Terms Used In California Codes > Food and Agricultural Code > Division 1 > Part 1 > Chapter 6 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: means the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2361
• Committee: means a diversion evaluation committee created by this article. See California Business and Professions Code 2361
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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: as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine's certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board. See California Business and Professions Code 2041
• Participant: means a California-licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon. See California Business and Professions Code 2361
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Program manager: means the staff manager of the diversion program, as designated by the executive officer of the board. See California Business and Professions Code 2361
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.