{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-72-602","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-72-602","heading":"Access to personal medical information prohibited - exceptions.","body":"(1) The department shall neither access nor distribute an individual's personal medical information or medical record without the individual's consent concurrent with a request for access.\n\n(2) When the department requests access to the personal medical information or medical record of an employee of the department in connection with one of the following employment-related requests, occurrences, or claims, the employee's consent applies throughout the duration of the employment-related request, occurrence, or claim for which the access to the employee's personal medical information or medical record is requested:\n\n(a) Family medical leave;\n\n(b) A request for a workplace accommodation under the federal \"Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990\", 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., as amended;\n\n(c) A request for short- or long-term disability benefits;\n\n(d) Determining fitness to return to work after a lengthy absence;\n\n(e) Physician verification of an absence exceeding three days;\n\n(f) A request by a job applicant for an accommodation through the application process;\n\n(g) A workers' compensation claim; or\n\n(h) Disability retirement.\n\n(3) This section does not:\n\n(a) Prohibit the department from accessing an invoice, a sales receipt, or other documentation of a sale necessary to substantiate an exemption from state sales tax under section 39-26-717 as long as:\n\n(I) No personal medical information or medical record is contained in the documentation; and\n\n(II) Any information in the documentation that identifies or could be used to identify an individual patient or that indicates a patient diagnosis or treatment plan has been redacted from the documentation;\n\n(b) Override the authority of the department to obtain and use a written medical opinion in accordance with section 42-2-112; or\n\n(c) Apply to a request by the department for information in accordance with section 39-22-540 (6).","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 72 - Public Records","Part 6 - LIMITS ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO PERSONAL MEDICAL INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"724c1dc1d3bc90a80e78345e2a3c57f6682fdd704e9d637d49e86f14178d489f","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-72-601","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-72-603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}