(1) "Certificate of permit" means a document issued by the department as evidence of a permit.

    (2) "Certificate of registration" means a document issued by the department as evidence of registration.

    (3) "Fund" means the nurse aide and medication aide registration fund created in section 21921.

    (4) "Medication aide" means a nurse aide who holds a registration to engage in practice as a medication aide. A medication aide is not a health professional licensed under article 15, a registered dietitian, or someone who volunteers to provide nursing or nursing-related services without pay.

    (5) "Medication aide trainer" means an individual who holds a permit to provide training to a medication aide candidate who is enrolled in a medication aide training program.

    (6) "Medication aide training program" means an instructional program provided at a qualified educational institution that prepares a nurse aide with the knowledge and ability to engage in practice as a medication aide and that is offered by a person who holds a permit.

    (7) "Nurse aide" means an individual who holds a registration to engage in practice as a nurse aide. A nurse aide is not a health professional licensed under article 15, a registered dietitian, or someone who volunteers to provide nursing or nursing-related services without pay.

    (8) "Nurse aide trainer" means an individual who holds a permit to provide training to a nurse aide candidate who is enrolled in a nurse aide training program.

    (9) "Nurse aide training program" means an instructional program that prepares a nurse aide candidate with the knowledge and ability to engage in practice as a nurse aide and that is offered by a person that holds a permit.