§ 13B41 — Interactive games and interactive gaming devices and associated equipment testing

(a) Testing required.--

(1) No interactive game or interactive gaming device or associated equipment shall be used to conduct interactive gaming unless it has been tested and certified by the board. The board may, in its discretion and for the purpose of expediting the approval process, refer testing to any testing laboratory as approved by the board.

(2) The board shall establish, by regulation, technical standards for approval of interactive games and interactive gaming devices and associated equipment, including standards to govern mechanical, electrical or program reliability and security against tampering and threats, as it may deem necessary to protect a registered player from fraud or deception and to ensure the integrity of interactive gaming.

(b) Cost of testing and certification.--Any costs associated with the board's testing and certification under this section shall be assessed on persons authorized by the board to manufacture, supply, distribute or otherwise provide interactive games and interactive gaming devices and associated equipment to interactive gaming certificate holders or to interactive gaming operators in this Commonwealth. The costs shall be assessed in accordance with a schedule adopted by the board.

(c) Use of other state standards.--The board may determine whether the testing and certification standards for interactive games and interactive gaming devices and associated equipment as adopted by another jurisdiction within the United States are comprehensive and thorough and provide similar and adequate safeguards as those required by this chapter and regulations of the board. If the board makes that determination, it may permit the person authorized to manufacture, supply, distribute or otherwise provide interactive games and interactive gaming devices or associated equipment that have met the testing and certification standard in such other jurisdiction to furnish interactive games or interactive gaming devices and associated equipment to interactive gaming certificate holders in this Commonwealth without undergoing the full testing and certification under this section.