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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Board” means the state board of health in the department of public health and environment.
(2) “Certified industrial hygienist” means an individual who is certified by the American board of industrial hygiene or its successor.
(3) “Clean-up standards” means the acceptable standards for the remediation of an illegal drug laboratory involving methamphetamine, as established by the board under section 25-18.5-102.
(4) “Consultant” means a certified industrial hygienist or industrial hygienist who is not an employee, agent, representative, partner, joint venture participant, or shareholder of the contractor or of a parent or subsidiary company of the contractor, and who has been certified under section 25-18.5-106.
(5) “Contractor” means a person:
(a) Hired to decontaminate an illegal drug laboratory in accordance with the procedures established by the board under section 25-18.5-102; and
(b) Certified by the department under section 25-18.5-106.
(6) “Department” means the Colorado department of public health and environment.
(7) “Governing body” means the agency or office designated by the city council or board of county commissioners where the property in question is located. If there is no such designation, the governing body shall be the county, district, or municipal public health agency, building department, and law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the property in question.
(8) “Illegal drug laboratory” means the areas where controlled substances, as defined by section 18-18-102, C.R.S., have been manufactured, processed, cooked, disposed of, used, or stored and all proximate areas that are likely to be contaminated as a result of the manufacturing, processing, cooking, disposal, use, or storage.
(9) “Industrial hygienist” has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-30-1402(2.2), C.R.S.
(10) “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership, including land, buildings, structures, and vehicles.
(11) “Property owner”, for the purposes of real property, means the person holding record fee title to real property. “Property owner” also means the person holding title to a manufactured home.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25. Health § 25-18.5-101. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-25-health/co-rev-st-sect-25-18-5-101/
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