Colorado § 27-81-113 - Records of persons with substance use disorders, persons intoxicated by alcohol, and persons under the influence of substances.
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§ 27-81-113. Records of persons with substance use disorders, persons intoxicated by alcohol, and persons under the influence of substances.
(1) The registration and other records of treatment facilities are confidential and fully protected as outlined in federal confidentiality regulations for substance use disorder records found at 42 CFR part 2, as amended, and are privileged to the patient.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the commissioner may make available information from patients' records for purposes of research into the causes and treatment of substance use disorders. Information made available pursuant to this subsection (2) must not be published in a way that discloses patients' names or other identifying information.
(3) Nothing in this section prohibits or limits the sharing of information by a state institution of higher education police department to authorized university administrators pursuant to section 23-5-141.
Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 743, § 2, effective April 29. L. 2011: (3) added, (HB 11-1169), ch. 119, p. 374, § 4, effective April 20. L. 2017: (2) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1370, § 280, effective May 25. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (SB 20-007), ch. 286, p. 1404, § 22, effective July 13. L. 2022: (2) amended, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1573, § 187, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-1-312 as it existed prior to 2010.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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