Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-1-712. Immunity for a person who administers an opioid antagonist during an opioid-related drug overdose event--definitions

(I) Furnish or administer an opioid antagonist to an individual the person believes to be suffering an opioid-related drug overdose event or to an individual who is in a position to assist the individual at risk of experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose event; or

(II) Distribute the opioid antagonist.

(I) A person or entity described in section 12-30-110(1)(a); except that an employee or agent of a school, or an employee or agent of a school district, a district school, the charter school institute, an institute charter school, or a nonpublic school who operates or is on a school bus, must be acting in accordance with section 12-30-110(1)(b), (2)(b), and (4)(b), and, as applicable, section 22-1-119.1; and

(II) A person who acts in good faith to furnish or administer an opioid antagonist in accordance with section 25-20.5-1001.

(I) Prescribing or dispensing an opioid antagonist in accordance with the applicable law; or

(II) Any outcomes resulting from the eventual administration of the opioid antagonist by a layperson.

(b)(I) “Health-care provider” means:

(II) “Health-care provider” does not include a podiatrist, optometrist, dentist, or veterinarian.

(I) Results from the consumption or use of a controlled substance or another substance with which a controlled substance was combined;

(II) A layperson would reasonably believe to be an opioid-related drug overdose event; and

(III) Requires medical assistance.