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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 36.10.11.05" title_num="36" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="11" heading="Inclusion on Mandatory Exclusion List.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Upon receipt of information that reasonably indicates an individual meets any criteria under Regulation .04B of this chapter, and after making any determination under Regulation .04 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 .04E 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 sports wagering licensee 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 additional information identified in Regulation .04 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>That, if a timely request for a reconsideration meeting is not submitted, the placement of the individual’s name on a mandatory exclusion list and the distribution of the individual’s name to all sports wagering licensees in the State is available to the public; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>That the excluded individual shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Prohibited from the part of the premises of a sports wagering licensee where sports wagering is conducted and from participating in sports wagering;</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 unredeemed items 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 in the possession of the individual or received by the individual while participating in sports wagering 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 .04B 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 .04B 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 .04B 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 sports wagering licensees 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 .06 of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>