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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 13. Courts and Court Procedure § 13-20-403. Restrictions on electroconvulsive treatment--rights of minors

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Deleted by Laws 2024, Ch. 360 (H.B. 24-1471), § 1, eff. June 3, 2024.

(2) Electroconvulsive treatment may be performed on a minor who is sixteen years of age or older but under eighteen years of age only if two individuals licensed to practice medicine in Colorado and specializing in psychiatry approve the treatment, and a parent or guardian of the minor consents to the treatment.

(3) Electroconvulsive treatment may be performed on a minor who is fifteen years of age or younger only if:

(a) Two individuals licensed to practice medicine in Colorado and specializing in psychiatry approve the electroconvulsive treatment;

(b) Other less-invasive treatments have failed;

(c) Electroconvulsive treatment is medically necessary to treat life-threatening malignant catatonia;

(d) Electroconvulsive treatment is performed by at least one physician, or the physician's designee, who is trained and credentialed in electroconvulsive treatment; and

(e) A parent or guardian of the minor consents to electroconvulsive treatment.

(4) Electroconvulsive treatment may be performed on an individual who is eighteen years of age or older only in cases when two or more individuals licensed to practice medicine and specializing in psychiatry determine that electroconvulsive treatment is the most preferred form of treatment.

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