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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 25 - Public Health and Environment » Article 20 - Duties Owed Disabled Persons - Identification

§ 25-20-101. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Duties to Disabled Persons Act”. Source: L. 73: p. 753, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-39-1.

§ 25-20-102. Definitions

As used in this article 20, unless the context otherwise requires: “Disabled condition” means the condition of being unconscious, semiconscious, incoherent, or otherwise incapacitated to communicate. “Disabled person” means a person in a disabled condition. “Emergency symbol” means the caduceus inscribed within a six-barred cross used by the American medical association to denote emergency information. […]

§ 25-20-103. Identifying Devices for Persons Having Certain Conditions

A person who suffers from epilepsy, diabetes, a cardiac condition, or any other type of illness that causes temporary blackouts, semiconscious periods, or complete unconsciousness, or who suffers from a condition requiring specific medication or medical treatment, is allergic to certain medications or items used in medical treatment, wears contact lenses, has religious objections to […]

§ 25-20-104. Duty of Peace Officer

A peace officer shall make a diligent effort to determine whether any disabled person he finds is an epileptic or a diabetic, or suffers from some other type of illness that would cause the condition. Whenever feasible, this effort shall be made before the person is charged with a crime or taken to a place […]

§ 25-20-105. Duty of Medical Practitioners

A medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device or identification card of the type described in section 25-20-103 (2) and examine them for emergency information. A claim for relief against a medical practitioner does not […]

§ 25-20-106. Duty of Others

A person, other than a peace officer or medical practitioner, who finds a disabled person shall make a reasonable effort to notify a peace officer. If a peace officer or medical practitioner is not present, a person who finds a disabled person may make a reasonable search for an identifying device, and, if the identifying […]

§ 25-20-107. Falsifying Identification or Misrepresenting Condition

[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person who, with intent to deceive, provides, wears, uses, or possesses a false identifying device or identification card of the type described in section 25-20-103 (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by […]