2023 Utah Code › Title 26A - Local Health Authorities › Chapter 1 - Local Health Departments › Part 1 - Local Health Department Act › Section 102 - Definitions.

Effective 5/3/2023
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 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 26B-7-301.
(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.
Amended by Chapter 327, 2023 General Session