Section 116825.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this article:

(a)  "Water treatment device" means any point of use or point of entry instrument or contrivance sold or offered for rental or lease for residential use, and designed to be added to the plumbing system, or used without being connected to the plumbing of a water supply intended for human consumption in order to improve the water supply by any means, including, but not limited to, filtration, distillation, adsorption, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, or other treatment. "Water treatment device" does not include any device that is regulated pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 111070) of Chapter 5 of Part 5.

(b)  "Department" means the Department of Health Services.

(c)  "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, or association, or any employee or agent thereof.

(d)  "Contaminants" means any health-related physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)