The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

     (1) "Authority" means a health sciences and services authority created pursuant to this chapter.

     (2) "Board" means the governing board of trustees of an authority.

     (3) "Director" means [the director of] the higher education coordinating board.

     (4) "Health sciences and services" means biosciences that advance new therapies and procedures to combat disease and promote public health.

     (5) "Local government" means a city, town, or county.

     (6) "Sponsoring local government" means a city, town, or county that creates a health sciences and services authority.

[2007 c 251 § 1.]

NOTES:

     Captions not law -- Severability -- 2007 c 251: See notes following RCW 35.104.010.