N.Y. General Business Law § 350-g: Definitions

§ 350-g. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms

shall have the meaning ascribed to them:

1. "Water treatment unit" shall mean a product, device or system

designed for personal, family or household use and for which a claim or

claims are made that it will improve the quality of water by reducing

one or more contaminants through mechanical, physical, chemical or

biological processes or combinations thereof. Each model of a system or

a device shall be deemed a distinct water treatment unit.

2. "Contaminant" shall mean only those physical, chemical,

microbiological, or radiological substances in water for which a federal

maximum contaminant level exists pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking

Water Act or a state maximum contaminant level exists pursuant to the

public health law or a guideline exists which has been established by

the commissioner of health.

3. "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint

venture, or any business entity.

4. "Label" shall mean the written, printed or graphic matter (i)

affixed or attached to or printed on the water treatment unit, or (ii)

placed on or otherwise made a part of the containers or wrappers of such

units.

5. "Performance data sheet" shall mean a booklet, document, label or

other printed material containing, at a minimum, the information

required pursuant to section three hundred fifty-i of this article.

6. "Catalogue sale" shall mean any sale by means of printed material

received by the consumer, including advertisements in newspapers,

magazines or similar publications which contains the terms of sale,

retail price, and instructions for ordering from which a consumer can

order such unit.

7. "Qualified laboratory" shall mean:

a. A laboratory equipped and staffed to perform water treatment unit

product validation testing using, where applicable:

(i) United States Environmental Protection Agency standards for

drinking water quality and maximum contaminant levels, or their

equivalent, and

(ii) Testing protocols developed pursuant to a peer review process

within the water treatment unit industry; or

b. A laboratory certified under any state's water treatment unit law

or regulation, provided that certification standards are at least as

stringent as those of the state of New York, if any standards exist.