§ 1324 — Gaming employee registration

§ 1324. Gaming employee registration. 1. No person may commence\nemployment as a gaming employee unless such person has a valid\nregistration on file with the commission, which registration shall be\nprepared and filed in accordance with the regulations promulgated\nhereunder.\n 2. A gaming employee registrant shall produce such information as the\ncommission by regulation may require. Subsequent to the registration of\na gaming employee, the executive director may revoke, suspend, limit, or\notherwise restrict the registration upon a finding that the registrant\nis disqualified on the basis of the criteria contained in section one\nthousand three hundred eighteen of this title. If a gaming employee\nregistrant has not been employed in any position within a gaming\nfacility for a period of three years, the registration of that gaming\nemployee shall lapse.\n 3. No gaming employee registration shall be denied or revoked on the\nbasis of a misdemeanor conviction of any of the offenses enumerated in\nthis article as disqualification criteria or the commission of any act\nor acts which would constitute any offense under section one thousand\nthree hundred eighteen of this title, provided that the registrant has\naffirmatively demonstrated the registrant's rehabilitation, pursuant to\narticle twenty-three-A of the correction law.\n 4. For the purposes of this section, each registrant shall submit to\nthe commission the registrant's name, address, fingerprints and written\nconsent for a criminal history information to be performed. The\ncommission is hereby authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and\nreceive criminal history information as defined in paragraph (c) of\nsubdivision one of section eight hundred forty-five-b of the executive\nlaw from the state division of criminal justice services and the federal\nbureau of investigation consistent with applicable state and federal\nlaws, rules and regulations. The registrant shall pay the fee for such\ncriminal history information as established pursuant to article\nthirty-five of the executive law. The state division of criminal justice\nservices shall promptly notify the commission in the event a current or\nprospective licensee, who was the subject of a criminal history\ninformation pursuant to this section, is arrested for a crime or offense\nin this state after the date the check was performed.\n 5. Upon receipt of such criminal history information, the Commission\nshall provide such applicant with a copy of such criminal history\ninformation, together with a copy of article twenty-three-A of the\ncorrection law, and inform such applicant of his or her right to seek\ncorrection of any incorrect information contained in such criminal\nhistory information pursuant to regulations and procedures established\nby the division of criminal justice services. Except as otherwise\nprovided by law, such criminal history information shall be confidential\nand any person who willfully permits the release of such confidential\ncriminal history information to persons not permitted to receive such\ninformation shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n