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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 PLAN
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
ยง 12370. Emergency Planning and Preparedness
(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 establishment shall 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 shall 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 as an owner-licensee under Chapter 6 of this Division shall submit to the Commission one copy of a current fire safety and evacuation plan, pursuant to this section, together with those application documents required by Section 12342.
(c) Each licensee shall 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 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 licensee shall 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 Commission pursuant to this Section shall include the following documentation, as applicable:
(1) If the responsible local authority provides reviews, the licensee shall send to the Executive Director 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) shall 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 licensee shall send the fire safety and evacuation plan to the State Fire Marshal, and shall send to the Eexecutive Director documentation showing that the State Fire Marshal has approved the fire safety and evacuation plan.
(f) Failure by a licensee to develop and implement a fire safety and evacuation plan, conduct emergency evacuation drills or conduct employee training on the content of its fire safety and evacuation plan pursuant to this section, constitutes an unsuitable method of operation and also may result in denial of an application for license renewal, pursuant to Section 12348, or in the suspension or revocation of its existing license, pursuant to Chapter 10 of this division.
(g) In addition to any other remedy under the Act or this division, the Commission may assess a civil penalty of at least $ 500 but not more than $ 5000 for each violation of this section.
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