Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25. Health § 25-58-103. Definitions

(1) “Covered entity” means any general hospital, hospital unit as defined in section 25-3-101, community clinic as defined in section 25-3-101, freestanding emergency department as defined in section 25-1.5-114, maternity hospital, or rehabilitation hospital. “Covered entity” does not include a health-care professional or a hospital, community clinic, or other facility owned or operated by the state.

(3) “Department” means the department of public health and environment.

(4) “End-of-life health-care services” means any medical, surgical, preventive, counseling, or referral services provided to an individual who is near the end of life or who has a terminal illness. “End-of-life health-care services” includes any services provided pursuant to article 48 of this title 25, palliative care, services identified in advance directives, withdrawal of nutrition services, and hospice care.

(5) “Health-care professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to administer health care or dispense medication in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.

(6) “Health-care service” means the provision of treatment, care, advice or guidance, or services or supplies, including:

(7) “LGBTQ health-care services” means any medical, surgical, preventive, counseling, or referral services that are specifically targeted to or that disproportionately affect LGBTQ individuals, including gender-affirming care, HIV-related care, and family-building services.

(8) “Nonmedical reasons” means nonclinical criteria, rules, or policies, whether written or unwritten, that restrict health-care professionals at a covered entity from providing types of care that a health-care professional is authorized under law to provide and that the covered entity is licensed to provide.

(9) “Reproductive health-care services” means any medical, surgical, preventive, counseling, or referral services relating to the human reproductive system, including services relating to contraception, sterilization, pregnancy, and the termination of a pregnancy.

(10) “Service availability form” means the form created by the department pursuant to section 25-58-104 and completed by covered entities.