Section 501.052 - Independent Testing Laboratories(1) An Independent Testing Laboratory shall apply for licensure in the manner prescribed in 935 CMR 500.101: Application Requirements.(2) The Commission will accept certificates of registration for Independent Testing Laboratories validly issued prior to the Program Transfer. A certificate will remain valid until the certificate expires or the laboratory is licensed pursuant to 935 CMR 500.101: Application Requirements, whichever occurs first.(3) An Independent Testing Laboratory may not cultivate Marijuana.(4) An Independent Testing Laboratory may not possess, transport or Process Marijuana other than that necessary for the purposes of testing in compliance with 935 CMR 500.000: Adult Use of Marijuana and 935 CMR 501.000. Laboratories registered prior to the Program Transfer and that have not been licensed pursuant to 935 CMR 500.101: Application Requirements, are limited to possessing, transporting or Processing Marijuana for the purposes of testing in compliance with 935 CMR 501.000.(5) An Executive or Member of an MTC is prohibited from being a Person or Entity Having Direct or Indirect Control in an Independent Testing Laboratory providing testing services for any MTC, except as otherwise provided in 935 CMR 501.200.(6) No individual employee of a laboratory providing testing services for MTCs may receive direct or indirect financial compensation from any MTC, except as otherwise provided in 935 CMR 501.200.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1403, eff. 11/1/2019.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1434, eff. 1/8/2021.