Identification Badge Requirements

PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements for identification badges. (1) All employees and occupational licensees shall at all times while performing the functions of their positions display on their person in a clearly visible manner a valid, riverboatissued, casino access badge, unless a waiver has been granted in writing for a particular job function. No casino access badge granting access to any riverboat gaming operation may be held by any person unless that person is an employee of the Class B licensee and has been authorized for such access by the Class B applicant or licensee of the riverboat gaming operation for which the badge is to be issued. Each Class B applicant or licensee must notify the commission that such authorization has been granted before any identification badge may be issued to the person. Each Class B applicant or licensee must notify the commission within ten (10) days if any such authorization has been revoked. General managers, other key person licensees, internal auditors who are employees of the Class A licensee, and Class A employees who have job responsibilities that require them to work at more than one (1) Class B facility may also be granted casino access badges. All other employees of the Class A licensee must obtain and display a visitor badge while performing the functions of their positions at the riverboat gaming operation. (2) The casino access badge shall— (A) Be of a color selected by the riverboat gaming operation for use on all casino access badges utilized by occupational licensees; (B) Be a three and three-eighths by two and one-eighth-inch (3 3/8" × 2 1/8") card bearing on the front side the name and logo of the riverboat gaming operation; (C) Provide a base for a one-inch by one and one-fourth-inch (1" × 1 1/4") photograph on the front side; (D) Provide a space for a six (6)-digit number at least one-fourth inch (1/4") in height on the front side; (E) Display the employee’s first name or nickname and job title on the front side; (F) Provide on the reverse side a line for the employee’s full name and date of birth; and (G) Provide a space for color coded backgrounds for use around the occupational field or title on the front side as follows: 1. Solid white—non-casino occupations: all Level II or higher personnel whose job responsibilities do not require access inside the casino turnstiles or to other gaming areas, including but not limited to, cages and count rooms; 2. Solid green—surveillance occupations: all personnel whose job responsibilities include the operation, maintenance, and installation of surveillance equipment and the supervision of those surveillance personnel; 3. Solid red—security and guest safety occupations: all personnel whose job responsibilities include the security of the casino facilities, safety of customers and employees, rendering of medical aid and supervision of security personnel; 4. Red diagonal stripes—gaming occupations: all personnel whose job responsibilities are directly related to conducting a gambling game or the repair of a gaming related device, including but not limited to, cage department employees, casino operations employees, count department employees, revenue audit employees, slot department employees, and table game department employees; 5. Solid blue—non-gaming occupations: all personnel whose job responsibilities require access inside the casino turnstiles but are not directly related to gaming activities and not handling chips or tokens, including but not limited to, environmental services or housekeeping employees; food and beverage employees; maintenance, marine operations or boat operations employees; retail employees, ticketing employees; and 6. Red horizontal stripes—other nongaming occupations including but not limited to non-gaming personnel responsible for clerical duties requiring limited access to the gaming pits and other non-gaming areas for the purposes of, for example, player tracking or other marketing duties; the installation, operation, or repair of information systems equipment; pit clerks; pit administrators; table games assistants; marketing; and all information systems personnel and related supervisors. (3) Casino access badges are not transferable and upon resignation or termination of employment, the access badge must be returned by the occupational licensee to the holder of a Class B license. AUTHORITY: sections 313.004 and 313.850, RSMo 2000, and section 313.800, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Emergency rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Sept. 20, 1993, expired Jan. 17, 1994. Emergency rule filed Jan. 5, 1994, effective Jan. 18, 1994, expired Jan. 30, 1994. Original rule filed Sept. 1, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed June 2, 1995, effective Dec. 30, 1995. Amended: Filed Jan. 21, 1997, effective Aug. 30, 1997. Amended: Filed May 13, 1998, effective Oct. 30, 1998. Amended: Filed Dec. 7, 2001, effective June 30, 2002. Amended: Filed Dec. 3, 2007, effective May 30, 2008. Amended: Filed Dec. 5, 2013, effective Aug. 30, 2014. *Original authority: 313.004, RSMo 1993, amended 1994; 313.800, RSMo 1991, amended 1993, 1994, 2005; and 313.850, RSMo 1993.