A hotel or motel holding a public mixed drink permit may sell alcoholic beverages for on premises consumption only in sealed containers from an in-room hospitality unit located in any sleeping room of the permitted hotel or motel occupied by qualified persons. For the purpose of this Regulation, qualified persons are defined as registered guests, all of whom shall be twenty-one (21) years of age or older.

In-room hospitality unit is defined as a closed container, refrigerated or non-refrigerated, access to the interior of which is restricted by means of a locking device under the control of hotel management. Each such container shall have permanently affixed thereto a sign that informs the qualified guests of the legal hours the container may be accessed, such hours to correspond to state law regarding the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. The in-room hospitality unit herein described must meet such requirements as may be set forth by the Director and, further, must be approved by the Director in writing before sales may commence from such units.

An in-room hospitality unit may be stocked or inventoried only by the permittee or its employees, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older, and only during the hours legally prescribed by law for the sale of alcoholic beverages by the hotel or motel. The following sizes and quantities of alcoholic beverages are authorized to be placed in and sold from an in-room hospitality unit: