Colorado Code § 44-50-103

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As used in this article 50, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Administration session" means a session conducted at a healing center, or other
location if permitted by this article 50 or rules promulgated pursuant to this article 50, during
which a participant consumes and experiences the effects of natural medicine under the
supervision of a facilitator.
(2) "Board" means the state natural medicine advisory board created in section 12-170-
106.
(3) "Director" means the director of the natural medicine division or the director's
designee.
(4) "Division" means the natural medicine division created in the department.
(5) "Facilitator" means a natural person who is twenty-one years of age or older, has the
necessary qualifications, training, experience, and knowledge to perform and supervise natural
medicine services for a participant, and is licensed to engage in the practice of facilitation by the
director of the division of professions and occupations in the department of regulatory agencies
pursuant to article 170 of title 12.
(6) "Healing center" means a facility licensed by the state licensing authority pursuant to
this article 50 that permits a facilitator to provide and supervise natural medicine services for a
participant.
(7) "Health-care facility" means an entity that is licensed, certified, or otherwise
permitted by law to administer medical treatment in this state, including a hospital, hospice
facility, community mental health center, federally qualified health center, rural health clinic,
organization providing a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, long-term care facility,
continuing care retirement community, or other type of entity where health care is provided.
(8) "Integration session" means a meeting between a participant and facilitator that
occurs after the completion of an administration session.
(9) "License" means to grant a license, permit, or registration pursuant to this article 50
or rules promulgated pursuant to this article 50.
(10) "Licensed premises" means the premises specified in an application for a license
pursuant to this article 50 that the licensee owns or is in possession of and within which the
licensee is authorized to cultivate, manufacture, test, store, distribute, transport, transfer, or
dispense natural medicine or natural medicine product in accordance with this article 50.
(11) "Licensee" means a person licensed, registered, or permitted pursuant to this article
50 or rules promulgated pursuant to this article 50.
(12) "Local jurisdiction" means a county, municipality, or city and county.
(13) (a) "Natural medicine" means the following substances:
(I) Psilocybin; or
(II) Psilocin.
(b) In addition to the substances listed in subsection (13)(a) of this section, "natural
medicine" includes:
(I) Dimethyltryptamine, if recommended by the board and approved by the director and
the executive director of the state licensing authority for inclusion on or after June 1, 2026;
(II) Ibogaine, if recommended by the board and approved by the director and the
executive director of the state licensing authority for inclusion; or
(III) Mescaline, if recommended by the board and approved by the director and the
executive director of the state licensing authority for inclusion on or after June 1, 2026.
(c) "Natural medicine" does not mean a synthetic or synthetic analog of the substances
listed in subsections (13)(a) and (13)(b) of this section, including a derivative of a naturally
occurring compound of natural medicine that is produced using chemical synthesis, chemical
modification, or chemical conversion.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (13)(b)(III) of this section, "mescaline" does not include
peyote, meaning all parts of the plant classified botanically as lophophora williamsii lemaire,
whether growing or not; its seeds; any extract from any part of the plant, and every compound,
salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant; or its seeds or extracts.
(14) "Natural medicine business" means any of the following entities licensed pursuant
to this article 50: A natural medicine healing center, a natural medicine cultivation facility, a
natural medicine products manufacturer, a natural medicine testing facility, or another licensed
entity created by the state licensing authority.
(15) "Natural medicine product" means a product infused with natural medicine that is
intended for consumption.
(16) "Natural medicine services" means a preparation session, administration session,
and integration session provided pursuant to article 170 of title 12.
(17) "Participant" means a person who is twenty-one years of age or older and who
receives natural medicine services performed by and under the supervision of a facilitator.
(18) "Person" means a natural person or an entity.
(19) "Preparation session" means a meeting between a participant and facilitator that
occurs before the start of an administration session. "Preparation session" does not mean an
initial consultation or an inquiry response about natural medicine services.
(20) "Principle file" means a file that is established by the state licensing authority and
contains licensing and background information for an applicant seeking licenses pursuant to this
article 50.
(21) "Regulated natural medicine" means natural medicine that is cultivated,
manufactured, tested, stored, distributed, transported, transferred, or dispensed pursuant to this
article 50.
(22) "Regulated natural medicine product" means natural medicine product that is
cultivated, manufactured, tested, stored, distributed, transported, transferred, or dispensed
pursuant to this article 50.
(23) "Remuneration" means anything of value, including money, real property, tangible
and intangible personal property, a contract right, a chose in action, a service, and any right of
use or employment or promise or agreement connected therewith, a business promotion, or
commercial activity.
(24) "State licensing authority" means the authority created for the purpose of regulating
and controlling the licensing of the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storage, distribution,
transportation, transfer, and dispensation of regulated natural medicine and regulated natural
medicine product in this state pursuant to section 44-50-201.
(25) "Transfer" means to grant, convey, hand over, assign, sell, exchange, donate, or
barter, in any manner and by any means, with or without remuneration.

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