California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 18 - California Gambling Control Commission › Chapter 7 - Conditions of Operation for Gambling Establishments › Article 2 - Emergency Preparedness, Security and Surveillance Plans › Section 12370 - Emergency Planning and Preparedness - Fire Safety and Evacuation Plan

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) As
				  required by California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9, Chapter 4
				  (commencing with Section
				  401), and Title 19, Section
				  3.09, a gambling enterprise must
				  prepare and maintain a fire safety and evacuation plan, conduct emergency
				  evacuation drills and conduct employee training on the content of their fire
				  safety and evacuation plan. Fire safety and evacuation plans, emergency
				  evacuation drills and employee training procedures adopted pursuant to this
				  section must comply with, as applicable, California Code of Regulations Title
				  24, Part 9, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
				  401) and Title 19, Section
				  3.09, or those standards adopted by
				  local ordinance pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
				  13143.5.
(b) Each applicant for a cardroom business
				  license under Chapter 2 of this Division must submit to the Bureau one copy of
				  a current fire safety and evacuation plan, pursuant to this section, together
				  with those application documents required by Section
				  12112.
(c) Each cardroom business licensee must
				  submit one copy of its current fire safety and evacuation plan, pursuant to
				  this section, with the first biennial license renewal application submitted
				  after the effective date of this section, and with every second renewal
				  application submitted thereafter.
(d) If a cardroom business licensee's fire
				  safety and evacuation plan is revised as a result of the addition of permanent
				  tables, or as a result of any change to the physical premises which alters the
				  locations of phones, fire extinguishers, manual fire alarm pull stations or
				  exits, or which alters evacuation routes or procedures, the cardroom business
				  licensee must submit one copy of its revised fire safety and evacuation plan
				  with the first biennial license renewal application submitted immediately
				  following any revision, and, subsection (c) notwithstanding, with every second
				  renewal application submitted thereafter.
(e) Each fire safety and evacuation plan
				  submitted to the Bureau pursuant to this Section must include the following
				  documentation, as applicable:
(1) If the
				  responsible local authority provides reviews, the cardroom business licensee
				  must send to the Bureau documentation showing that the local authority approved
				  the fire safety and evacuation plan, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
				  13143.5
				  and California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9, Chapter 1, Section
				  111.2.1.1. Health and Safety Code
				  section
				  13143.5,
				  subdivision (f), paragraph (2), provides that any fee charged pursuant to the
				  enforcement authority of subdivision (f) may not exceed the estimated
				  reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee is
				  charged.
(2) If the responsible
				  local authority does not provide reviews, the cardroom business licensee must
				  send the fire safety and evacuation plan to the State Fire Marshal, and must
				  send to the Bureau documentation showing that the State Fire Marshal has
				  approved the fire safety and evacuation plan.