Terms Used In California Codes > Financial Code > Division 1.1 > Chapter 10 - Restrictions and Prohibited Practices

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Bank: means :

  California Financial Code 1361

• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• board: as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 2002
• Company: has the meaning set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 215. See California Financial Code 1361
• Consulting physician: means a physician and surgeon licensed under the Medical Practice Act or an osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed under the Osteopathic Act who performs all of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 111548.1

• District governing board: includes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, unless the context requires otherwise. See California Education Code 72670.5
• Eligible patient: means a person who meets all of the following conditions:

  California Health and Safety Code 111548.1

• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Executive officer: has the meaning set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 215. See California Financial Code 1361
• experimental drug: means any of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 111515

• Extension of credit: has the meaning set forth in Section 215. See California Financial Code 1361
• Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. ^{Source: OCC}
• Health benefit plan: includes , but is not limited to, a health care service plan contract issued by a health care service plan, as defined in Section 1345, and a policy of health insurance, as defined in §. See California Health and Safety Code 111548.1
• Immediately life-threatening disease or condition: means a stage of disease in which there is a reasonable likelihood that death will occur within a matter of months. See California Health and Safety Code 111548.1
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Financial Code 18
• Person: includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Vehicle Code 470
• Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See California Code of Civil Procedure 17
• Primary physician: means a physician and surgeon licensed under the Medical Practice Act or an osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed under the Osteopathic Act. See California Health and Safety Code 111548.1
• Regulation O: means Regulation O (Part 215 (commencing with Section 215. See California Financial Code 1361
• State regulatory board: means the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. See California Health and Safety Code 111548.1
• Subsidiary: has the meaning set forth in Section 1841(d) of Title 12 of the United States Code. See California Financial Code 1361
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Writing: includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. See California Financial Code 8