Colorado

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Codes are primarily adopted and enforced locally. Two state agencies adopt state minimum plumbing and electrical codes respectively. The State Architect adopts codes for all state-owned buildings and facilities (2021 IBC, IFC, IMC, IPC, IFGC, IECC, and IEBC). Colorado jurisdictions are required to adopt and enforce one of the three most recent versions of the IECC upon updating any other building code. The Division of Fire Prevention and Control adopts and enforces codes (2018 IBC, IRC, IFC, IMC, IEBC, IECC) for all public schools and junior colleges and some health facilities. The Colorado Examining Board of Plumbers has adopted the 2021 IPC, IFGC and plumbing chapters of the 2021 IRC as the state minimum plumbing code.

Links to State Adoption Agencies

Office of the State Architect

State Fire Marshal

State Energy Office

PMG Board/Commission

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Key Contacts

ICC Government Relations Representative
Lesley Garland
Vice President, Government Relations
E-mail: lgarland@iccsafe.org

Office of the State Architect:
1313 Sherman Street, Suite 319
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 866-3079
Fax: (303) 894-7478
Office of the State Architect

State Fire Marshal:
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control
690 Kipling Street, Suite 2000
Lakewood, CO 80215
Division of Fire Prevention and Control

State Energy Officer:
The Governor’s Energy Office
1580 Logan Street, Suite 100
Denver, CO 80203
Fax: (303) 866-2930
Colorado State Energy Office

PMG Board/Commission:
Department of Regulatory Agencies 
Board of Examining Plumbers
1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
Denver, CO 80202
Colorado State Plumbing Board

State Insurance Commissioner:
Colorado Division of Insurance
1560 Broadway, Suite 850
Denver, CO 80202

State Forester:
Colorado State Forest Service
Foothills 5060 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523–5060

Pool Code Adoption Agency:
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Water Quality Control Division
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80246
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/wq/index.html
State Board of Health: Regulations Pertaining To Swimming Pools and Mineral Baths