§ 3200 The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term “workmen’s …
§ 3201 This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) are an …
§ 3201.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the …
§ 3201.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Department of …
§ 3201.81 In the horse racing industry, the organization certified by the …
§ 3201.9 (a) On or before June 30, 2004, and biannually thereafter, the …
§ 3202 This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) shall be …
§ 3202.5 All parties and lien claimants shall meet the evidentiary burden of …
§ 3203 This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) do not …
§ 3204 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions hereinafter …
§ 3205 “Division” means the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
§ 3205.5 “Appeals board” means the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board of the …
§ 3206 “Administrative director” means the Director of the Division of …
§ 3207 “Compensation” means compensation under this division and includes …
§ 3208 “Injury” includes any injury or disease arising out of the …
§ 3208.05 (a) “Injury” includes a reaction to or a side effect arising …
§ 3208.1 An injury may be either: (a) “specific,” occurring as the result of …
§ 3208.2 When disability, need for medical treatment, or death results from …
§ 3208.3 (a) A psychiatric injury shall be compensable if it is a mental …
§ 3208.4 In any proceeding under this division involving an injury arising out …
§ 3209 “Damages” means the recovery allowed in an action at law as …
§ 3209.3 (a) “Physician” includes physicians and surgeons holding an M.D. …
§ 3209.4 The inclusion of optometrists in Section 3209.3 does not imply any …
§ 3209.5 Medical, surgical, and hospital treatment, including nursing, …
§ 3209.6 The inclusion of chiropractors in Sections 3209.3 and 3209.5 does not …
§ 3209.7 Treatment of injuries at the expense of the employer may also …
§ 3209.8 Treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve from the effects of …
§ 3209.9 The inclusion of acupuncturists in Section 3209.3 does not imply any …
§ 3209.10 (a) Medical treatment of a work-related injury required to cure …
§ 3209.11 (a) An employer, workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured …
§ 3210 “Person” includes an individual, firm, voluntary association, or a …
§ 3211 “Insurer” includes the State Compensation Insurance Fund and any …
§ 3211.5 For purposes of this division, whenever the term “firefighter,” …
§ 3211.9 “Disaster council” means a public agency established by ordinance …
§ 3211.91 “Accredited disaster council” means a disaster council that is …
§ 3211.92 (a) “Disaster service worker” means any natural person who is …
§ 3211.93 “Disaster service” means all activities authorized by and carried on …
§ 3211.93a “Disaster service” does not include any activities or functions …
§ 3212 In the case of members of a sheriff’s office or the California …
§ 3212.1 (a) This section applies to all of the following:(1) Active …
§ 3212.15 (a) This section applies to all of the following:(1) Active …
§ 3212.2 In the case of officers and employees in the Department of …
§ 3212.3 In the case of a peace officer who is designated under subdivision …
§ 3212.4 In the case of a member of a University of California fire department …
§ 3212.5 In the case of a member of a police department of a city or …
§ 3212.6 In the case of a member of a police department of a city or county, …
§ 3212.7 In the case of an employee in the Department of Justice falling …
§ 3212.8 (a) In the case of members of a sheriff’s office, of police or …
§ 3212.85 (a) This section applies to peace officers described in Sections …
§ 3212.9 In the case of a member of a police department of a city, county, or …
§ 3212.10 v2 In the case of a peace officer of the Department of Corrections who …
§ 3212.11 This section applies to both of the following: (a) active lifeguards …
§ 3212.12 (a) This section applies to peace officers, as defined in …
§ 3213 In the case of a member of the University of California Police …
§ 3213.2 (a) In the case of a member of a police department of a city, …
§ 3214 (a) The Department of Corrections and the Department of the …
§ 3215 Except as otherwise permitted by law, any person acting individually …
§ 3217 (a) Section 3215 shall not be construed to prevent the …
§ 3218 A violation of Section 3215 is a public offense punishable upon a …
§ 3219 (a) (1) Except as otherwise permitted by law, any person …
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Terms Used In California Codes > Labor Code > Division 4 > Part 1 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. See California Labor Code 18.5
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Biochemical substance: means any biological or chemical agent that may be used as a weapon of mass destruction, including, but not limited to, any chemical warfare agent, weaponized biological agent, or nuclear or radiological agent, as these terms are defined in §. See California Labor Code 3212.85
  • blood-borne infectious disease: means a disease caused by exposure to pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood that can cause disease in humans, including those pathogenic microorganisms defined as blood-borne pathogens by the Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 3212.8
  • Campus: shall include any campus or other installation maintained under the jurisdiction of the Regents of the University of California. See California Labor Code 3213
  • Campus department: means all members of the University of California Police Department who are assigned and serve on a particular campus. See California Labor Code 3213
  • City: includes city and county and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Public Utilities Code 19
  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission created by §. See California Public Utilities Code 20
  • commissioner: means a member of the commission. See California Public Utilities Code 20
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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 Labor Code 14
  • County: includes city and county. See California Public Utilities Code 18
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
  • Department: means Department of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 19
  • Director: means Director of Industrial Relations. See California Labor Code 20
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • duty belt: means a belt used for the purpose of holding a gun, handcuffs, baton, and other items related to law enforcement. See California Labor Code 3213.2
  • employer: means :

    California Labor Code 3300

  • Energy Commission: means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. See California Public Utilities Code 20
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • injury: as used in this division , includes cancer, including leukemia, that develops or manifests itself during a period in which any member described in subdivision (a) is in the service of the department or unit, if the member demonstrates that he or she was exposed, while in the service of the department or unit, to a known carcinogen as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or as defined by the director. See California Labor Code 3212.1
  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Members of a fire department: includes , but is not limited to, an apprentice, volunteer, partly paid, or fully paid member of any of the following:

    California Labor Code 3212.85

  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Labor Code 18
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Sheriff: includes "marshal. See California Labor Code 25
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Public Utilities Code 17
  • Violation: includes a failure to comply with any requirement of the code. See California Labor Code 22