N.Y. GBS Law § 350-G

§ 350-g. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the meaning ascribed to them:\n 1. "Water treatment unit" shall mean a product, device or system\ndesigned for personal, family or household use and for which a claim or\nclaims are made that it will improve the quality of water by reducing\none or more contaminants through mechanical, physical, chemical or\nbiological processes or combinations thereof. Each model of a system or\na device shall be deemed a distinct water treatment unit.\n 2. "Contaminant" shall mean only those physical, chemical,\nmicrobiological, or radiological substances in water for which a federal\nmaximum contaminant level exists pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking\nWater Act or a state maximum contaminant level exists pursuant to the\npublic health law or a guideline exists which has been established by\nthe commissioner of health.\n 3. "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint\nventure, or any business entity.\n 4. "Label" shall mean the written, printed or graphic matter (i)\naffixed or attached to or printed on the water treatment unit, or (ii)\nplaced on or otherwise made a part of the containers or wrappers of such\nunits.\n 5. "Performance data sheet" shall mean a booklet, document, label or\nother printed material containing, at a minimum, the information\nrequired pursuant to section three hundred fifty-i of this article.\n 6. "Catalogue sale" shall mean any sale by means of printed material\nreceived by the consumer, including advertisements in newspapers,\nmagazines or similar publications which contains the terms of sale,\nretail price, and instructions for ordering from which a consumer can\norder such unit.\n 7. "Qualified laboratory" shall mean:\n a. A laboratory equipped and staffed to perform water treatment unit\nproduct validation testing using, where applicable:\n (i) United States Environmental Protection Agency standards for\ndrinking water quality and maximum contaminant levels, or their\nequivalent, and\n (ii) Testing protocols developed pursuant to a peer review process\nwithin the water treatment unit industry; or\n b. A laboratory certified under any state's water treatment unit law\nor regulation, provided that certification standards are at least as\nstringent as those of the state of New York, if any standards exist.\n