Iowa Code 715A.1 – Definitions
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As used in this chapter:
1. “Credit card” means a writing purporting to evidence an undertaking to pay for property or services delivered or rendered to or upon the order of a designated person or bearer and includes a debit card or access device used to engage in an electronic transfer of funds through a satellite terminal as defined in section 527.2, subsection 20.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 715A.1
- Drug or alcohol test: includes a drug or alcohol test given in a private-sector workplace pursuant to section 730. See Iowa Code 715A.1
- 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.
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Public employer: means the state, its boards, commissions, agencies, and departments, and its political subdivisions including school districts and other special purpose districts. See Iowa Code 715A.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- undertaking: means a promise or security in any form. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Writing: includes printing or any other method of recording information, and includes money, coins, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, trademarks, and other symbols of value, right, privilege, or identification. See Iowa Code 715A.1
2. “Drug or alcohol test” includes a drug or alcohol test given in a private-sector workplace pursuant to section 730.5 and a drug or alcohol test given by a public employer.
3. “Public employer” means the state, its boards, commissions, agencies, and departments, and its political subdivisions including school districts and other special purpose districts.
4. “Synthetic urine” means any substance that is designed to simulate the composition, chemical properties, physical appearance, or physical properties of human urine for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol test.
5. “Urine additive” means any substance that is designed to be added to human urine for the purpose of defrauding a drug or alcohol test.
6. “Writing” includes printing or any other method of recording information, and includes money, coins, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, trademarks, and other symbols of value, right, privilege, or identification.