20-5-402 . Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) "Department" means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201 . (2) "Governing authority" means the board of trustees of a school district or the administrator of a private school, preschool, or postsecondary school. (3) "Immunization" means induction of a state of resistance to a disease through administration of an immunizing agent. (4) "Local health department" means a city, city-county, county, or district health department. (5) "Local health officer" means a city, city-county, county, or district health officer. (6) "Postsecondary school" means a community college, a unit of the Montana university system, or a private university or college. (7) "Preschool" means a place or facility that provides, on a regular basis and as its primary purpose, educational instruction designed for children 5 years of age or younger and that: (a) serves no child under 5 years of age for more than 3 hours a day; and (b) serves no child 5 years of age for more than 6 hours a day. (8) "School" means a place or institution for the teaching of individuals, the curriculum of which is composed of the work of: (a) any combination of kindergarten through grade 12; (b) a postsecondary school; or (c) a preschool.
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