Colorado legal term
Order in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Order” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Order” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Order" means: (a) A prescription order which is any order, other than a chart order, authorizing the dispensing of drugs or devices that is written, mechanically produced, computer generated, transmitted electronically or by facsimile, or produced by other means of communication by a practitioner and that includes the name or identification of the patient, the date, the symptom or purpose for which the drug is being prescribed, if included by the practitioner at the patient's authorization, and sufficient information for compounding, dispensing, and labeling; or (b) A chart order which is an (C.R.S. § 18-18-102)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Fraud by check
- Bias-motivated crimes
- Contributing to the delinquency of a minor
- Disclosure, possession, or exchange of a private intimate image or intimate digital depiction by a juvenile
- Failure or refusal to leave premises or property upon request of a peace officer
- Firing woods or prairie
- Obstructing highway or other passageway
- Public buildings
- Second degree burglary
- Theft of medical records or medical information
- Unauthorized absence
- Unlawful acts
Related terms in the same statutes
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