Title 26A  Chapter 1  Part 1  Section 102

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Title 26ALocal Health Authorities
Chapter 1Local Health Departments
Part 1Local Health Department Act
Section 102Definitions.
(Effective 5/1/2024)


Effective 5/1/2024
26A-1-102.  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 created in Section 17-43-301.
(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)
(a)"Order of constraint" means an order, rule, or regulation issued by a local health department in response to a declared public health emergency under this chapter that:
(i)applies to all or substantially all:
(A)individuals or a certain group of individuals; or
(B)public places or certain types of public places; and
(ii)for the protection of the public health and in response to the declared public health emergency:
(A)establishes, maintains, or enforces isolation or quarantine;
(B)establishes, maintains, or enforces a stay-at-home order;
(C)exercises physical control over property or individuals;
(D)requires an individual to perform a certain action or engage in a certain behavior; or
(E)closes theaters, schools, or other public places or prohibits gatherings of people to protect the public health.
(b)"Order of constraint" includes a stay-at-home order.
(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 an order of constraint that:
(a)restricts movement of the general population to suppress or mitigate an epidemic or pandemic disease by directing individuals within a defined geographic area to remain in their respective residences; and
(b)may include exceptions for certain essential tasks.
(14)"Substance abuse authority" means a local substance abuse authority created in Section 17-43-201.
(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 152, 2024 General Session