A<unk>  (SHA), or<unk>  department of health, is a department or<unk>  of the<unk>  governments of the United<unk> s focused on public health. The<unk>  secretary of health is a constitutional or at times a<unk> tory official in several<unk> s of the United<unk> s. The position is the chief executive official for the<unk> 's<unk>  (or equivalent), chief administrative officer for the<unk> 's Board of Health (or equivalent), or both. Following passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, during the first ten years of the program the<unk>  health departments were given new and important roles under the law. Due to new grants available, they had enhanced their programs and had many more resources to oversee and help utilities come into compliance with drinking water standards, and they were able to develop other related activities like the capacity for doing risk assessments on new contaminants of concern.
State health agency
Hospital volunteer
Therapeutic community
Primary health organisation
Refugee health
Independent safety officer
Organ procurement organization
Bureau of State Services