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

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.