Vendor Access Badges

(1) A system of internal controls submitted by a gaming licensee in accordance with 205 CMR 138.02 shall include provisions related to vendor access badges. Access badges may be issued to personnel of a gaming vendor and non-gaming vendor licensed or registered in accordance with 205 CMR 134.00: Licensing and Registration of Employees, Vendors, Junket Enterprises and Representatives, and Labor Organizations or a Sports Wagering vendor licensed or registered in accordance with 205 CMR 234.00: Sports Wagering Vendors who in the course of providing their goods or services require access to a restricted area of the gaming establishment. Access badges shall be issued by the security department of the gaming licensee upon a verification of the identification of the specific employee with at least two forms of identification, at least one of which must be a government issued photo identification, and the employee's work schedule. Each access badge shall be effective only for the term of the service to be provided, issued on a daily basis after confirmation of identity, and shall be surrendered to the security department at the end of each day. (2) The access badge shall contain the following information: (a) A prominent space to allow the insertion of the name of the specific person to whom it is issued and identify the vendor employer; (b) The date and time of issuance by the security department; (c) Name and access badge number of issuing security officer; and (d) A sequential number reflecting the number of total badges issued at that gaming establishment that is to be recorded in both an onsite IEB and security department access badge log book or database.