Code of Alabama
Article 3 - County and District Health Departments.
Section 36-26-80 - Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER. The duly appointed health officer serving a county health department or a district health department.
(2) LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The county health department or district health department as set forth in Title 22 of this code.