§ 23-12-03 Use of public drinking cup prohibited – Penalty
§ 23-12-04 Permission to establish hospital in residence block of city required
§ 23-12-07 Violation of health laws – General penalty
§ 23-12-08 Emergency medical service authorized
§ 23-12-09 Smoking in public places and places of employment – Definitions
§ 23-12-10 Smoking restrictions – Exceptions – Retaliation – Application
§ 23-12-10.2 Complaints and enforcement – City and county ordinances and home rule charters 1. State agencies with statutory jurisdiction over a state-owned building or office shall enforce section 23-12-10
§ 23-12-10.4 Responsibility of proprietors – Reimbursement of costs of compliance
§ 23-12-10.5 Construction and severability
§ 23-12-11 Penalty
§ 23-12-12 Federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 applicable in North Dakota
§ 23-12-13 Persons authorized to provide informed consent to health care for incapacitated persons – Priority
§ 23-12-14 Copies of medical records and medical bills
§ 23-12-15 State agency provision of medical equipment – Policy for reuse, recycling, or resale
§ 23-12-16 Right to breastfeed
§ 23-12-17 Workplace breastfeeding policies – Infant friendly designation
§ 23-12-18 Medical facility and provider performance reviews and ratings – Notice
§ 23-12-19 Voluntary participation in the health information organization – Prohibition on withholding care or benefits
§ 23-12-20 COVID-19 vaccination and infection information
§ 23-12-21 International health regulations
§ 23-12-22 Vaccine adverse event data – Website

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 23-12 - Public Health, Miscellaneous Provisions

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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
  • paper: means any flexible material upon which it is usual to write. See North Dakota Code 1-01-27
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33