Utah Code Ann. § 26A-1-102 – Definitions. | Midpage
§ 26A-1-102
Utah Code Ann. § 26A-1-102
Definitions.
Effective Nov 6, 2025Amended 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 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.