, decontamination, or sampling of illegal drug laboratories;
(b) The approval of persons to train consultants and contractors in the assessment, decontamination, or sampling of illegal drug laboratories.
(2) On and after January 1, 2024, the department shall create and make available to the public an online database of any residential real property, as defined in section 38-35.7-103 (5), that has been used as an illegal drug laboratory involving methamphetamine. The department shall remove a residential real property from the database five years after the later date on the certificates of compliance issued by a contractor and a consultant in accordance with section 25-18.5-102 (1)(e). Each residential real property on the database must contain a field that is made available to the public and that records whether the property has a certificate of compliance issued pursuant to section 25-18.5-102 (1)(e).
Source: L. 2013: Entire article amended, (SB 13-219), ch. 293, p. 1568, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2023: (2) added, (SB 23-148), ch. 326, p. 1957, § 2, effective August 7.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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