As used in this part:

1. (1) "Board" means a local board of health established under Section 26A-1-109.
2. (2) "County governing body" means one of the types of county government provided for in Title 17, Chapter 52, Part 5, Forms of County Government.
3. (3) "County health department" means a local health department that serves a county and municipalities located within that county.
4. (4) "Department" means the Department of Health created in Title 26, Chapter 1, Department of Health Organization.

5. (5) "Local health department" means:

   1. (a) a single county local health department;
   2. (b) a multicounty local health department;
   3. (c) a united local health department; or
   4. (d) a multicounty united local health department.
6. (6) "Mental health authority" means a local mental health authority created in Section 17-43-301.
7. (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. (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. (9) "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.
10. (10) "Substance abuse authority" means a local substance abuse authority created in Section 17-43-201.

11. (11) "United local health department":

    1. (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
    2. (b) includes a multicounty united local health department.