R 432.513 Board duties, jurisdiction, and authority.

Rule 513. (1) To execute and administer the act for the purpose of licensing, regulating, and enforcing lawful fantasy contests, the board may do all of the following: (a) Determine its practices and internal policies or procedures. (b) Delegate to the executive director all powers and authority to act in the name of the board with respect to all reasonable, necessary, and appropriate actions to administer and carry out the administrative and executive functions of the board including, but not limited to, the power to do any of the following: (i) Execute and enter into contracts on behalf of the board. (ii) Hire and fire employees of the board and administer oaths. (iii)Issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents. (iv)Issue and renew licenses. (v) Conduct investigations, inspections, and audits, share information with law enforcement agencies, conduct hearings, and settle alleged violations of the act and these rules. (vi)Engage in other functions necessary to the proper administration and enforcement of the act and these rules. (vii) Grant requests and waivers, answer inquiries, issue interpretations, and otherwise take any action that is reasonably requested by an applicant, licensed management company, or fantasy contest operator in furtherance of, and consistent with, the efficient administration and enforcement of the act and these rules, as determined to be necessary or appropriate by the executive director. (2) The board may set hiring standards for employees. (3) The board has general responsibility for the implementation of the act. The board's duties include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Deciding in a reasonable period of time all license applications. (b) Investigating applicants for licenses. The board may grant licenses in accordance with the act and these rules. (c) Supervising fantasy contests and fantasy contest operations authorized by the act. (d) Investigating alleged violations of the act or these rules and taking appropriate disciplinary action against a fantasy contest operator, licensed management company, or any other person, or instituting appropriate legal action for enforcement, or both. (e) Conducting investigative and contested case hearings, issuing subpoenas, and administering oaths and affirmations to the witnesses to exercise and discharge the powers and duties of the board under the act. (f) Revoking or suspending licenses or taking any other action authorized in the act or these rules that the board considers necessary and in compliance with applicable laws of this state. (g) Imposing fines against persons, fantasy contest operators, and licensed management companies for engaging in a fraudulent practice or behavior, for each violation of the act, these rules, or any resolution or order of the board, or for any other action that the board determines is a detriment or impediment to fantasy contests or fantasy contest operations. (h) Taking any other action as may be reasonable or appropriate to enforce the act and these rules. (4) The board may seek and shall receive the cooperation and assistance of other departments and agencies in conducting background investigations and in fulfilling its responsibilities under the act.