Code of Colorado Regulations
1000 - Department of Public Health and Environment
1014 - Colorado State Board of Health
6 CCR 1014-9 - COLORADO MINIMUM QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
Section 2 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 6 CO Code Regs 1014-9 ยง 2
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
2.1 All definitions that appear in Section 25-1-502, C.R.S., shall apply to these rules.
2.2 "Agency" means a county or district public health agency established pursuant to section 25-1-506.
2.3 "Core public health" shall be defined by the state board and shall include, but need not be limited to, the assessment of health status and health risks, development of policies to protect and promote health, and the assurance of provision of the essential public health services.
A. Core Public Health Services were
defined by the State Board of Health in
6 CCR
1014-7 (10/19/2011), and include:
1. Assessment, Planning, and
Communication
2. Vital Records and
Statistics
3. Communicable Disease
Prevention, Investigation, and Control
4. Prevention and Population Health
Promotion
5. Emergency Preparedness
and Response
6. Environmental
Health
7. Administration and
Governance
2.4 "Essential public health services" means to:
A. Monitor health status to identify and
solve community health problems.
B.
Investigate and diagnose health problems and health hazards in the
community.
C. Inform, educate, and
empower individuals about health issues.
D. Mobilize public and private collaboration
and action to identify and solve health problems.
E. Develop policies, plans, and programs that
support individual and community health efforts.
F. Enforce laws and regulations that protect
health and promote safety.
G. Link
people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health
care.
H. Encourage a competent
public health workforce.
I.
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and
population-based health services.
J. Contribute to research into insightful and
innovative solutions to health problems.
2.5 In addition, the definitions listed below shall apply to these rules.
A. "Standards"
means a level of recommended achievement against which a local public health
agency may compare its current activities, and may include, but is not limited
to, performance standards, performance management standards, descriptive
standards, and, or quality standards.
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