Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-10-231. Sterilization rights

(1) It is the intent of the general assembly that the procedures set forth in the following subsections be utilized when sterilization is being considered for the primary purpose of rendering the person incapable of reproduction.

(2) Any person with an intellectual and developmental disability over eighteen years of age who has given informed consent has the right to be sterilized, subject to the following:

(3) Any person with an intellectual and developmental disability whose capacity to give an informed consent is challenged by the intellectual and developmental disabilities professional or the physician may file a petition with the court to declare competency to give consent pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 25.5-10-232.

(4) No person with an intellectual and developmental disability who is over eighteen years of age and has the capacity to participate in the decision-making process regarding sterilization shall be sterilized in the absence of the person's informed consent. No minor may be sterilized without a court order pursuant to section 25.5-10-233.

(5) Sterilization conducted pursuant to this section shall be legal. Consent given by any person pursuant to subsection (2) of this section is not revocable after sterilization, and no person shall be liable for acting pursuant to such consent.