Required Testing by Independent Testing Laboratories

(1) Any testing by a commission certified independent testing laboratory for the purposes of certifying an electronic gaming device shall be conducted in compliance with M.G.L. c. 23K and 205 CMR 143.00: Gaming Devices and Electronic Gaming Equipment and 144.00. (2) The independent testing laboratory shall issue a report of the testing results to the gaming vendor and to the commission pursuant to 205 CMR 145.02(2). Such report shall contain: (a) the part and version numbers of the electronic gaming device tested; (b) attachments containing documents sufficient to describe the functionality and operation of all material components of the electronic gaming device; (c) a statement as to whether each of the components within the electronic gaming device, each interaction between components, and the device as a whole is compliant with the latest version of M.G.L. c. 23K and 205 CMR 143.00: Gaming Devices and Electronic Gaming Equipment as of the start date of testing; (d) the date the electronic gaming device was submitted for testing; (e) the start and end dates of the electronic gaming device testing; (f) the location of the facility used to perform the testing; and (g) a statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that all information provided in the report is accurate and complete. (3) The independent testing laboratory's report shall not contain any information in its body that if publically released may harm the integrity of the electronic gaming device, but such information may be disclosed in an attachment. (4) The independent testing laboratory may communicate with the gaming vendor to request additional documentation or to discuss potentially non-compliant components. The independent testing laboratory shall log any communication between itself and the applicant and be able to provide to the commission copies of all documents transmitted to or from the applicant for at least seven years following the issuance of the report. (5) The independent testing laboratory may rely on testing conducted and data collected from testing conducted for another jurisdiction, whether by the independent testing laboratory or by another entity, if the testing was performed by an independent party with no apparent interest in the result. An independent testing laboratory relying on such external testing or data must clearly identify in its report all such reliance and independently verify the validity of such data or testing by making a finding that the methods described in the earlier test are reliable and there is no indication that the data is incorrect. (6) An independent testing laboratory may rely on any data or results of testing conducted by a commission certified independent testing laboratory when such testing was conducted for purposes of permitting an electronic gaming device in the Commonwealth. Any reliance pursuant to 205 CMR 144.04(5) or (6) must be clearly identified in the report.