Colorado § 42-4-1609 - Coroners to report.
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§ 42-4-1609. Coroners to report.
Upon request by the department of transportation, every coroner or other official performing like functions shall electronically report all available toxicology results to the department of transportation by the final business day of each quarter of the calendar year for each deceased party who died during the quarter as the result of a crash involving a motor vehicle within the official's jurisdiction. If a coroner does not have access to necessary toxicology results on the final business day of the quarter, the report must be submitted in the next quarter of the calendar year when complete results are available. The report must include all available toxicology results for all deceased parties involved in a crash, including, but not limited to, the blood alcohol concentrations; drug screening panels; and the date, time, and source of the sample collections. The department of transportation may only request personal identifying information about a deceased person pursuant to this section that is necessary to meet federal reporting requirements.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2403, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2026: Entire section amended, (HB 26-1127), ch. 93, p. 376, § 1, effective August 12.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-1409 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1609 was relocated to § 42-4-1809.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Scientific Findings on Death and Coroner's Inquest", see 20 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 197 (1948).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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