Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 104 > Part 9 > Chapter 4 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• Department: means the State Department of Public Health. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
• Emergency planning zone: means a zone identified in state and local government emergency plans where immediate decisions for effective public protective action from radiation may be necessary. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
• Ingestion pathway phase: means the period beginning after any release of radioactive material from a nuclear powerplant accident when the plume emergency phase has ceased, and reliable environmental measurements are available for making decisions on additional protective actions to protect the food chain. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
• Local government: means a city or county that provides emergency response for a nuclear powerplant emergency. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
• office: means the Office of Emergency Services. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
• Plume emergency phase: means the period beginning at the onset of an emergency at a nuclear powerplant when immediate decisions for public protective actions are needed. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
• Site: means the location of a nuclear powerplant and its surrounding emergency planning zone. See California Health and Safety Code 114650
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.