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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 36.10.13.12" title_num="36" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="13" heading="Surveillance Department Minimum Staffing for Class A and Class B-1 Sports Wagering Facility Licensees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as set forth in §B, this regulation is only applicable to the holder of a Class A sports wagering facility license.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commission may require the holder of a Class B-1 sports wagering facility license to comply with any or all of the requirements of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>At least 60 days before sports wagering operations are to commence, a sports wagering licensee shall submit its surveillance department minimum staffing plan to the Commission for review and written approval.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee may not commence operations until its surveillance department minimum staffing plan is approved in writing by the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A surveillance department minimum staffing plan shall assess, on a per-shift basis, the minimum number of on duty surveillance department employees necessary to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provide adequate and effective surveillance of all activities in and outside the facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensure the physical safety of employees of and invitees to the facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Comply with all applicable laws and regulations including Commission-approved internal controls and operating procedures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Monitor the facility to ensure that the following individuals are identified, prohibited from entering the facility, and, if necessary, immediately removed from the facility:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An intoxicated individual; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>An excluded individual; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Monitor the facility floor to ensure that an individual younger than 21 years old is identified, prohibited from accessing the facility floor in accordance with State Government Article, §9-1E-11(a)(1), Annotated Code of Maryland, and, if necessary, immediately removed from the facility floor.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee’s proposed surveillance department minimum staffing plan shall consider:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Square footage and layout of the facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Use of fixed and roving security posts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Activity level on a per-shift basis and identify it as slow, normal, or peak;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Department supervisory needs; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A limit of one employee per monitor station.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A sports wagering licensee may not implement a change or amendment in the surveillance department minimum staffing plan approved by the Commission under §C of this regulation without the prior written approval of the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>