Colorado Code § 12-275-119

Patient's exercise of free choice - release of patient records - rules
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(1) 
No person shall interfere with any patient's exercise of free choice in the selection of
practitioners licensed to perform examinations for refractions and visual training or corrections
within the field for which their respective licenses entitle them to practice.
(2) An optometrist shall release to a patient all medical records pursuant to section 25-1-
802.
(3) The optometrist shall release to the patient, upon written request, a valid, written
contact lens prescription at the time the optometrist would otherwise replace a contact lens
without any additional preliminary examination or fitting. The board shall promulgate rules
defining the components of a valid written contact lens prescription.

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