Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-48-121

Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session

Section 25-48-121 - Actions complying with article not a crime

Nothing in this article 48 authorizes a provider or any other person to end an individual's life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or euthanasia. Actions taken in accordance with this article 48 do not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, homicide, or elder abuse under the "Colorado Criminal Code", as set forth in title 18.

C.R.S. § 25-48-121

Amended by 2024 Ch. 406,§ 16, eff. 8/7/2024.

Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, p. 2814, §1, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, December 16, 2016.

2024 Ch. 406, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).