Colorado Code
Article 65 - Care and Treatment of Persons With Mental Health Disorders
§ 27-65-102. Definitions

As used in this article 65, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.5) [ Editor's note: Subsection (1.5) is effective July 1, 2022. ] "Behavioral health entity" means a facility or provider organization engaged in providing community-based health services, which may include behavioral health disorder services, alcohol use disorder services, or substance use disorder services, including crisis stabilization, acute or ongoing treatment, or community mental health center services as described in section 27-66-101 (2) and (3), but does not include:

(4.5) "Danger to self or others" means:

(5.5) "Emergency medical services facility" means a facility licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25 or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103, or any other licensed and certified facility that provides emergency medical services. An emergency medical services facility is not required to be, but may elect to become, a facility designated or approved by the executive director for a seventy-two-hour treatment and evaluation pursuant to section 27-65-105.

(7) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (7) is effective July 1, 2022. ] "Facility" means a public hospital or a licensed private hospital, clinic, behavioral health entity, community mental health center or clinic, acute treatment unit, institution, or residential child care facility that provides treatment for persons with mental health disorders.

(11.3) "Intervening professional" means a person described in section 27-65-105 (1)(a)(II) who may effect a seventy-two-hour hold under the provisions outlined in section 27-65-105.
(11.5) "Mental health disorder" includes one or more substantial disorders of the cognitive, volitional, or emotional processes that grossly impairs judgment or capacity to recognize reality or to control behavior. An intellectual or developmental disability is insufficient to either justify or exclude a finding of a mental health disorder pursuant to the provisions of this article 65.

Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 676, § 2, effective April 29. L. 2013: (17) amended, (HB 13-1065), ch. 42, p. 115, § 1, effective March 15; (9) amended, (HB 13-1296), ch. 232, p. 1112, § 2, effective July 1, 2014; (4.5) added, (HB 13-1296), ch. 232, p. 1112, § 2, effective October 22. L. 2016: (18) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 783, § 79, effective June 6. L. 2017: IP, (1), (7), (8), (10), (15), and (19) amended, (11.3) and (11.5) added, and (14) repealed, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1339, § 233, effective May 25; IP amended and (5.5) and (11.3) added, (SB 17-207), ch. 205, p. 765, § 6, effective May 1, 2018. L. 2019: (1.5) added and (7) amended, (HB 19-1237), ch. 413, p. 3641, § 13, effective July 1, 2022.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017. For the legislative declaration in SB 17-207, see section 1 of chapter 205, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.