Section 12391 - Gambling Floor Operation(a) The policies and procedures for all Tiers must meet or exceed the following standards for gambling floor operation: (1) Except as provided in Business and Professions Code sections 19844, 19845, 19861 and 19921, all areas of the gambling establishment in which controlled games and gaming activity are being conducted must be open to the public.(2) No cardroom category licensee may, as a consequence of an employee's refusal to play a controlled game, coerce that employee, or take or threaten to take any action adversely affecting the terms and conditions of employment for that employee. Notwithstanding the forgoing, where an employee's duties or scope of employment includes the play of controlled games, a cardroom category licensee may take action adversely affecting the terms and conditions of employment against that employee for his or her refusal to play a controlled game. This paragraph does not create any new civil liability.(3) A cardroom business licensee may not have in any room or combination of rooms where controlled games or gaming activities are being conducted, more gaming tables than the total number of tables the cardroom business licensee is authorized to operate, unless all excess gaming tables are covered or prominently labeled as being non-operational and are under continuous recorded video surveillance, in accordance with paragraph (1), subsection (a) of Section 12396.(4) The sale or redemption of chips must be transacted only by those designated gambling enterprise employee licensees who have received the training required by section 1021.210 (revised as of July 1, 2011) of Chapter X of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations. A cardroom business licensee must have policies and procedures in place to ensure compliance with Section 12315.(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the policies and procedures for Tiers III through and including V must include standards for gambling floor operations that provide for, Title 11, CCR, Section 2050 notwithstanding, at least one cardroom owner type licensee or key employee license to be on the premises at all times that the gambling establishment is open to the public to supervise the gambling operation and ensure immediate compliance with the Act and these regulations.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 12391
1. New section filed 9-12-2012; operative 10-12-2012 (Register 2012, No. 37).
2. New subsection (a)(2) filed 12-13-2012; operative 1-12-2013 (Register 2012, No. 50).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(4) filed 1-17-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 3).
4. Amendment filed 12-12-2020; operative 1-1-2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b) (Register 2020, No. 51). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20. Note: Authority cited: Sections 19801(l), 19811, 19840, 19841, 19861 and 19920, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 19801(a), 19801(g), 19801(h), 19801(j), 19801(l), 19823, 19841, 19861, 19914(a)(2), 19920 and 19924, Business and Professions Code.
1. New section filed 9-12-2012; operative 10-12-2012 (Register 2012, No. 37).
2. New subsection (a)(2) filed 12-13-2012; operative 1-12-2013 (Register 2012, No. 50).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (a)(4) filed 1-17-2018 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2018, No. 3).
4. Amendment filed 12-12-2020; operative 1/1/2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b) (Register 2020, No. 51). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.