(a) “Code” means the Business and Professions Code.

(b) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Affairs.

(c) “Act” means the Automotive Repair Act as contained in Chapter 20.3, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.

(d) “Passenger vehicle” means a motor vehicle used for private transportation or recreational purposes, including recreational vehicles and excluding commercial vehicles.

(e) “Commercial vehicle” means a vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of persons or property for hire, compensation or profit.

(f) “Recreational vehicle” means a motor vehicle designed or altered for recreational purposes or for human habitation and includes a motor vehicle used for transporting camper units.

(g) “Compensation” means any form of remuneration received for repairing or diagnosing malfunctions of motor vehicles. Where repair or diagnostic work is performed pursuant to a warranty, compensation is presumed to have been paid, whether the warranty has been obtained in connection with the purchase of a motor vehicle or otherwise.

(h) “Repair of motor vehicles” as used in subdivision (k) of Section 9880.1 of the Act shall not include the repair of that portion of a recreational vehicle which is intended for human habitation and which is unrelated to the operation of the vehicle.

(i) “Transmission fluid change” means changing the transmission fluid without removing the transmission pan or changing the transmission filter.

(j) “Building” means a permanent structure with walls, a floor, and a roof.

(k) “Auto body repair shop” means an automotive repair dealer who performs repairs or reconstruction of automobile or truck bodies, structures, or frames. Auto body repair shop does not include an automotive repair dealer also licensed by the department of Motor Vehicles as a motor vehicle dealer who engages in either the activity of up-fitting or down-fitting it's vehicle inventory, or performs those repairs that may be performed without utilizing the tools or equipment required by Section 3351.5.

(l) “Section” or “Sectioning” means the replacement of less than a whole part or component by splicing the part or component at non-factory seams.

(m) “Corrosion protection” means a coating applied to the vehicle to create a corrosion resistant barrier that protects the structure or component from the elements to which it is exposed.

(n) “Structure” means those components or parts that are designed to support weight, absorb collision energy, and absorb road shock.

(o) “Crash part” means a replacement for any of the non-mechanical sheet metal or plastic parts which generally constitute the exterior of a motor vehicle, including inner and outer panels.

(p) “Original Equipment Manufacturer crash part” or “OEM crash part” means a crash part made for or by the original vehicle manufacturer that manufactured, fabricated or supplied a vehicle or a component part.

(q) “Non-Original Equipment Manufacturer aftermarket crash part” or “non-OEM aftermarket crash part” means aftermarket crash parts not made for or by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle.