26A-1-102. Definitions.

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Effective 11/6/2025

As used in this part:

(1)"Board" means a local board of health established under Section 26A-1-109 .

(2)"County governing body" means one of the types of county government provided for in Title 17, Chapter 52a, Part 2 , Forms of County Government.

(3)"County health department" means a local health department that serves a county and municipalities located within that county.

(4)"Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201 .

(5)"Local food" means the same as that term is defined in Section 4-1-109 .

(6)"Local health department" means:

(a)a single county local health department;

(b)a multicounty local health department;

(c)a united local health department; or

(d)a multicounty united local health department.

(7)"Mental health authority" means a local mental health authority described in Section 17-77-301 .

(8)"Multicounty local health department" means a local health department that is formed under Section 26A-1-105 and that serves two or more contiguous counties and municipalities within those counties.

(9)"Multicounty united local health department" means a united local health department that is formed under Section 26A-1-105.5 and that serves two or more contiguous counties and municipalities within those counties.

(10)"Order of constraint" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-301 .

(11)"Public health emergency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-301 .

(12)"Single county local health department" means a local health department that is created by the governing body of one county to provide services to the county and the municipalities within that county.

(13)"Stay-at-home order" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-7-301 .

(14)"Substance abuse authority" means a local substance abuse authority described in Section 17-77-201 .

(15)"United local health department":

(a)means a substance abuse authority, a mental health authority, and a local health department that join together under Section 26A-1-105.5 ; and

(b)includes a multicounty united local health department.

Amended by Chapter 16 , 2025 Special Session 1