Colorado holds its final hearing on natural medicine rule changes Nov. 4

What's on the Nov. 4 agenda?

Colorado's State Licensing Authority will consider revisions to the state's natural medicine rules, 1 CCR 213-1, starting at 9:30 a.m. Mountain time (11:30 a.m. in Miami) at the Natural Medicine Division in Lakewood and by Zoom. The division calls it the "Final Rulemaking Hearing."¹

The listed topics are "Implementation of HB26-1325," including temporary premises permits, limited sales licenses and a process to waive or adjust testing requirements, plus "Clarifying application requirements." The authority "may consider additional rules or revisions," the notice adds.¹ Written comments are due by 5 p.m. Mountain time on Nov. 4 through the division's online form. The division held virtual stakeholder meetings on Sept. 30 and Oct. 14, the second on the temporary premises permit.¹

Why is Colorado writing these rules now?

Until this year's law change, the division's position was that "the law prohibits the sale of regulated natural medicine to participants," as a May 1, 2026 bulletin put it; the medicine's cost was folded into the fee for services.⁵ HB26-1325 changed that. Emergency rules adopted Aug. 11 and effective Aug. 12 created a Limited Regulated Natural Medicine Sales License.³

Under emergency Rule 8006, a healing center owner holding that license may sell to participants "immediately preceding Administration Sessions," for use "solely in an Administration Session at a co-located Healing Center," and not for use anywhere else.³ According to the Secretary of State, emergency rules "will be effective up to 120 days after the adopted date."⁴ Counting from Aug. 11, that's around Dec. 9, unless permanent rules take their place.

HB26-1325 also creates an ibogaine research pilot program in Colorado's Behavioral Health Administration, which "may select up to 5 ibogaine pilot sites." On third reading, the House passed it 56 to 7 on May 9, 2026, and the Senate 30 to 5 on May 13.²

Why it matters in Miami

Psilocybin is a Schedule I drug in Florida, and possessing any amount is a third-degree felony.¹⁰⁷ Colorado runs one of the licensed programs where adults 21 and older can take psilocybin in supervised sessions under state law; it says the first sessions at licensed healing centers began in June 2025.⁹ The division counted 47 approved healing center licenses, 12 standard and 35 micro, as of Oct. 30, 2026.⁸

Colorado's voter-approved law defines a participant as "a person twenty-one years of age or older who receives natural medicine services," with no residency requirement in that definition.⁶ Its ID rule accepts a driver's license or ID card issued by any U.S. state, or a passport.³ So the sales rules on the table Nov. 4 are the ones a Floridian would meet at a healing center, and they keep any purchase tied to a session at that center. Nothing from a Colorado session can legally come back to Florida. Our guide to legal psilocybin options near Miami compares the programs.