Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 2 > Chapter 2 > Article 3.5 - Hospital Infectious Disease Control Program

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County: includes "city and county. See California Labor Code 14
• Crane: means a machine for lifting or lowering a load and moving it horizontally, in which the hoisting mechanism is an integral part of the machine. See California Labor Code 7371
• Crane employer: means an employer who is responsible for the maintenance and operation of a tower crane. See California Labor Code 7371
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Department: means the Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 6302
• Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See California Labor Code 6302
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• general acute care hospital: includes a "rural general acute care hospital. See California Health and Safety Code 1250
• health facility: means a facility, place, or building that is organized, maintained, and operated for the diagnosis, care, prevention, and treatment of human illness, physical or mental, including convalescence and rehabilitation and including care during and after pregnancy, or for any one or more of these purposes, for one or more persons, to which the persons are admitted for a 24-hour stay or longer, and includes the following types:

  California Health and Safety Code 1250

• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18
• Standards board: means the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, within the department. See California Labor Code 6302
• Tower crane: means a crane in which a boom, swinging jib, or other structural member is mounted on a vertical mast or tower. See California Labor Code 7371
• Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22