Colorado Revised Statutes Title 17. Corrections § 17-26-104.7. Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant persons in custody

(2)(a) Repealed by Laws 2024, Ch. 426 (H.B. 24-1459), § 2, eff. June 5, 2024.

(b) The county jail or medical facility staff authorizing the use of restraints on a pregnant person during labor or delivery of the child shall make a written record of the use of the restraints, which record shall include, at a minimum, the type of restraint used, the circumstances that necessitated the use of the restraint, and the length of time the restraint was used. The sheriff shall retain the record for a minimum of five years and shall make the record available for public inspection with individually identifying information redacted from the record unless the person who is the subject of the record gives prior written consent for the public release of the record. The written record of the use of restraint shall not constitute a medical record under state or federal law. No later than February 15, 2022, and each February 15 thereafter, the sheriff shall submit the records created pursuant to this subsection (2)(b) in the prior calendar year to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives, or their successor committees.