Colorado Code
Part 1 - Consumer Protection - General
§ 6-1-102. Definitions

As used in this article 1, unless the context otherwise requires:

(2.5) "Business day" means any calendar day except Sunday, New Year's day, the third Monday in January observed as the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington-Lincoln day, Memorial day, Independence day, Labor day, Frances Xavier Cabrini day, Veterans' day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
(2.7) "Buyers' club" means any person engaged in advertising or selling memberships that provide an exclusive right to members to purchase goods, food, services, or property at purported discount prices.

(4.1) "Dance studio" means any person engaged in the advertisement or sale of dance studio services.
(4.2) "Dance studio services" means instruction, training, or assistance in dancing; the use of dance studio facilities; membership in any group, club, or association formed by a dance studio; and participation in dance competitions, dance showcases, trips, tours, parties, and other organized events and related travel arrangements.
(4.3) "Discount health plan" means a program evidenced by a membership agreement, contract, card, certificate, device, or mechanism, which offers health-care services, as defined in section 10-16-102 (33), C.R.S., or related products including, but not limited to, prescription drugs and medical equipment, at purported discounted rates from health-care providers advertised as participating in the program. A "discount health plan" does not include a program in which a participating provider has agreed, as a condition of his or her participation in the program, to negotiate the prices to be charged for his or her services directly with consumers in the program and the provider is not required to offer discounted prices for his or her services as part of the program.
(4.4) "Elderly person" means a person sixty years of age or older.
(4.5) "Food" means any raw, cooked, or processed edible substance, beverage, or ingredient used or intended for use or for sale in whole or part for human consumption.
(4.6) "Health club" means an establishment which provides health club services or facilities which purport to improve or maintain the user's physical condition or appearance through exercise. The term may include, but shall not be limited to, a spa, exercise club, exercise gym, health studio, or playing courts. The term shall not apply to any of the following:

(4.7) "Health club facilities" means equipment, physical structures, and other tangible property utilized by a health club to conduct its business. The term may include, but shall not be limited to, saunas, whirlpool baths, gymnasiums, running tracks, playing courts, swimming pools, shower areas, and exercise equipment.
(4.8) "Health club services" means services, privileges, or rights offered for sale or provided by a health club.
(4.9) "Manufactured home" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 42-1-102 (106)(b), C.R.S.

(5.5) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as set forth in section 44-20-102.

(9.5) "Resale time share" means a time share, including all or substantially all ownership, rights, or interests associated with the time share:

(11.2) Repealed.
(11.5) "Time share" means a time share estate, as defined in section 38-33-110 (5), a time share use, as defined in section 12-10-501 (4), or any campground or recreational membership that does not constitute the transfer of an interest in real property.

(11.8) "Time share resale service" means any of the following activities, engaged in directly or indirectly and for consideration, regardless of whether performed in person, by mail, by telephone, or by any other mode of internet or electronic communication, unless performed by a person or entity that, pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (11.7) of this section, is exempted:

(13.5) "Unavoidable delay" means inclement weather and other events outside the control of the buyer or seller.

Source: L. 69: p. 371, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 55-5-1. L. 73: p. 619, § 1. L. 84: (4.5) and (11.5) added, pp. 289, 290, §§ 1, 1, effective July 1. L. 85: (4.6) to (4.8) added, p. 306, § 1, effective June 1. L. 87: (2.5) added and (9), (10), and (11.5) amended, p. 356, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (4.2) and (4.3) added, p. 341, § 1, effective July 1. L. 90: (2.7) and (11.2) added, p. 380, § 1, effective July 1. L. 92: (5.5) and (14) added, p. 1835, § 1, effective April 29. L. 93: (11.2) repealed, p. 943, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (4.6)(d) amended, p. 2721, § 310, effective July 1. L. 98: (4.9) and (13.5) added, p. 746, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2000: (2.7) amended, p. 244, § 1, effective March 30; (4.4) added, p. 1107, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2003: (4.6)(d) amended, p. 699, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2004: (4.1) added and (4.2) and (4.3) amended, p. 967, § 7, effective May 21. L. 2013: (4.3) amended (HB 13-1266), ch. 217, p. 984, § 37, effective May 13; (9.5), (11.7), (11.8), and (11.9) added, (SB 13-182), ch. 166, p. 539, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2017: IP and (5.5) amended, (SB 17-240), ch. 395, p. 2063, § 43, effective July 1. L. 2018: (5.5) amended, (SB 18-030), ch. 7, p. 138, § 5, effective October 1. L. 2019: (11.5) and (11.7)(b)(III) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1643, § 7, effective October 1. L. 2020: (2.5) amended, (HB 20-1031), ch. 43, p. 144, § 4, effective September 14.
Cross references: (1) For the "Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act", see article 16 of this title.
(2) For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1031, see section 1 of chapter 43, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.