Section 1635 Of Article 1. Definitions, Licensure, And Exceptions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 4.1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) "Donor" means an individual, living or deceased, from
whom tissue is removed.
(b) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust,
estate trust, partnership, association, state or local government, or
subdivision or agency thereof, or any other legal entity.
(c) "Tissue" means a human cell, group of cells, including the
cornea, sclera, or vitreous humor and other segments of, or the whole
eye, bones, skin, arteries, sperm, blood, other fluids, and any
other portion of a human body.
(d) "Tissue bank" means a place, establishment, or institution
that collects, processes, stores, or distributes tissue for
transplantation into human beings.
(e) "Transplantation" means the act or process of transferring
tissue, including by ingestion, from a donor to the body of the donor
or another human being.
(f) "Department" means the State Department of Public Health.