As used in this part 1, unless the context otherwise requires:
(2.5) One in a "position of trust" includes, but is not limited to, any person who is a parent or acting in the place of a parent and charged with any of a parent's rights, duties, or responsibilities concerning a child, including a guardian or someone otherwise responsible for the general supervision of a child's welfare, or a person who is charged with any duty or responsibility for the health, education, welfare, or supervision of a child, including foster care, child care, family care, or institutional care, either independently or through another, no matter how brief, at the time of an unlawful act.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 417, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 40-3-101. L. 74: (1)(c) R&RE, p. 251, § 1, effective January 1, 1975. L. 95: (2.5) added, p. 1221, § 1, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the statutory provision that declares that the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures does not constitute suicide or homicide, see § 15-18-111; for the effect of homicide on probate matters, see § 15-11-803.
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