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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".18" citation="COMAR 36.03.10.18" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="10" heading="Cashiers’ Cage Design Standards.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator shall have on, adjacent, or proximate to the gaming floor a physical structure known as a cashiers' cage to house the cashiers and to serve as the central location in the facility for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The custody of the cash, accounting records, and forms and documents required under this chapter to conduct video lottery and table game operations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The initial financial consolidation of all transactions pertaining to video lottery terminal and table game activity; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other functions normally associated with the operation of a cashiers' cage.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A cashiers’ cage shall include the following design features:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A manually triggered silent alarm system connected:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Directly to the security department; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Directly, or through a documented communication protocol, to the monitor room of the surveillance department;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A double door entry and exit system that will not permit an individual to pass through the second door until the first door is securely locked, as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The first door leading from the gaming floor shall be controlled by the security department, the surveillance department, or a Commission-approved computerized access control system.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The second door leading into the cashiers’ cage shall be controlled by the cashiers' cage or a Commission-approved computerized access control system.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The double door entry and exit system shall be equipped with surveillance capability sufficient to allow monitoring of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>All ingress and egress; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The interior compartment; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Both doors of the double door entry and exit system shall be equipped with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Separate locks with a key or release mechanism which is different on each door; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Locks which are operational in the event of a power failure; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Any entrance to the cashiers’ cage that is not a double door entry and exit system shall be equipped as an alarmed emergency exit door.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility may have one or more satellite cages physically separate from the cashiers' cage which:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>May perform all of the functions of a cashiers' cage authorized by this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall be equipped with an alarm system in compliance with §B(1) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A facility operator shall make readily available to the Commission:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An access control matrix indicating which employee job descriptions are authorized to have access to the cashiers’ cage and any satellite cage; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A list of employees, with license number, who are authorized:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>To have access to the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Cashiers’ cage and any satellite cage;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Keys to the manual locks securing the double door entry and exit system; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Release button on magnetic locks securing the double door entry and exit system;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>To activate or deactivate alarm systems for the cashiers' cage and any satellite cage; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>To grant access to the cashiers’ cage and any satellite cage through the access control matrix or a computerized access control system.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>