23-21-202. Definitions.

Statute text

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Committee" means the sickle-cell anemia advisory committee.

(2) "Sickle-cell anemia" means an inherited blood disease caused by abnormal hemoglobin (oxygen-carrying pigment) in the red blood cells, causing the red blood cells to form a crescent or sickle shape when deprived of sufficient oxygen.

History

Source: L. 73: p. 767, 1. C.R.S. 1963: 66-42-2.