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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 36.03.06.02" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="06" heading="Responsible Gaming Plan.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility shall establish a responsible gaming plan that sets forth the facility’s plan for addressing problem gambling at the facility that shall include at least the following elements of the plan:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Goals;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Procedures and deadlines for implementation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Identification of facility personnel responsible for implementation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Responsibilities of facility personnel identified as responsible for implementation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Training for facility personnel on problem gambling and voluntary exclusion;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Means of controlling access to records pertaining to voluntary exclusion;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Means of educating players about:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Problem gambling;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Problem gambling treatment resources, including treatment and prevention programs established under State Government Article, §9-1A-33, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Voluntary exclusion;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Placement of responsible gambling awareness materials in the facility as required under Regulation .03 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Ensuring that an individual in the Voluntary Exclusion Program is not permitted to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Enter the video lottery facility;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Play a video lottery terminal or table game; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Claim a jackpot;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>The facility’s response to the discovery of an individual who is enrolled in the voluntary exclusion program on facility property, which may include pursuing criminal charges against the individual; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Any other element required by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A facility operator shall submit to the Commission the responsible gaming plan required under §A of this regulation at least 60 days before video lottery terminal operations are to commence.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator shall submit any amendments to a facility’s responsible gaming plan to the Commission prior to implementation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A facility operator shall submit to the Commission an annual report describing the facility’s responsible gaming plan, which shall include a statement regarding compliance with Regulation .01C of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>