Colorado Code
Article 2 - Vital Statistics
§ 25-2-102. Definitions

As used in this article 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(2.5) "Final disposition" means the burial, interment, cremation, natural reduction, removal from the state, or other authorized disposition of a dead body or fetus.
(2.7) "Induced termination of pregnancy" means the purposeful interruption of a pregnancy with an intention other than producing a live-born infant or removing a dead fetus and that does not result in a live birth.

(3.5) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in Colorado pursuant to article 240 of title 12.

(4.5) "Stillborn death" or "stillbirth" means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception, occurring after the twentieth week of pregnancy, and does not include "induced termination of pregnancy", as defined by subsection (2.7) of this section. The death is indicated by the fact that after such expulsion or extraction the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.



Source: L. 67: R&RE, p. 1056, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-8-2. L. 84: (2.5) and (3.5) added and (6) amended, p. 742, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2.7) added, p. 1073, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2001: (4.5) added, p. 439, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2004: (4.5) and (5) amended, p. 473, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2019: IP and (3.5) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1700, § 149, effective October 1. L. 2021: (2.5) amended, (SB 21-006), ch. 123, p. 497, § 24, effective September 7.

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