California Codes > Business and Professions Code > Division 9 > Chapter 7 – Suspension and Revocation of Licenses
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- board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
- Board: means the Podiatric Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2461
- certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- licensee: as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine's certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board. See California Business and Professions Code 2041
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
- podiatric medicine: means the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, and electrical treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons that insert into the foot and the nonsurgical treatment of the muscles and tendons of the leg governing the functions of the foot. See California Business and Professions Code 2472
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.