North Dakota Code 23-35-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 23-35-01
- Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. “Board of health” means a district, county, city, or tribal board of health.
2. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
3. “Governing body” means, as applicable, a city commission, city council, board of county commissioners, joint board of county commissioners, or tribal council.
4. “Health district” means an entity formed under section 23-35-04 or 23-35-05.
5. “Joint board of county commissioners” means the boards of county commissioners of two or more counties acting together in joint session.
6. “Local health officer” means the health officer of a public health unit.
7. “Public health department” means a city, county, or tribal health department formed under this chapter.
8. “Public health unit” means the local organization formed under this chapter to provide public health services in a city, county, or designated multicounty or city-county area, or Indian reservation. The term includes a city public health department, county public health department, tribal health department, and a health district.