(1) Access to non-public areas of the gambling establishment that have access to the gambling establishment's currency or unsecured gambling equipment, including but not limited to cages, count rooms, vaults, and security offices, must be limited to authorized cardroom category licensees, holders of a local work permit, or employees of a registered manufacturer or distributor only in the performance of their duties, or other person(s) if escorted and observed at all times by an authorized cardroom category licensee or holder of a local work permit in person or observed through a continuous live surveillance system. For purposes of this paragraph, “unsecured gambling equipment” means any gambling equipment in a non-public area that is not stored in a locked receptacle, drawer, or compartment which is under continuous recorded video surveillance, and does not include any gambling equipment that is not subject to tampering or related to game outcomes, such as gaming tables, table felts, chip trays, and lammers. This paragraph does not limit a proposition player contract's inclusion of a provision consistent with paragraph (13) of subsection (b) of Section 12270.

(2) Access to any room used for the media storage for the surveillance system, pursuant to Section 12396, must be limited to authorized cardroom category licensees and holders of a local work permit only in the performance of their duties, or other person(s) either if escorted and observed at all times by an authorized cardroom category licensee or holder of a local work permit in person, or observed or reviewed by a cardroom category licensee or holder of a local work permit using a continuous surveillance system. This paragraph does not limit a proposition player contract's inclusion of a provision consistent with paragraph (13) of subsection (b) of Section 12270.

(3) For the purpose of video surveillance recordings, gambling establishments must provide adequate lighting of all public areas, entrances and exits, and for all adjoining parking areas owned, operated or otherwise controlled by the cardroom business licensee for use by its patrons.

(4) Cardroom business licensees must submit an “Incident Report Form,” CGCC-CH7-08 (New 08/22), which is attached in Appendix A to this Chapter, within five business days of the following incidents:

(5) Cardroom business licensees must maintain a list of all mechanical keys or electronic card keys to the locking devices used to secure the gambling establishment, restricted areas of the gambling establishment, or any fixtures, appurtenances and equipment used in the gambling operation, the names of all cardroom employee type licensees who have been issued, possess or have access to any of those keys, and the location where un-issued keys are stored. If any coded mechanical or electronic locking devices are used, the list must include all access codes and combinations, as applicable, and the names of all cardroom employee type licensees who possess any code or combination, or who control the mechanism to open any of the locks. The cardroom business licensee may maintain a master list or separate departmental lists. Each list must be:

(1) Except as otherwise provided, cardroom business licensees must install and maintain a minimum of at least one secure key control box for the storage and safeguarding of all un-issued gambling-related keys and access code cards associated with the gambling establishment; e.g., keys to the gambling establishment, cage, count room or other restricted areas of the gambling establishment, and any fixtures, appurtenances and equipment used in the gambling operation, including but not limited to gambling tables and drop boxes. This paragraph does not apply to an individual cardroom business licensee, who does not employ, except in unforeseeable exigencies, more than one person or any person except members of his or her immediate family. For the purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family member” means spouse, child, stepchild, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, mother, stepmother, father, or stepfather.

(2) All key control boxes must meet or exceed the following requirements:

(3) Cardroom business licensees must maintain a key control log for each key control box maintained pursuant to paragraph (1). The key control log must document the issuance and return of all gambling-related keys used to control access by cardroom employee type licensees to restricted areas of the gambling establishment, or any fixtures, appurtenances and equipment, associated with the department or operation.

(4) During any period of time, between one-half hour before or after sunset and one-half hour before or after sunrise, in which the gambling establishment is open for business or patrons are present on the premises, cardroom business licensees must have at least one uniformed security officer on duty, who must periodically patrol the exterior of the gambling establishment, including all adjoining and adjacent parking areas owned, operated or otherwise controlled by the cardroom business licensee for use by its patrons. Any security officer, whether an employee, agent or contractor of the cardroom business licensee, who is a gambling enterprise employee as defined in subdivision (m) of section 19805 of the Business and Professions Code, will be required to hold a work permit pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of section 19912 of the Business and Professions Code, and Chapter 2 of this division. Any contract security officer whose scope of employment is limited to performance of his or her duties exclusively outside the cardroom business licensee's gambling establishment will not be required to hold a Commission work permit.

(1) Cardroom business licensees must install and maintain a backup generator that is sufficient, during power outages, to provide for the operation of lighting systems, information systems, and surveillance and recording systems for a time necessary to protect the safety and security of patrons and employees, patrons' property, and the cardroom business licensee's assets and property while gambling operations are terminated and patrons exit the premises.

(2) Any gambling establishment that elects to continue gambling operations during a power outage must install and maintain a backup generator that is sufficient to provide for the full and continued operation of all lighting systems, all information systems, and all surveillance and recording systems.