Addiction treatment marketing rules in Colorado

Every Colorado scan also runs the always-on federal layer: 42 CFR Part 2 confidentiality and FTC endorsement rules in addic, Platform certification requirements for addiction treatment adve, EKRA referral remuneration in marketing copy, FTC deceptive health claims and endorsements. A ruleset counts toward a clean pass only while it is published, matches its content hash, and its review clock is fresh, which is why the date above is load-bearing.

The claim types Colorado law puts off-limits in treatment marketing. Each is compiled from the cited section; the scanner reads your copy for them, and the patterns stay on the server.

• High riskPromises of cure or guarantees of treatment success for substance use disorder.

  Promises of cure or guarantees of treatment outcome are deceptive trade practices under the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, C.R.S. 6-1-105, carrying a civil penalty up to $20,000 per violation under 6-1-112 plus private and AG enforcement.

  C.R.S. 6-1-105 (deceptive trade practices); 6-1-112

• High riskOffers of free or covered travel, airfare, lodging, or scholarship beds as an inducement to enter treatment.

  Free travel or lodging offered as an inducement, presented misleadingly, is a deceptive trade practice under C.R.S. 6-1-105 (up to $20,000 per violation under 6-1-112). Note: per-patient compensation to independent marketing agents is expressly permitted in Colorado under C.R.S. 12-245-224(1)(q) and is not flagged as a state violation.

  C.R.S. 6-1-105; 6-1-112

• High riskOffering to provide or arrange transportation to treatment or admission.

  Transportation offered as a misleading inducement is a deceptive trade practice under C.R.S. 6-1-105 (up to $20,000 per violation under 6-1-112).

  C.R.S. 6-1-105; 6-1-112

• FlagA directory, helpline, or placement service describing itself as independent, unbiased, or neutral in copy that routes callers to treatment providers.

  An independence or neutrality claim by a service that in fact routes callers to paying providers is a deceptive trade practice under C.R.S. 6-1-105. Colorado permits paying independent marketing agents per C.R.S. 12-245-224(1)(q); the deceptive-marketing problem is the false claim of independence, not the payment.

  C.R.S. 6-1-105; 6-1-112

The exposure Colorado attaches to a marketing violation, by tier. Exact amounts and elements live in the cited statute.

• CivilCivil penalties per violation and deceptive-practices exposure. Amounts are in the cited section.
• LicenseAdvertising violations can trigger license discipline for the facility or the provider.

What the scanner does with two versions of the same idea. The flagged line is rendered the way Pre-Trip renders a finding; the clean line is a pass.

Compensation for marketers, recruiters, or referral partners described as paid per admission, per patient, per referral, or per placement, or otherwise conditioned on the volume or value of patients delivered.. COLORADO DIVERGENCE CAUTION: Colorado's practice act expressly permits per-patient compensation to independent marketing agents (C.R.S. 12-245-224(1)(q)); this state carve-out provides no defense to EKRA's federal criminal prohibition.

Pre-Trip is a rigorous screen, not legal advice. Counsel decides; we help you arrive prepared. Coverage for Colorado reflects the library as of the build and changes as the law does.