(Redirected from Local health department) A local health department is a government agency in the United States on the front lines of public health. Local health departments may be entities of local or state government and often report to a mayor, city council, county board of health or county commission.
Definition of admission. 1  1a : the act or process of admittingb : the state or privilege of being admittedc : a fee paid at or for admission. 2  2a : the granting of an argument or position not fully provedb : acknowledgment that a fact or statement is true.
For similar terms with different meanings, see Open enrollment (disambiguation). Open admissions (sometimes called open enrollment) is a type of unselective and non-competitive college admissions process in the United States in which the only criterion for entrance is a high school diploma or a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. 1 Definition.