Utah Code § 26A-1-102

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session

Section 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.

Utah Code § 26A-1-102

Amended by Chapter 152, 2024 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/1/2024.

Amended by Chapter 327, 2023 General Session ,§ 77, eff. 5/3/2023.

Amended by Chapter 255, 2022 General Session ,§ 40, eff. 7/1/2022.

Amended by Chapter 437, 2021 General Session ,§ 10, eff. 5/5/2021.

Amended by Chapter 68, 2018 General Session ,§ 38, eff. 3/15/2018.

Amended by Chapter 113, 2016 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/10/2016.

Amended by Chapter 249, 2002 General Session