Definitions

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.