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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 15-18.6-102: CPR directives for CPR - who may execute.

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  1. Title 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES
  2. Article 18.6 - Directive Relating to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Any adult over age eighteen who has the decisional capacity to provide informed consent to or refusal of medical treatment or any other person who is, pursuant to the laws of this state or any other state, authorized to make medical treatment decisions on behalf of an adult who lacks such decisional capacity, may execute a CPR directive. After a physician issues a "do not resuscitate" order for a minor child, and only then, may the parents of the minor, if married and living together, the custodial parent or parent with decision-making responsibility for such a decision, or the legal guardian execute a CPR directive.

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