California Health and Safety Code 112155 – Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in …
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(a) “Shellfish” means native or nonnative bivalve mollusks, which include oysters, rock scallops, clams, and mussels, either fresh or frozen, and either shucked or in the shell.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 112155
- 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 State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
- 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.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(b) “Shellstock” means shellfish which remain in their shells.
(c) “Growing area” means any offshore ocean, coastal estuarine, or freshwater area that may be classified by the department for natural shellfish growth or artificial shellfish propagation and includes open seawater systems.
(d) “Approved area” means a shellfish-growing area not adversely affected by sewage or other wastes.
(e) “Conditionally approved area” means a shellfish-growing area that may be occasionally affected by sewage or other wastes.
(f) “Prohibited area” means a shellfish-growing area not certified because of its proximity to a waste discharge or because the area is influenced by other detrimental environmental factors.
(g) “Restricted area” means a shellfish-growing area subjected to a limited degree of pollution which makes it unsafe to harvest shellfish for direct marketing but where harvesting for relaying or depuration may be permitted.
(h) “Other wastes” means wastes, such as, but not limited to, animal, industrial, radiological, and agricultural wastes which would render shellfish unsafe or unfit for human consumption.
(i) “Department” means the State Department of Health Services.
(j) “Director” means the State Director of Health Services.
(k) “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, and association.
( l) “Closed area” means an area that the shellfish taken therefrom have been declared to be unsafe or unfit for human consumption.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)