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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy And Financing
Article 10. Community Living
Section 25.5-10-235. Limitations on sterilization.
Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 25.5-10-235 (2020)
(1) Consent to sterilization shall be made neither a condition for release from any institution nor a condition for the exercise of any right, privilege, or freedom.
(2) Nothing in this article requires any hospital or any person to participate in any sterilization, nor shall any hospital or any person be civilly or criminally liable for refusing to participate in any sterilization.
Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1779, § 1, effective March 1, 2014.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-10.5-132 as it existed prior to 2013.
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