Code of Colorado Regulations
200 - Department of Revenue
213 - Natural Medicine Division
1 CCR 213-1 - COLORADO REGULATED NATURAL MEDICINE RULES
Part 1 - General Applicability
Section 1 CCR 213-1-1-1020 - Law Enforcement Authority Not Impaired by Natural Medicine Rules
Basis and Purpose - 1020
The statutory authority for this rule includes but is not limited to sections 44-50-202(1)(b), 44-50-202(3), 44-50-203(1)(b), 44-50-203(1)(k), 44-50-203(2)(o), and 44-50-203(2)(r), and 44-50-901(1)(e), C.R.S. The purpose of this rule is to clarify that law enforcement's authority to investigate and take any necessary action with regard to Natural Medicine Licensees remains unaffected by the Natural Medicine Code or these Rules.
Nothing in the Natural Medicine Code or any rules promulgated pursuant to it shall be construed to limit the ability of local police departments, sheriffs, or other state or local law enforcement agencies to investigate unlawful activity in relation to a Natural Medicine Business Licensee, Owner Licensee, or Natural Medicine Handler Licensee, and such agencies shall have the ability to run a Colorado Crime Information Center criminal history check of an Applicant or Licensee during an investigation of unlawful activity related to Regulated Natural Medicine, Regulated Natural Medicine Product, or a Natural Medicine Business.