Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 2 > Chapter 4 > Article 2.4 - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• commission: means the Student Aid Commission created by this article. See California Education Code 69515
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
• Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
• Nominate: means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office. See California Elections Code 332.5
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Signature: includes either of the following:

  California Elections Code 354.5

• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359