{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-1-102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this title:\n(1) \"Department\" means the Department of Health and Human Services created in Section 26B-1-201.\n(2) \"Executive director\" means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203.\n(3) \"Local health department\" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26A-1-102.\n(4) \"Public health authority\" means an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, an Indian tribe, or a person acting under a grant of authority from or a contract with such an agency, that is responsible for public health matters as part of the agency or authority's official mandate.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-1 Department of Health and Human Services","Part 26B-1-1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter1/26B-1-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"089f7d0ba8e9e55c9c407b385866f861e817480f2b4972e5c12fad78a1028134","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26a-1-131","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}