Colorado Code
Part 5 - State Health-Care Professional Loan Repayment Program
§ 25-1.5-502. Definitions

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.2) "Advisory council" means the Colorado health service corps advisory council created pursuant to section 25-1.5-504.
(1.3) "Behavioral health-care provider" means the following providers who provide behavioral health-care services within their scope of practice:









(1.5) "Behavioral health-care services" means services for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of, and the recovery from, mental health and substance use disorders.
(1.7) "Candidate for licensure" means a person who:







(4.3) "Geriatric advanced practice provider" means an advanced practice provider who satisfies one of the following:





(4.5) "Geriatric care" means health care that is provided to older adults, including care provided in outpatient, post-acute, or home-based settings, that focuses on identifying and managing geriatric syndromes and the importance of the older adult's physical and cognitive functional status. "Geriatric care" does not include hospice-only care.


(6.5) "Health professional shortage area" means a federally designated health professional shortage area or a state-designated health professional shortage area.


(8.5) "Older adult" means an individual who is at least sixty-five years of age.









Source: L. 2013: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 13-1074), ch. 150, p. 483, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2018: (1.3), (1.5), (1.7), (6.5), (12), (13), and (14) added, (SB 18-024), ch. 222, p. 1412, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2019: (1.7)(c) and (5) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1699, § 147, effective October 1. L. 2021: (1) and (13) amended and (1.2), (4.3), (4.5), and (8.5) added, (SB 21-158), ch. 427, p. 2828, § 3, effective September 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-20.5-702 as it existed prior to 2013.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-024, see section 1 of chapter 222, Session Laws of Colorado 2018. For the legislative declaration in SB 21-158, see section 1 of chapter 427, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.