(a) “Applicant” means an individual, partnership or corporation that has submitted an application to a county clerk for registration as a legal document assistant and that has been denied registration or renewal of registration by the county clerk under subdivision (c) of section 6406 of the Business and Professions Code.

(b) “Application” means the application form prescribed by subdivision (a) or (b) of section 3900 that an applicant has properly completed and submitted to a county clerk, and that the county clerk has returned to the applicant under subdivision (c) of section 6406 of the Business and Professions Code.

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

(d) “Director” means the director of the Department of Consumer Affairs or his or her designee.

(e) “Disqualifying event” means a conviction, civil judgment or revocation of registration described in subdivision (b) of section 6406 of the Business and Professions Code. The term also means a disbarment or suspension from the practice of law described in section 6402 of the Business and Professions Code.

(f) “Legal document assistant” has the same meaning as in subdivision (c) of section 6400 of the Business and Professions Code.