California Health and Safety Code § 125292.10

Definitions As used in this chapter and in Article XXXV of the California Constitution, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act constituting Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 125290.10) of Part 5 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) “Adult stem cell” means an undifferentiated cell found in a differentiated tissue in an adult organism that can renew itself and may, with certain limitations, differentiate to yield all the specialized cell types of the tissue from which it originated, including a cell that is committed to make all of the functional cells of the tissue or organ where it resides and regenerates but that is itself undifferentiated. (c) “Basic research” means the investigation of basic mechanisms underlying stem cell biology, cellular plasticity, cellular differentiation, and other vital research opportunities. (d) “Capitalized interest” means interest funded by bond proceeds. (e) “Committee” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Finance Committee created pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 125291.40. (f) “Constitutional officers” means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, and Controller of California. (g) “Early development” means discovery of promising new stem cell-based technologies that could be translated to enable broad use and ultimately improve patient care. (h) “Facilities” means buildings, building leases, or capital equipment. (i) “Floating-rate bonds” means bonds which do not bear a fixed rate of interest until their final maturity date, including commercial paper notes. (j) “Fund” means the California Stem Cell Research and Disease Cures Fund created pursuant to Section 125291.25. (k) “Grant” means a grant, loan, or guarantee. (l) “Grantee” means a recipient of a grant from the institute. All University of California grantee institutions shall be considered as separate and individual grantee institutions. (m) “Human reproductive cloning” means the practice of creating or attempting to create a human being by transferring the nucleus from a human cell into an egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed for the purpose of implanting the resulting product in a uterus to initiate a pregnancy. (n) “Indirect costs” mean the recipient’s costs in the administration, accounting, general overhead, and general support costs for implementing a grant or loan of the institute. NIH definitions of indirect costs will be utilized as one of the bases by the Scientific and Medical Research Standards Working Group to create a guideline for recipients on this definition, with modifications to reflect guidance by the ICOC and this act. (o) “Institute” means the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. (p) “Interim standards” means temporary standards that perform the same function as “emergency regulations” under the Administrative Procedure Act (Government Code, Title 2, Division 3, Part 1, Chapter 3.5, Sections 11340 et seq.) except that in order to provide greater opportunity for public comment on the permanent regulations, remain in force for 270 days rather than 180 days. (q) “Life science commercial entity” means a firm or organization, headquartered in California, whose business model includes biomedical or biotechnology product development and commercialization. (r) “Medical ethicist” means an individual with advanced training in ethics who holds a Ph.D., MA, or equivalent training in the biological sciences or the field of clinical medicine or clinical ethics and who spends or has spent substantial time (1) researching and writing on ethical issues related to medicine, and (2) administering ethical safeguards during the clinical trial process, particularly through service on institutional review boards. (s) “Pluripotent cells” means cells that are capable of self-renewal, and have broad potential to different

‹ Prev All California sections Next ›

Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.