Colorado certificate of need

Colorado has no certificate of need program: opening or expanding a health facility does not need state CON approval.

CON program

No

Recent changes

Colorado's CON-type law, the Certificate of Public Necessity (C.R.S. Title 25, Article 3, Part 5), was written to expire after Congress dropped the federal CON mandate. Congress did so in Pub.L. 99-660, effective January 1, 1987, so Part 5 was repealed effective July 1, 1987.

Statute

C.R.S. 25-3-501 to 25-3-521 (Certificate of Public Necessity; repealed effective July 1, 1987)