2005 California Business and Professions Code Sections 6980 Article 1. General Provisions

6980.  The following terms as used in this chapter have the meaning
expressed in this article:
   (a) "Branch office" means any location, other than the principal
place of business of a licensee that is licensed as set forth in this
chapter.
   (b) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Security and Investigative
Services.
   (c) "Chief" means the Chief of the Bureau of Security and
Investigative Services.
   (d) "Department" means the Department of Consumer Affairs.
   (e) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
   (f) "Employer" means a person who employs an individual for wages
or salary, lists the individual on the employer's payroll records,
and withholds all legally required deductions and contributions.
   (g) "Employee" means an individual who works for an employer, is
listed on the employer's payroll records, and is under the employer's
direction and control.  An independent contractor is not an employee
pursuant to this chapter.
   (h) "Employer-employee relationship" means an individual who works
for another and where the individual's name appears on the payroll
records of the employer.
   (i) "Licensee" means a business entity, whether an individual,
partnership, or corporation, licensed under this chapter.
   (j) "Locksmith" means any person who, for any consideration
whatsoever, engages, directly or indirectly and as a primary or
secondary object, in the business of rekeying, installing, repairing,
opening, modifying locks, or who originates keys for locks.  A
"locksmith" does not mean any person whose activities are limited to
making a duplicate key from an existing key.
   (k) "Person" means any individual, firm, company, association,
organization, partnership, or corporation.
   (l) "Registrant" means an employee registered pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter.
   (m) "Lock" means any mechanical, electromechanical, electronic, or
electromagnetic device, or similar device, including any peripheral
hardware, that is designed to control access from one area to
another, or that is designed to control the use of a device.
   (n) "Recombination" means changing the combination of any
combination-actuated lock.
   (o) "Master key system" means any system in which a lock is
rekeyed so that the lock can be operated by its own individual key
and can also be operated by a key that can operate other locks if the
other locks cannot be operated with the lock's individual key.
   (p) "Key duplication machine" means any tool whose only capability
is to manufacture a new key by using an existing key as a guide.
   (q) "Key blank" means a key that has not been altered or cut and
does not include depth keys.
   (r) "Pin kit" means a container that holds only the following lock
parts and materials:
   (1) Bottom pins.
   (2) Top pins (not including master pins).
   (3) Springs.
   (4) Plug follower.
   (5) Proprietary tools, provided by a lock manufacturer, designed
for the purpose of rekeying a lock.
   (s) "Locksmith tool" means (1) any tool designed for the purpose
of opening, bypassing, altering, rekeying, servicing, or repairing
any lock, or (2) any burglar tool, as described in Section 466 of the
Penal Code.