Colorado Revised Statutes Title 17. Corrections § 17-1-113.4. Opioid treatment for a person in custody--definitions

(2)(a) Qualified medication administration personnel may, in accordance with a written physician's order, administer opioid agonists and opioid antagonists for the treatment of an opioid use disorder pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(b) As funding and supplies allow, if a person in custody is treated for an opioid use disorder pursuant to this section, the correctional facility or private contract prison shall offer the person, upon release from the facility, at least two doses of an opioid reversal medication, in a form approved by the federal drug administration, and provide education to the person about the appropriate use of the medication.

(a) “Opioid agonist” means a full or partial agonist that is approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of an opioid use disorder.

(b) “Opioid antagonist” means naltrexone, an opioid reversal medication, or any similarly acting drug used for the treatment of an opioid use disorder that is not a controlled substance and that is approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of an opioid use disorder.