Terms Used In California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 8 > Chapter 28 - Fair Practices of Equipment Manufacturers, Distributors, Wholesalers, and Dealers Act

• Access costs: means living expenses and expenses for transportation, supplies, technology, and books. See California Education Code 69432.7
• Award year: means one academic year, or the equivalent, of attendance at a qualifying institution. See California Education Code 69432.7
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Board: means the Dental Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 1741
• Commission: means the Student Aid Commission. See California Education Code 69432.7
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Direct supervision: means supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist, who must be physically present in the treatment facility during the performance of those procedures. See California Business and Professions Code 1741
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• 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.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• General supervision: means supervision of dental procedures based on instructions given by a licensed dentist but not requiring the physical presence of the supervising dentist during the performance of those procedures. See California Business and Professions Code 1741
• high school grade point average: includes senior year coursework. See California Education Code 69432.7
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
• program: means the California Dreamer Service Incentive Grant Program established by this section. See California Education Code 69438
• Qualifying institution: means an institution that complies with paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, and is any of the following:

  California Education Code 69432.7

• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Business and Professions Code 14.2
• Testate: To die leaving a will.