Colo. Rev. Stat. § 44-50-401
Natural medicine healing center license - data collection - rules.
Effective Jun 3, 2025L. 2023: Entire article added, (SB 23-290), ch. 249, p. 1405, § 21, effective July 1. L. 2024: (2) amended, (SB 24-198), ch. 452, p. 3143, § 11, effective June 6. L. 2025: (1) amended and (6) added, (SB 25-297), ch. 381, p. 2122, § 5, effective June 3.
- (1) A natural medicine healing center must be owned by, employ, or contract with a facilitator who provides natural medicine services pursuant to the terms and conditions of article 170 of title 12.
- (2) A natural medicine healing center licensee may transfer regulated natural medicine or regulated natural medicine product to another natural medicine healing center licensee or a facilitator pursuant to rules promulgated by the state licensing authority.
- (3) Prior to initiating natural medicine services, the facilitator of the natural medicine healing center licensee shall verify that the participant is twenty-one years of age or older.
- (4) A natural medicine healing center licensee shall comply with all provisions of article 34 of title 24, as the provisions relate to persons with disabilities.
(5)
- (a) Except as provided in subsection (5)(b) of this section, a natural medicine healing center licensee shall not transfer, individually or in any combination, more than an amount promulgated by rule of natural medicine and natural medicine product to a participant in a single administration session.
- (b) The state licensing authority may promulgate rules to establish certain exemptions to the natural medicine or natural medicine product limitation and may establish record-keeping requirements for natural medicine healing center licensees pursuant to any exemption to the administration limitation.
(6)
- (a) In accordance with the rules adopted by the state licensing authority pursuant to section 44-50-203 (2)(s), on and after July 1, 2026, a healing center licensee shall provide the department of public health and environment, created in section 25-1-102, with de-identified data and information related to the use of regulated natural medicine services in accordance with section 44-50-203 (2)(s).
- (b) A healing center licensee shall de-identify the data and information provided to the department of public health and environment, including the removal or redaction of all personal identifying information of an individual, including the individual's name, address, and contact information.
- (c) The department of public health and environment, in consultation with the state licensing authority, shall determine the form, format, and timing for reporting the data and information collected by healing centers in accordance with this subsection (6).
- (d) The requirements of this subsection (6) are subject to the department of public health and environment receiving sufficient funding for the pilot data collection program established in section 25-1.5-120.5 (3). If there is not sufficient funding available to finance the pilot data collection program, a healing center is not required to provide information to the department of public health and environment and the state licensing authority is not required to adopt rules in accordance with section 44-50-203 (2)(s) to facilitate the purposes of this section.
Source: L. 2023: Entire article added, (SB 23-290), ch. 249, p. 1405, § 21, effective July 1. L. 2024: (2) amended, (SB 24-198), ch. 452, p. 3143, § 11, effective June 6. L. 2025: (1) amended and (6) added, (SB 25-297), ch. 381, p. 2122, § 5, effective June 3.