Duty of Licensee to Exclude Ineligible Persons

PURPOSE: This rule requires licensed organizations to exclude persons on the List of Ineligible Persons (List) from engaging in the management, conduct, or operation of any bingo game. It also creates a duty on the part of the licensee to report persons they believe meet the criteria for placement on the List. (1) No person who has been placed on the List of Ineligible Persons (List) shall be permitted to participate in the management, conduct, or operation of any bingo game, or be employed or work in any capacity for any entity required to be licensed pursuant to section 313.057, RSMo, unless and until a determination is made by the commission or a court to the contrary. (2) It shall be the duty of all licensees and their workers, members, and employees to exclude persons on the List from engaging in any of the above activities when the licensee or any employee or member of the licensee knows or reasonably should know of the presence of the ineligible person. In addition, no licensee shall employ or associate with a person on the List. It shall further be the duty of the holder of a license to inform the commission in writing of the names of persons the holder reasonably believes meet the criteria for placement on the List. AUTHORITY: sections 313.004, 313.035, 313.052, and 313.065, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Feb. 16, 1999, effective Oct. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed June 25, 2015, effective Feb. 29, 2016. *Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994; 313.035, RSMo 1981, amended 1989, 1994; 313.052, RSMo 1994; and 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.