(1) "Board" means a local board of health established under Section 26A-1-109.

(2) "County governing body" means one of the types of county government provided for in Title 17, Chapter 52a, Part 2, Forms of County Government.

(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 created in Title 26, Chapter 1, Department of Health Organization.

(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.

(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) "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.

(10) "Substance abuse authority" means a local substance abuse authority created in Section 17-43-201.

(11) "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.

(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.