Section 399-N. Approval of electrical devices

Whenever electrical devices
  or electrical wiring or electrical apparatus are required to be approved
  by underwriters laboratories for fire safety by any statute,  law,  rule
  or regulation, of the state or any municipality thereof, approval by any
  qualified  laboratory or testing organization that tests for fire safety
  in the state of New York will be  deemed  to  be  satisfaction  of  such
  requirement. For the purposes of this section, a qualified laboratory or
  testing organization is one which meets the criteria of (1) the American
  Society  for  Testing  Materials  test  E548-76,  or  (2)  any  rules or
  regulations relating thereto that may be promulgated by  the  office  of
  fire prevention and control of the department of state.