(1) (a) A person or entity conducting a training program for peace officers, as described in section 16-2.5-101 (1), or other first responders shall not include any training on or reference to the term "excited delirium" in any training program. A peace officer, as described in section 16-2.5-101 (1), law enforcement agency, or other organization shall not report to the P.O.S.T. board, created in section 24-31-302, a course that contains the concept of excited delirium for credit toward any training required by sections 24-31-303 (1), 24-31-315, or any rule promulgated by the P.O.S.T. board. Nothing in this section prohibits the instruction of, or reporting to the P.O.S.T. board for training credit, courses that include the safe and effective interaction with individuals exhibiting an altered mental state, including symptomatology of a state of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity from pain. (b) A peace officer shall not use the term "excited delirium" to describe an individual in an incident report completed by a peace officer. A peace officer may describe the characteristics of an individual's conduct but shall not generally describe the individual's demeanor, conduct, or physical or mental condition at issue as "excited delirium". (2) For purposes of this section, "excited delirium" means a term used to describe a person's state of agitation, excitability, paranoia, extreme aggression, physical violence, and apparent immunity to pain that is not listed in the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. "Excited delirium" also includes excited delirium syndrome, hyperactive delirium, agitated delirium, and exhaustive mania.
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