California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 27 - Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 2702 - Definitions

(a) "Act" means the provisions of the Electronic and Appliance Repair Dealer Registration Law-chapter 20 (commencing with section 9800) of division 3 of the Code.

(b) "Adjustment" when used in connection with the repair of a set means:

(c) "Alignment" when used in connection with the repair of a set means:

(d) "Audio recorders or audio playback equipment" includes, but is not limited to, home and private automobile tape equipment, (cassette, digital, reel to reel or 8 track), turn tables, compact disc recording or playback systems and automatic telephone answering devices normally used or sold for personal, family or household use.

(e) "Clamp-on line piercing-valve" means a non-solder-on type of mechanical device used to enter the refrigeration system of a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner.

(f) "Class" and "Type" when used to describe a part installed in equipment means a description of such parts which will identify its electronic or mechanical function. (e.g., 2N127, first video IF transistor-1N2727, second color amp integrated circuit-U4455, high voltage module-C253.005 mfd capacitor or .005 mfd capacitor, second audio IF transistor coupler or bypass-U5544 water pump-V6677 tub or pump water seal 1/4 horsepower agitator motor-F3300 cold control or words of like import are in compliance with the requirement of this regulation.)

(g) "Code" means the Business and Professions Code.

(h) "Equipment" means a set, appliance, antenna, rotator and accessories as those terms are defined in section 9801 of the Code.

(i) "Module" or "panel" when used to describe a part placed in equipment means a packaged functional unit or electronic assembly for use with other such units or assemblies.

(j) "O.E.M." means the original equipment manufacturer who manufactured, fabricated, or supplied a set or an appliance or a component part.

(k) "Person" includes firm, partnership, association or corporation.

(l) "Picture tube" means cathode ray tube otherwise known as kinescope or CRT.

(m) "Range" means a free standing or built-in cooking product containing a baking oven and cooktop. Range also means a baking oven or cooktop and any integrated ventilating equipment, installed as a built-in appliance.

(n) "Rebuilt" or words of like import when used to describe a set, an appliance, or a component part thereof, means a unit which has been cleaned, component parts tested and defective or damaged components replaced. The unit is then inspected and tested to ensure that it will perform the function for which it was originally manufactured.

(o) "Rejuvenate" or words of like import such as reactivate or restore, means the repair of any internal malfunction of a picture tube by burning out shorts in the electron gun assembly, or flaking the cathode by heating and vibrating the cathode, or activities of a similar nature.

(p) "Repair" includes the repair, service, maintenance, or activities of a similar nature, whether or not the set or appliance is under warranty.

(q) "Seconds" or terms of like import such as rejects, when used in connection with a replacement picture tube, means that the picture tube, though giving satisfactory performance, does not meet the quality and workmanship maintained by the manufacturer with respect to the general run of tubes of the same type.

(r) "Service call," or words of like import, when used in connection with the repair or maintenance of equipment, means the service dealer or his authorized service technician calling at the premises of a customer, at the request of said customer, to inspect, repair, service, or maintain such equipment.

(s) "Service contract" means a contract in writing to perform, over a fixed period of time or for a specified duration, services relating to the maintenance or repair of equipment.