{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-4-905","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 25-4-905","heading":"Immunization of indigent children.","body":"(1) The county, district, or municipal public health agency; a public health or school nurse under the supervision of a licensed physician or physician assistant authorized under section 12-240-107 (6); or the department of public health and environment, in the absence of a county, district, or municipal public health agency or public health nurse, shall provide, at public expense to the extent that funding is available, immunizations required by this part 9 to each child whose parents or guardians cannot afford to have the child immunized or, if emancipated, who cannot themself afford immunization and who has not been exempted. The department of public health and environment shall provide all vaccines necessary to comply with this section as far as funding will permit. Nothing in this section precludes the department of public health and environment from distributing vaccines to physicians, physician assistants authorized under section 12-240-107 (6), advanced practice registered nurses, or others as required by law or the rules of the department. An indigent child shall not be excluded, suspended, or expelled from school unless the immunizations have been available and readily accessible to the child at public expense.\n\n(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 9 to the contrary, programs and services that provide immunizations to children for communicable diseases shall be made available to a child regardless of the child's race, religion, gender, ethnicity, national origin, or immigration status.","path":["Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT","Article 4 - Disease Control","Part 9 - SCHOOL ENTRY IMMUNIZATION"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-25.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"a31103332429dc226768951ab5457a6c8f5d4c9ac200443a88a137669c3a85d7","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-4-904.5","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-4-906"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}