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  • (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 created in Title 26, Chapter 1, Department of Health Organization.
  • (5) "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.
  • (6) "Mental health authority" means a local mental health authority created in Section 17-43-301.
  • (7) "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.
  • (8) "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.
  • (9)
    • (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.
  • (10) "Public health emergency" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26-23b-102.
  • (11) "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.
  • (12) "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.
  • (13) "Substance abuse authority" means a local substance abuse authority created in Section 17-43-201.
  • (14) "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.




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