Montana Code 20-5-402. Definitions
20-5-402. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
Terms Used In Montana Code 20-5-402
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 20-5-402
- district: means the territory, regardless of county boundaries, organized under the provisions of this title to provide public educational services under the jurisdiction of the trustees prescribed by this title. See Montana Code 20-6-101
- Postsecondary school: means a community college, a unit of the Montana university system, or a private university or college. See Montana Code 20-5-402
- 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. See Montana Code 20-5-402
- 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. See Montana Code 20-5-402
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- System: means the Montana university system. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- Trustees: means the governing board of a district. See Montana Code 20-1-101
- University: means the university of Montana-Missoula. See Montana Code 20-1-101
(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.