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Utah Code § 26A-1-102

Definitions

Amended by Chapter 16, 2025 Special Session 1

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">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">26A-1-105.5; and

(b) includes a multicounty united local health department.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.