Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-505 (2026)

County and district public health plans - approval

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(1) As soon as practicable after the approval of each comprehensive, statewide public health improvement plan pursuant to section 25-1-504, each county or district public health agency shall prepare a county or district public health plan, referred to in this section as the "local plan". Each local plan shall not be inconsistent with the comprehensive, statewide public health improvement plan required under section 25-1-504.

(2) Each local plan shall, at a minimum:

(a) Examine data about health status and risk factors in the local community;

(b) Assess the capacity and performance of the county or district public health system;

(c) Identify goals and strategies for improving the health of the local community;

(d) Describe how representatives of the local community develop and implement the local plan;

(e) Address how county or district public health agencies coordinate with the state department and others within the public health system to accomplish goals and priorities identified in the comprehensive, statewide public health improvement plan; and

(f) Identify financial resources available to meet identified public health needs and to meet requirements for the provision of core public health services.

(3) Subject to available appropriations, the state department shall encourage and provide technical assistance to county or district public health agencies that request such assistance and otherwise work with county or district public health agencies to generate their local plans.

Source: L. 2008: Entire part R&RE, p. 2035, § 1, effective July 1.

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COUNTY OR DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1983–2018 · leading case: Johnson v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Health, 662 P.2d 463 (Colo. 1983).
Johnson v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Health, 662 P.2d 463 (Colo. 1983). · cites it 21× “Although we agree with the trial court’s ruling that the personnel rules did not apply to the discharge of a public health officer, who by statute serves at the pleasure of the county board of health, section 25-1-505(1), C.R.S.1973 (1982 Repl.”
Seeley v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 791 P.2d 696 (Colo. 1990). · cites it 8× “Subsection 25-1-505(1) provided that a county public health officer "shall be appointed by the board to serve at the pleasure of the board.”
Adams Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 50 v. Dickey, 791 P.2d 688 (Colo. 1990). · cites it 2× “The board of health argued that its actions were authorized by subsection 25-1-505(1), 11 C.R.S. (1978), which provided that a county public health officer “shall be appointed by the board to serve at the pleasure of the board.”
Cummings v. Arapahoe Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 2018 COA 136 (Colo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “2d at 471 (quoting § 25-1-505(1), C.R.S. 1973). The supreme court thought that this language “expressed the legislature’s judgment that county boards of health should have the authority to discharge county public health officers ‘at any time without cause or formal procedure.”
Jefferson Cnty. Health Servs. Ass'n v. Feeney, 974 P.2d 1001 (Colo. 1998). “See § 25-1-505(1), 8 C.R.S. (1998). The state is not involved, however, in establishing qualifications for health officers appointed by a part 6 board.”
Jefferson Cnty. Health Serv. v. Feeney, 974 P.2d 1001 (Colo. 1998). “See § 25-1-505(1), 8 C.R.S. (1998). The state is not involved, however, in establishing qualifications for health officers appointed by a part 6 board.”
Feeney v. Jefferson Cnty. Health Servs. Ass'n, 949 P.2d 103 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997). “11A), including the power to “employ or retain and compensate an attorney to be the legal advisor of the department and to defend all actions and proceedings brought against the department or the officers and employees thereof.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1-505(1) — 6 cases
Johnson v. Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Health, 662 P.2d 463 (Colo. 1983). “Although we agree with the trial court’s ruling that the personnel rules did not apply to the discharge of a public health officer, who by statute serves at the pleasure of the county board of health, section 25-1-505(1), C.R.S.1973 (1982 Repl.”
Seeley v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 791 P.2d 696 (Colo. 1990). “Subsection 25-1-505(1) provided that a county public health officer "shall be appointed by the board to serve at the pleasure of the board.”
Adams Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 50 v. Dickey, 791 P.2d 688 (Colo. 1990). “The board of health argued that its actions were authorized by subsection 25-1-505(1), 11 C.R.S. (1978), which provided that a county public health officer “shall be appointed by the board to serve at the pleasure of the board.”
Cummings v. Arapahoe Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 2018 COA 136 (Colo. Ct. App. 2018). “2d at 471 (quoting § 25-1-505(1), C.R.S. 1973). The supreme court thought that this language “expressed the legislature’s judgment that county boards of health should have the authority to discharge county public health officers ‘at any time without cause or formal procedure.”
Jefferson Cnty. Health Servs. Ass'n v. Feeney, 974 P.2d 1001 (Colo. 1998). “See § 25-1-505(1), 8 C.R.S. (1998). The state is not involved, however, in establishing qualifications for health officers appointed by a part 6 board.”
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