Colorado Code § 25-2-116

Institutions to keep records - persons to furnish information
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(1) Every
person in charge of an institution shall keep a record of personal particulars and dates concerning
each person admitted or confined to such institution. This record shall include such information
as required by the standard certificate of birth, death, and fetal death forms issued under the
provisions of this article. The record shall be made at the time of admission. The name and
address of the person providing the information shall appear on the record.
(2) When a dead human body is released or disposed of by an institution, the person in
charge of the institution shall record the name of the deceased, date of death, name and address
of the person to whom the body is released, and date of removal from the institution, or, if finally
disposed of by the institution, the date, place, and manner of disposition shall be recorded.
(3) Any person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish such information as he may
possess regarding any birth, death, fetal death, adoption, marriage, or dissolution of marriage
upon demand of the state registrar.

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