Terms Used In California Codes > Public Contract Code > Division 2 > Part 3 > Chapter 1.5 > Article 78 - Santa Barbara County Water Agency

• Blood components: as used in this chapter , means preparations separated from single units of whole blood or prepared for hemapheresis and intended for use as final products for transfusions. See California Health and Safety Code 1603.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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 State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• 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.
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23