Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:700.4

  • Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health and "secretary" means the secretary thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:700
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Water treatment device: means any instrument or contrivance sold at retail for residential use and designed to be added to the plumbing system of a water supply intended for human consumption to improve that water supply by any means including, but not limited to, filtration, purification, distillation, or conditioning. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:700

The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited:

(1)  The verbal or written misrepresentation of any water treatment device by any person selling such devices to the public for the purposes of inducing, directly or indirectly, the purchase of water treatment devices.  

(2)  The sale of any water treatment device to the public without a permit issued by the department.  

Added by Acts 1983, No. 507, §1.