§ 20-5-402

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

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. History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 147, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 644, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 308, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 47, Ch. 418, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 546, L. 1995.