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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".17" citation="COMAR 36.03.10.17" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="10" heading="Access to Central Monitor and Control System Equipment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Central monitor and control system equipment shall reside in an area physically segregated from other systems and equipment utilized by the facility operator which conforms to the requirements of COMAR 36.03.11.03.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>At least 10 days before video lottery terminal operations are to commence, the Commission shall issue to the facility operator a list of individuals that it has approved to have access to the central monitor and control system equipment under State Government Article, §9-1A-02(c)(5), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator may not implement a change or amendment in its approved access list without the prior written approval of the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A facility operator shall develop and include in the internal controls submitted to and approved by the Commission under Regulation .05 of this chapter procedures addressing physical access to central monitor and control system equipment located in the facility.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Central monitor and control system equipment may be accessed by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual on the list described under §B of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A compliance agent of the Commission; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Commission staff authorized by the Director.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The facility operator’s internal controls shall require:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>All keys which access the segregated area where the central monitor and control system equipment resides to be maintained by representatives of the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Commission; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Central monitor and control system operator; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An individual requiring access to the segregated area where the central monitor and control system equipment resides who is not included on the Commission-approved access list maintained under §B of this regulation to be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Authorized by the Commission; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>At all times, escorted by a Commission compliance agent, or Commission staff authorized by the Director; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Reported in the entry log maintained in accordance with §G of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The Commission shall maintain an entry log for the segregated area where the central monitor and control system equipment resides which is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Kept inside the segregated area in a book with bound numbered pages that cannot be readily removed; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Utilized by an individual entering the segregated area to record:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Date and time of entering;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Entering individual’s name and department or affiliation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Reason for entering;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Name of the individual authorizing the individual’s entry into the segregated area; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Date and time of exiting.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>