The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter:

(a)  “Abortion” means any medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live birth.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 123464

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

(b)  “Pregnancy” means the human reproductive process, beginning with the implantation of an embryo.

(c)  “State” means the State of California, and every county, city, town and municipal corporation, and quasi-municipal corporation in the state.

(d)  “Viability” means the point in a pregnancy when, in the good faith medical judgment of a physician, on the particular facts of the case before that physician, there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus’ sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.

(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 198. Effective January 1, 2004.)