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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Abortion” has the meaning set forth in section 25-6-402(1).
(b) “Medication abortion” means an abortion conducted solely through the use of one or more prescription drugs.
(c) “Medication abortion reversal” means administering, dispensing, distributing, or delivering a drug with the intent to interfere with, reverse, or halt a medication abortion.
(2)(a) A licensee, registrant, or certificant engages in unprofessional conduct or is subject to discipline pursuant to this title 12 if the licensee, registrant, or certificant provides, prescribes, administers, or attempts medication abortion reversal in this state, unless the Colorado medical board created in section 12-240-105(1), the state board of pharmacy created in section 12-280-104(1), and the state board of nursing created in section 12-255-105(1), in consultation with each other, each have in effect rules finding that it is a generally accepted standard of practice to engage in medication abortion reversal.
(b) The boards specified in subsection (2)(a) of this section shall promulgate applicable rules no later than October 1, 2023, in consultation with each other, concerning whether engaging in medication abortion reversal is a generally accepted standard of practice.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12. Professions and Occupations § 12-30-120. Unprofessional conduct--grounds for discipline--offering medication abortion reversal--definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-12-professions-and-occupations/co-rev-st-sect-12-30-120/
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