"Board of health", any body politic or political subdivision of the commonwealth that acts as a board of health, public health commission or a health department for a municipality, region or district including, but not limited to, municipal boards of health, regional health districts established pursuant to section 27B and boards of health that share services pursuant to section 4A of chapter 40.
"Foundational capabilities", cross-cutting skills and capacities needed to support basic public health programs and other protections and activities including, but not limited to:
"Foundational public health services", a nationally recognized framework for a minimum set of public health service, including, but not limited to, public health programs and foundational capabilities.
"Public health programs", programs that include, but shall not be limited to:
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 111:27D