A Colorado doctor fired from Centura Health for attempting to help a patient use Colorado’s aid-in-dying law has a new job with a community health center.

Dr. Barbara Morris, a geriatrician, has accepted a job with Stride Community Health Center’s Union Square Plaza location in Lakewood.

She was fired in August after filing a lawsuit alleging Centura improperly inserted itself into the doctor-patient relationship. Centura, which is affiliated with the Catholic and Seventh-Day Adventist churches, argued that it is protected by the First Amendment, and that Morris violated its policies.

Stride offers primary care, behavioral health care and, in some locations, dentistry.

Laura Larson, vice president of development for Stride, said the center had no comment on the aid-in-dying issue. The center is building its services for older patients, and Morris has experience and a passion for geriatric medicine, she said. Morris will start her new role in February.

“She’s a perfect fit,” she said.

Colorado voters legalized aid in dying by passing the End of Life Options Act in 2016. The law allows hospitals and health systems to opt out of allowing patients to end their lives on hospital property, but forbids limiting a physician’s medical judgment on the issue.