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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".44" citation="COMAR 36.03.10.44" title_num="36" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="10" heading="Count Room Design Standards.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator shall have a count room designated, designed, and used for counting the contents of cash storage and table game drop boxes at a location approved by the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A count room shall conform to the following standards:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be constructed of materials and have an interior design which provides maximum security over the assets stored, and the activities conducted in, the room;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Meet the surveillance requirements of Regulation .11 of this chapter including audio coverage of the count process; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be constructed with doors equipped with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An alarm system which tracks all ingress to and egress from the room and:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Directly alerts the security department; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Directly, or through a documented communications protocol, alerts the surveillance department; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A locking mechanism with key backup, or a key that is:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Different from the key to any other door to the count room;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Different from the keys to the locks securing each cash storage and table game drop box; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Controlled by the security department or the accounting department.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A facility operator shall install in its count room a table constructed of clear glass or similar transparent material to be used for the emptying, counting, and recording of the contents of cash storage and table game drop boxes.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>