Section 116830.

(a)  The department shall adopt regulations setting forth the criteria and procedures for certification of water treatment devices that are claimed to affect the health or safety of drinking water. The regulations shall include appropriate testing protocols and procedures to determine the performance of water treatment devices in reducing specific contaminants from public or private domestic water supplies. The regulations may adopt, by reference, the testing procedures and standards of one or more independent testing organizations if the department determines that the procedures and standards are adequate to meet the requirements of this section. The regulations may specify any testing organization that the department has designated to conduct the testing of water treatment devices.

(b)  The regulations required by subdivision (a) shall include minimum standards for the following:

(1)  Performance requirements.

(2)  Types of tests to be performed.

(3)  Types of allowable materials.

(4)  Design and construction.

(5)  Instruction and information requirements, including operational, maintenance, replacement, and estimated cost of these items.

(6)  Any additional requirements, not inconsistent with this article, as may be necessary to carry out this article.

(c)  The department or any testing organization designated by the department pursuant to this section may agree to evaluate test data on a water treatment device offered by the manufacturer of the water treatment device, in lieu of the requirements of this section, if the department or the testing organization determines that the testing procedures and standards used to develop the data are adequate to meet the requirements of this section.

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