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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 36.03.07.04" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="07" heading="Inclusion on Mandatory Exclusion List.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Upon receipt of information that reasonably indicates an individual meets any criteria under Regulation .03B of this chapter, and after making any considerations described in Regulation .03 of this chapter, the Director shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Evaluate the information;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure that the information required under Regulation .03E of this chapter sufficiently identifies the individual; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Decide whether to place the individual on the mandatory exclusion list.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Prior to placing an individual on the mandatory exclusion list, the Director or the Director’s designee may provide a video lottery facility with:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Information used to identify an individual who may be excluded;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The factual basis for placing an individual on the mandatory exclusion list; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An opportunity to provide the Director with information identified in Regulation .03 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>If the Director decides to place an individual on the mandatory exclusion list, staff shall deliver to the individual by U.S. mail a written notice explaining:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The factual basis for placing the individual on the mandatory exclusion list;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The availability of a reconsideration meeting with the Director or the Director’s designee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The requirements for submitting a request for a reconsideration meeting;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>If a timely request for a reconsideration meeting is not submitted, the individual’s name shall be placed on a mandatory exclusion list and the name will be distributed to all facility operators in the State and be publicly available; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>That the excluded individual shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Prohibited from entering any video lottery facility, and from playing any video lottery terminal or table game, in the State;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Subject to criminal charges for trespassing or any other appropriate criminal charge; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Required to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Redeem or liquidate an unredeemed item with monetary value that the individual has received since being placed on the mandatory exclusion list; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Surrender to the Problem Gambling Fund established under State Government Article, §9-1A-33, Annotated Code of Maryland, any unredeemed items and prizes in the possession of the individual or received by the individual at a video lottery facility after placement on the mandatory exclusion list.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Reconsideration Meeting.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual may submit to the Director a written request for a reconsideration meeting within 15 days of the date of the individual’s receipt of the notice described in §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If an individual fails to timely submit a request under §D(1) of this regulation, the individual shall be placed on the mandatory exclusion list.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A reconsideration meeting may be held by the Director or the Director’s designee;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>During a reconsideration meeting, an individual may:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be represented by counsel; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Present evidence as to why the individual does not meet the criteria under Regulation .03B of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Director or the Director’s designee shall deliver to the individual by U.S. mail a written notice of the decision following the reconsideration meeting.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>An individual dissatisfied with the result of a reconsideration meeting may submit a written request to the Commission for an appeal hearing.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The request for an appeal hearing shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be submitted within 15 days of the date of the individual’s receipt of the written notice of the decision following the reconsideration meeting; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Describe the individual’s legal and factual bases for disagreeing with placement on the mandatory exclusion list.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>If an individual fails to timely submit a written request for an appeal hearing under §D(7) of this regulation, the individual shall be placed on the mandatory exclusion list.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Upon receipt of a timely written request for an appeal hearing, the Director or the Director’s designee shall provide the individual with a notice for the appeal hearing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Appeal Hearing.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If after an appeal hearing the Commission decides that the excluded individual does not meet any criteria under Regulation .03B of this chapter, the individual’s name may not be placed on the mandatory exclusion list.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If after an appeal hearing the Commission decides that the excluded individual meets any criteria under Regulation .03B of this chapter:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The individual’s name shall remain on the mandatory exclusion list;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The Commission shall notify all facility operators in the State of the individual’s addition to the mandatory exclusion list;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The individual may seek judicial review of the Commission’s decision; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The individual may request to be removed from the mandatory exclusion list only as provided in Regulation .05 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>