{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-35-01","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 23-35-01","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1.\"Board of health\" means a district, county, city, or tribal board of health.\n2.\"Department\" means the department of health and human services.\n3.\"Governing body\" means, as applicable, a city commission, city council, board of county commissioners, joint board of county commissioners, or tribal council.\n4.\"Health district\" means an entity formed under section 23-35-04 or 23-35-05.\n5.\"Joint board of county commissioners\" means the boards of county commissioners of two or more counties acting together in joint session.\n6.\"Local health officer\" means the health officer of a public health unit.\n7.\"Public health department\" means a city, county, or tribal health department formed under this chapter.\n8.\"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.","path":["Title 23 Health And Safety","Chapter 23-35 Public Health Units"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t23c35.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"7251f97988af67c8d6d14374494994278fc4dcf7383c0977186265cd315a0dbe","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-34-06","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-23-35-02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}