As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
1. "Agency" means any department, office, commission, board, or other unit, however designated, of the executive branch of state government. The term does not include the North Dakota center for distance education.
2. "Form" means any document designed to record information and containing blank spaces and which may contain headings, captions, boxes, or other printed or written devices to guide the entry and interpretation of the information.