(1) The state department shall utilize, to the extent possible and appropriate, county or district public health agencies or boards of health established pursuant to part 5 of article 1 of title 25, C.R.S., that are certified by the department of public health and environment as qualified to receive payments pursuant to this article and articles 4 and 6 of this title and that meet the requirements and standards set forth in rules promulgated by the state board in the state department pursuant to section 25.5-4-104 to provide clinic services to patients who are children under age seven or patients who are pregnant women.
(2) In complying with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the state department shall utilize, to the extent possible and appropriate, the county or district public health agencies and boards of health specified in subsection (1) of this section to provide outreach to eligible pregnant women and children and to provide clinic services:
Upon the referral of any physician; or
When there exists no primary care physician who agrees to provide clinic services tosuch patients.
Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1867, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1) and IP(2) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2113, § 146, effective August 11.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 26-4-514 as it existed prior to 2006.