Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 8 > Chapter 2.3 - Online Child Care Job Posting Services

• Adult patient: means a dental patient 13 years of age or older. See California Business and Professions Code 1647.18
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Certification: means the issuance of a certificate to a dentist licensed by the board who provides the board with his or her name and the location at which the administration of oral conscious sedation will occur, and fulfills the requirements specified in Sections 1647. See California Business and Professions Code 1647.18
• City: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 18
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• Green Party: means the Green Party of California. See California Elections Code 6850
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Nominate: means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office. See California Elections Code 332.5
• Oral conscious sedation: means a minimally depressed level of consciousness produced by oral medication that retains the patient's ability to maintain independently and continuously an airway, and respond appropriately to physical stimulation or verbal command. See California Business and Professions Code 1647.18
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Signature: includes either of the following:

  California Elections Code 354.5

• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359