Colorado Code § 25-4-502

Tuberculosis to be reported
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(1) Every attending physician and other
persons either treating or having knowledge of active or suspected tuberculosis in this state shall
make a report to the department in accordance with section 25-1-122 (1) on every person known
by said physician or other person to have active or suspected tuberculosis.
(2) Any health-care facility or other similar private or public institution in this state shall
make a report to the department in accordance with section 25-1-122 (1) on every person having
active or suspected tuberculosis who comes into its care or observation.
(3) All clinical laboratories rendering diagnostic service shall report to the department in
accordance with section 25-1-122 (1), within twenty-four hours after diagnosis, the full name
and other available data relating to the person whose sputa or other specimens submitted for
examination reveal the presence of tubercle bacilli.

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