New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 15 - GAMBLING AND LIQUOR CONTROL › Chapter 1 - GAMES AND GAMING GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 5 - APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE UNDER THE GAMING CONTROL ACT › Section 15.1.5.17 - APPLICATION FOR WORK PERMIT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
				Application for a work permit shall be made in the same manner as set forth in
				the act or this rule for other applications. At the board's discretion, the
				board may delegate authority to the executive director or another designee to
				process and make the initial determination on all work permits. Except as
				provided for in Subsection I of Section 15.1.5.17 NMAC, no person shall be
				employed as a gaming employee unless the board, the executive director or the
				board's designee has first approved the application for such a
				permit.
B. The applicant shall
				submit his or her fingerprints in duplicate on fingerprint cards and his or her
				photograph in duplicate. Fingerprints shall not be accepted unless the
				fingerprints were taken under the supervision of, and certified by, a state
				police officer, a county sheriff, municipal chief of police, or sworn peace
				officer, or, upon board approval, another entity providing the services of a
				certified identification technician. The photographs shall be no smaller than
				2" x 3" and must be satisfactory to the board. The photographs shall be taken
				no earlier than three months before the date the application for work permit
				was filed.
C. In addition to
				grounds for denial of an application described in the act and this rule, the
				board shall deny the application if the applicant has had a work permit revoked
				in any jurisdiction or has committed any act that is grounds for revocation of
				a work permit under the act or this rule.
D. A work permit issued to a gaming employee
				shall have clearly imprinted on the permit a statement that the permit is valid
				for gaming purposes. A licensee who employs an employee currently holding a
				valid work permit shall ensure that the employee registers his or her
				employment with the board in writing within three days of the employee's date
				of hire.
E. A work permit issued by
				the board is not an endorsement or clearance by the board, but is merely
				verification that the individual has furnished his or her fingerprints and
				photograph to the board as required by this rule.
F. A licensee shall notify the board in
				writing that a work permittee has terminated his or her employment with the
				licensee within three business days of the termination.
G. Any otherwise qualified person may obtain
				a work permit to work as a gaming employee for a nonprofit gaming operator
				licensee and is not required to be a member of the nonprofit organization. A
				person holding a work permit may provide services to the nonprofit gaming
				operator licensee on a paid or volunteer basis.
H. Upon the receipt of a completed
				application, an applicant shall be provided a provisional work permit which
				shall expire 60 days after the date of issuance, upon the issuance of a
				permanent work permit or upon the written determination by the board to deny
				the work permit, whichever occurs first. An applicant whose provisional work
				permit expires after 60 days may apply for an extension of the provisional work
				permit not to exceed an additional 60 days. The board or its designee may allow
				the 60 day extension for good cause shown.