Colorado
What is the mandate status for Colorado?
For Colorado, mandate status is mandatory; drug schedules covered is opioids, benzodiazepines, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.
Colorado: Check for opioids before the second fill or when exceeding short acute limits; benzodiazepine checks are required for ongoing therapy. Use PDMP for dose escalations and combinations.
— pharmacyfreak.com, retrieved 2026-08-17
- jurisdiction
- Colorado verified
- mandate status
- mandatory our reading
- drug schedules covered
- opioids, benzodiazepines
- check timing
- Check for opioids before the second fill or when exceeding short acute limits; benzodiazepine checks are required for ongoing therapy. Use PDMP for dose escalations and combinations. verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- pharmacyfreak.comhttps://pharmacyfreak.com/pdmp-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-you-are-legally-required-to-check-the-database-but-when-the-state-by-state-rules-you-must-know/