Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 105 > Part 6 > Chapter 6 - Sale of Birds

• Bird: means any order of Psittaciformes bird. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
• Bird mart: means an event at which two or more persons offer birds for sale or exchange and where a fee is charged for the privilege of offering or displaying the birds. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Hand-feeding: means the process by which a bird is manually fed by a human through the use of hand, spoon, or oral gavage. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Pet shop: means a retail pet shop location primarily engaged in retailing pets, pet foods, and pet supplies, as defined by the North American Industry Classification System. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Time of sale: means the calendar date the retail purchaser removed the bird from the premises of the pet shop following the retail sale of that bird. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
• Unweaned bird: means any bird that requires hand-feeding or animal assistance to sustain at least 90 percent of its own weight for at least two weeks. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
• Vendor: means any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a broker, agent, aviary, or breeder, who sells birds directly to the retail purchaser at a bird mart or at a swap meet as defined in §. See California Health and Safety Code 122320
• Weaned: means a bird that does not require hand-feeding or animal assistance to sustain at least 90 percent of its own weight following the time of sale, notwithstanding any illness or injury. See California Health and Safety Code 122320