First Regular Session
Sixty-second General Assembly
LLS NO. 99-0473.01 Jane Brown HOUSE BILL 99-1109
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVES Kester, Paschall, S. Williams;
also SENATORS Hillman, Feeley, Musgrave.
HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, WELFARE, & INSTITUTIONS
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 CONCERNING A DESCRIPTION OF THE NUTRITIONAL REMEDIAL MEASURES
102 THAT MAY BE TAKEN BY LICENSED CHIROPRACTORS.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)
Defines the "nutritional remedial measures" that licensed
chiropractors may take to cure or relieve disease and improve general
health and well-being. Includes the use of vitamins, minerals, plants, and
food, but excludes the use of controlled substances.
1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. 12-33-102, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
3 BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
4 12-33-102. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context
5 otherwise requires:
6 (3.5) "NUTRITIONAL REMEDIAL MEASURES" MEANS ACTIONS TAKEN
7 TO CURE OR RELIEVE DISEASE AND IMPROVE GENERAL HEALTH AND
8 WELL-BEING THROUGH THE USE OF VITAMINS, MINERALS, PLANTS, AND
9 FOOD THAT AFFECT THE NUTRITIVE OR METABOLIC PROCESSES OF THE
10 BODY. "NUTRITIONAL REMEDIAL MEASURES" DOES NOT MEAN THE USE OF
[ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.
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1 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AS DEFINED IN SECTION 18-18-102 (5), C.R.S.
2 SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
3 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
4 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.