Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 104 > Part 9 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - Control of Radioactive Contamination of the Environment

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• 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 State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Environment: means all places outside the control of the person responsible for the radioactive materials. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• Field tracer study: is a ny project, experiment, or study that includes provision for deliberate introduction of radioactive material into the environment for experimental or test purposes. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and X-rays. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Financial Code 18
• Person: includes any association of persons, copartnership or corporation. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• Radioactive material: means any material or combination of materials that spontaneously emits ionizing radiation. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• Radioactive waste: means any radioactive material that is discarded as nonusable. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• Radiological monitoring: means the measurement of the amounts and kinds of radioactive materials in the environment. See California Health and Safety Code 114710
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23