Title 23 — Health and Safety

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board of health" means a district, county, city, or tribal board of health. 2. "Department" means the department of health and human services. 3. "Governing body" means, as applicable, a city commission, city cou…

1. All land in the state must be in a public health unit. 2. At a minimum, a public health unit shall provide the following core functions: a. Communicable disease control, which must include: (1) Conducting of disease surveillance for the purpose of preventing and controlling co…

An Indian nation that occupies a reservation the external boundaries of which border more than four counties may form a health district or public health department as provided in this chapter. A tribal public health unit and bordering public health units shall collaborate regardi…

Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 248, § 4.

Repealed by S.L. 2025, ch. 248, § 4.

1. The department shall advise boards of health. 2. A city's, county's, or tribe's governing body may establish a public health unit by creating and appointing a board of health, which in the case of a city, may be composed of the city's governing body, or in the case of a tribe,…

1. Upon the adoption of a resolution, the governing body may form a single county, multicounty, city-county, or tribal health district. 2. Notwithstanding this chapter, in a county without a countywide public health unit, the board of county commissioners, upon adoption of a reso…

1. Upon adoption of a resolution, a county that is not included in any public health unit may request inclusion as a part of an existing health district. Upon receipt of a request to become part of an existing health district, the district board of health shall consider the reque…

1. Except for a tribal health district, if a health district has been in operation for two years, the district may be dissolved as provided for under this section. If a petition is filed with the county auditor of each county of a health district which is signed by qualified elec…

1. Except for a tribal health district, a district board of health shall prepare a budget for the next fiscal year at the time at which and in the manner in which a county budget is adopted and shall submit this budget to the joint board of county commissioners for approval. In t…

Except when in conflict with a local ordinance or a civil service rule within a board of health's jurisdiction, or a tribal code, ordinance, or policy, each board of health: 1. Shall keep records and make reports required by the department. 2. Shall prepare and submit a public he…

1. If necessary for the protection of public health to abate or remove any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness, the board of health shall serve notice on the owner or occupant of the property requiring the owner or occupant, at the owner's or occupant's expense, to re…

1. A district board of health may acquire by lease, purchase, construction, or gift for district health office use and control property for all purposes authorized by law or necessary to the exercise of the powers granted in this chapter. The district board of health may finance …

A city, county, or health district, as the case may be, shall prepare a county public health unit budget for the next fiscal year at the time and in the manner a county budget is adopted and submit the budget to the board of county commissioners for approval, shall prepare a city…

1. A local health officer shall serve a term of five years, subject to removal for cause by the governing body or the district board of health. The health officer must be a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state and need not be a resident of the public health unit.…

A person who violates any order, ordinance, or rule prescribed by any board of health or health officer or any rule adopted under this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.