Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 2 > Division 4 > Part 28 > Chapter 5.5 > Article 2 - Definitions

• board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 302
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs. See California Business and Professions Code 302
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21