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C.R.S. § 25-52-103

Definitions

As used in this article 52, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Committee” means the Colorado maternal mortality review committee created in section 25-52-104 . (2) “Department” means the department of public health and environment. (3) “Designated state perinatal care quality collaborative” means a statewide nonprofit network of health facilities, clinicians, and public health professionals working to improve the quality of care for mothers and babies through continuous quality improvement. (4) “Health-care provider” means any person licensed, registered, or certified by the state of Colorado to deliver health-care services, including mental and behavioral health-care services and medical marijuana services. (4.5) “Health facility” means a health facility licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1). (5) “Maternal death” means a death that occurs during pregnancy or up to one year after the end of a pregnancy. (6) “Maternal mortality” means the incidence of maternal deaths. (7) Intentionally left blank —Ed. (a) “Medical record” means the written or graphic documentation, sound recording, or computer record pertaining to health-care services performed at the direction of a health-care provider on behalf of a patient. (b) “Medical record” includes: (I) Diagnostic documentation such as X rays, electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms, and other test results; (II) Data entered into the electronic prescription drug monitoring program under section 12-280-403 ; (III) Data entered into the national violent death reporting system or a successor system; and (IV) Autopsy reports. (8) “Pregnancy-related death” means a death caused by issues related to, or aggravated by, a pregnancy or treatment of that pregnancy.

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.