Participation of Full-Time Employee, FullTime Staff Member, or Ordained Member of Clergy

PURPOSE: This rule specifies the eligibility requirements and defines positions of individuals which are eligible to participate in the management, conduct or operation of bingo. (1) No full-time employee or full-time staff member employed by an organization licensed to conduct bingo may participate in the management, conduct, or operation of bingo games until the time that the organization has submitted proof on forms prescribed by the commission to verify the eligibility of the employee or staff member to participate in the management, conduct, or operation of bingo. The commission shall approve or disapprove the participation of the full-time employee or fulltime staff member within thirty (30) days of receipt of the proof of eligibility submitted by the organization. The commission may immediately suspend the participation of any full-time employee or full-time staff member upon determination by the commission that the employee or staff member is no longer eligible to participate in the management, conduct, or operation of bingo. (2) The organization of any full-time employee or full-time staff member whose participation has been disapproved or suspended by the commission may resubmit proof on forms prescribed by the commission to verify the employee or staff member’s eligibility to participate in the management, conduct, or operation of bingo at any time following the commission’s disapproval or suspension of the employee or staff member’s participation. The commission shall sustain, modify, or rescind the suspension of the full-time employee or full-time staff member or approve or disapprove the participation of the employee or staff member within thirty (30) days of receipt of the proof of eligibility resubmitted by the organization. No organization, without prior written permission from the commission, may resubmit proof of eligibility more than two (2) times within a one (1)-year period for any full-time employee or full-time staff member whose participation has been disapproved or suspended by the commission. (3) The burden of proof as to the eligibility of a full-time employee or full-time staff member to participate in the management, conduct, or operation of bingo shall at all times rest with the organization seeking approval for the employee or staff member’s participation. The approval, disapproval, or suspension of the participation of a full-time employee or fulltime staff member shall be within the sole discretion of the commission. (4) Any person who is a duly ordained member of the clergy and who is a member of the church or church organization licensed to conduct bingo may participate in the management, conduct or operation of the organization’s licensed bingo games without securing the approval of the commission. (5) No part-time employee or part-time staff member of the organization licensed to conduct bingo may participate in the management, conduct, or operation of the organization’s licensed bingo games without the prior approval of the commission. (6) No person may receive remuneration for conducting or operating a bingo game. AUTHORITY: section 313.040, RSMo Supp. 2013, and section 313.065, RSMo 2000.* Emergency rule filed June 21, 1994, effective July 1, 1994, expired Oct. 28, 1994. Emergency rule filed Oct. 19, 1994, effective Oct. 29, 1994, expired Feb. 25, 1995. Original rule filed July 11, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Amended: Filed Dec. 1, 2004, effective June 30, 2005. Amended: Filed June 25, 2015, effective Feb. 29, 2016. *Original authority: 313.040, RSMo 1981, amended 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2010 and 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.