C.R.S. § 44-50-401: Natural medicine healing center license - data collection - rules.

(1) A natural medicine healing center must be owned by, employ, or contract with a facilitator who provides natural medicine services pursuant to the terms and conditions of article 170 of title 12.

(2) A natural medicine healing center licensee may transfer regulated natural medicine or regulated natural medicine product to another natural medicine healing center licensee, limited regulated natural medicine sales licensee, or a facilitator pursuant to rules adopted by the state licensing authority.

(3) Prior to initiating natural medicine services, the facilitator of the natural medicine healing center licensee shall verify that the participant is twenty-one years of age or older.

(4) A natural medicine healing center licensee shall comply with all provisions of article 34 of title 24, as the provisions relate to persons with disabilities.

(5) (a) Except as provided in subsection (5)(b) of this section, a natural medicine healing center licensee shall not transfer, individually or in any combination, more than an amount promulgated by rule of natural medicine and natural medicine product to a participant in a single administration session.

(b) The state licensing authority may promulgate rules to establish certain exemptions to the natural medicine or natural medicine product limitation and may establish record-keeping requirements for natural medicine healing center licensees pursuant to any exemption to the administration limitation.

(6) (a) In accordance with the rules adopted by the state licensing authority pursuant to section 44-50-203 (2)(s), on and after July 1, 2026, a healing center licensee shall provide the department of public health and environment, created in section 25-1-102, with de-identified data and information related to the use of regulated natural medicine services in accordance with section 44-50-203 (2)(s).

(b) A healing center licensee shall de-identify the data and information provided to the department of public health and environment, including the removal or redaction of all personal identifying information of an individual, including the individual's name, address, and contact information.

(c) The department of public health and environment, in consultation with the state licensing authority, shall determine the form, format, and timing for reporting the data and information collected by healing centers in accordance with this subsection (6).

(d) The requirements of this subsection (6) are subject to the department of public health and environment receiving sufficient funding for the pilot data collection program established in section 25-1.5-120.5 (3). If there is not sufficient funding available to finance the pilot data collection program, a healing center is not required to provide information to the department of public health and environment and the state licensing authority is not required to adopt rules in accordance with section 44-50-203 (2)(s) to facilitate the purposes of this section.

(7) (a) A healing center may apply for a temporary premises permit at a separate location. The department may issue a temporary premises permit to a licensed natural medicine healing center if the following conditions are met:

(I) The healing center submits a complete application and pays all application and permit fees to the department;

(II) The location is approved by the department subject to the requirements in section 44-50-302;

(III) The licensee's use of the temporary premises does not exceed the duration approved under the permit;

(IV) The applicant demonstrates the licensed natural medicine healing center is entitled to use the location as a temporary premises; and

(V) The temporary premises otherwise complies with this article 50 and all other rules adopted by the department.

(b) A natural medicine healing center's temporary premises is not required to be located in the same local jurisdiction as the licensed premises.

(c) The state licensing authority shall not issue a temporary premises permit for a location at which the distribution, transfer, and dispensation of regulated natural medicine or regulated natural medicine product is not permitted under the zoning code of the local jurisdiction.

(8) A limited regulated natural medicine sales license may be issued only to a person that applies for and is approved to operate a healing center license and is subject to the following requirements:

(a) The license must be colocated with a healing center at which an administration session is held, where regulated natural medicine or regulated natural medicine product is sold to a participant.

(b) The license must have common ownership with the colocated healing center. For purposes of this section, common ownership means there is at least one person licensed as an owner associated with both the limited regulated natural medicine sales license and the healing center.

(c) The license may be exercised to store, purchase, possess, and transfer regulated natural medicine and regulated natural medicine product and invoice a participant for regulated natural medicine and regulated natural medicine product to be used solely in the context of an administration session at a colocated healing center and to conduct transactions on behalf of a facilitator for the natural medicine services provided in accordance with article 170 of title 12.

(d) The license is not required to comply with subsection (1) of this section separate from the commonly owned, colocated healing center license.

(e) Any other requirements established by rules of the state licensing authority pursuant to this article 50.

(9) A health center licensee shall not sell regulated natural medicine or regulated natural medicine product unless a colocated limited regulated natural medicine sales licensee conducts the transaction in accordance with the provisions of subsection (8) of this section.