Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-235

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

Section 25.5-10-235 - Limitations on sterilization

(1) Consent to sterilization shall be made neither a condition for release from any institution nor a condition for the exercise of any right, privilege, or freedom.

(2) Nothing in this article requires any hospital or any person to participate in any sterilization, nor shall any hospital or any person be civilly or criminally liable for refusing to participate in any sterilization.

C.R.S. § 25.5-10-235

L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1779, § 1, effective 3/1/2014.

This section is similar to former § 27-10.5-132 as it existed prior to 2013.