No person receiving services is required to perform any act or be subject to any procedure whatsoever which is contrary to the person's religious belief, and each such person has the right to practice such religious belief and be accorded the opportunity for religious worship. Provisions for religious worship must be made available to all persons receiving services on a nondiscriminatory basis. No such person shall be coerced into engaging in or refraining from any religious activity, practice, or belief.
Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1773, § 1, effective March 1, 2014.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-10.5-116 as it existed prior to 2013.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing
Part 2 - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
§ 25.5-10-201. Legislative Declaration
§ 25.5-10-202. Definitions - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-204. Duties of the Executive Director - State Board Rules - Definition - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-205. Community-Centered Boards and Service Agencies - Local Public Procurement Units
§ 25.5-10-205. Case Management Agencies - Local Public Procurement Units
§ 25.5-10-207. Long-Term Services and Supports - Waiting List Reduction - Cash Fund - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-208. Service Agencies and Case Management Agencies - Money - Rules - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-210. Revocation of Designation - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-211. Eligibility Determination - Individualized Plan - Periodic Review - Rules - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-213. Discharge - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-214. Community Residential Home - Licenses - Rules
§ 25.5-10-216. Imposition of Legal Disability - Removal of Legal Right
§ 25.5-10-217. Conduct of Court Proceedings
§ 25.5-10-218. Persons' Rights
§ 25.5-10-219. Right to Individualized Plan or Individualized Family Service Plan - Repeal
§ 25.5-10-220. Right to Medical Care and Treatment
§ 25.5-10-221. Right to Humane Treatment
§ 25.5-10-222. Right to Religious Belief, Practice, and Worship
§ 25.5-10-223. Rights to Communications and Visits
§ 25.5-10-224. Right to Fair Employment Practices
§ 25.5-10-227. Right to Personal Property
§ 25.5-10-228. Right to Influence Policy
§ 25.5-10-229. Right to Notification
§ 25.5-10-231. Sterilization Rights
§ 25.5-10-232. Competency to Give Consent to Sterilization
§ 25.5-10-233. Court-Ordered Sterilization
§ 25.5-10-234. Confidentiality of Sterilization Proceedings
§ 25.5-10-235. Limitations on Sterilization
§ 25.5-10-236. Civil Action and Attorney Fees