{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-20-201","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 6-20-201","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Collection activity\" means only those activities provided or performed by a licensed collection agency, using a business name other than the name of the health-care provider, for purposes of collecting a medical debt. The term does not include any standard billing procedures used by the health-care provider or its agent in the normal course of business on current, nondelinquent accounts.\n\n(2) \"Collection agency\" shall have the same meaning as in section 5-16-103 (3).\n\n(3) \"Health-care provider\" includes a health-care facility licensed pursuant to article 3 of title 25, C.R.S., and any other health-care provider.\n\n(4) \"Hospital services\" means health-care services, as defined in section 10-16-102 (33), provided by a health-care facility, as defined in section 25.5-3-501 (1), or a licensed health-care professional, as defined in section 25.5-3-501 (3).\n\n(5) \"Impermissible extraordinary collection action\" means initiating foreclosure on an individual's primary residence or homestead, including a mobile home, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (5).\n\n(6) \"Medical creditor\" means an entity that attempts to collect on a medical debt, including:\n\n(a) A health-care provider or health-care provider's billing office;\n\n(b) A collection agency, as defined in section 5-16-103 (3);\n\n(c) A debt buyer, as defined in section 5-16-103 (8.5); and\n\n(d) A debt collector, as defined in 15 U.S.C. sec. 1692a (6).\n\n(7) \"Permissible extraordinary collection action\" means an action other than an impermissible extraordinary collection action that requires a legal or judicial process, including but not limited to placing a lien on an individual's real property, attaching or seizing an individual's bank account or any other personal property, or garnishing an individual's wages. A permissible extraordinary collection action does not include the assertion of a hospital lien pursuant to section 38-27-101.","path":["Title 6 - CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS","Article 20 - Hospital Disclosures to Consumers","Part 2 - NOTIFICATION OF DEBT BY A HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-06.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"86a33f897086bfa9b9956d84663dd765b359207162500890f6c55b4bc11052b7","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-20-102","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-6-20-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}