§ 19-3-802. Definitions

CO Rev Stat § 19-3-802 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) "Child's private areas" means the child's genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast area.

(2) "County department" means a county department of social or human services.

(3) "County employee" means an employee of a county department. "County employee" also includes a person working as a contractor or subcontractor who is providing caseworker services for a county.

(4) "Digital image" or "digital imagery" meansany visual depiction created electronically or transformed into an electronic format, including any photograph, film, video, computer or computer-generated image or picture, or any similar visual depiction that is:

(a) Capable of storage in or transmission to an electronic format, including on electronic devices and applications, on the internet, or in the cloud; or

(b) Capable of transformation from an electronic format into another format, such as a printed page.

(5) "Government" means the state; any county, city and county, municipality, or law enforcement agency; and any school district.

(6) "Government employee" means a person employed by the government or acting under the color of state law.

(7) "Open involvement" means a situation in which the county department currently has a referral, has a response to a report, has opened an assessment, is providing services, or has an open case in the Colorado TRAILS system that is related to the provision of child welfare services, as defined in section 26-5-101 (3), C.R.S.

(8) "State department" means the state department of human services.

(9) "Task force" means the task force on the collection and security of digital images of child abuse or neglect, created in section 19-3-803.

(10) "Visible in plain sight on the child" means an area of the child's body that is viewable by the public and that could be observed visually without removal or rearrangement of the child's clothing. "Visible in plain sight on the child" does not include a child's private areas.