Mental health authority: means a local mental health authority created in Section 17-43-301. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
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. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
Multicounty united local health department: means a united local health department that is formed under Section 26A-1-105. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
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. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
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
Substance abuse authority: means a local substance abuse authority created in Section 17-43-201. See Utah Code 26A-1-102
(2)
“County governing body” means one of the types of county government provided for in 2.
(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.
