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2022 Colorado Code
Title 26 - Human Services Code
Article 3.1 - Protective Services for Adults at Risk of Mistreatment or Self-Neglect
Part 1 - Protective Services for At-Risk Adults
§ 26-3.1-109. Limitation

Universal Citation: CO Code § 26-3.1-109 (2022)
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Nothing in this article 3.1 means that a person is mistreated or self-neglecting or in need of emergency or protective services for the sole reason that he or she is being furnished or relies upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of that person's recognized church or religious denomination, nor does anything in this article 3.1 authorize, permit, or require any medical care or treatment in contravention of the stated or implied objection of such a person.

Source: L. 2012: Entire part amended, (SB 12-078), ch. 226, p. 998, § 1, effective May 29. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (HB 20-1302), ch. 265, p. 1272, § 5, effective September 14.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 26-3.1-106 as it existed prior to 2012.

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