Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-48-117
No duty to prescribe or dispense.
Effective Aug 7, 2024Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2812, § 1, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 16, 2016. L. 2024: (2) amended and (3) added, (SB 24-068), ch. 406, p. 2797, § 13, effective August 7.
- (1) A health-care provider may choose whether to participate in providing medical aid-in-dying medication to an individual in accordance with this article.
- (2) If a health-care provider is unable or unwilling to carry out an individual's request for medical aid-in-dying medication made in accordance with this article 48, the provider shall inform the individual of the provider's inability or unwillingness.
- (3) If the individual transfers the individual's care to a new health-care provider, the prior health-care provider shall transfer, upon request, a copy of the individual's relevant medical records to the new health-care provider.
Source: Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2812, § 1, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 16, 2016. L. 2024: (2) amended and (3) added, (SB 24-068), ch. 406, p. 2797, § 13, effective August 7.