Rule 3772-50-14 | Inspection and audits.
(A) The commission must have access to any skill-based amusement machine location and any facility in which skill-based amusement machine supplies, devices, or equipment are manufactured, sold, distributed, tested, or otherwise held or maintained to carry out the requirements of Chapters 2915. and 3772. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
(B) The commission may do all of the following:
(1) Inspect and examine all skill-based amusement machine locations licensed by the commission, any location that conducts or participates in conducting skill-based amusement machine gaming and is not licensed by the commission, and any facility in which skill-based amusement machine supplies, devices, or equipment are manufactured, sold, distributed, tested, or otherwise held or maintained;
(a) Inspections will be conducted for the purpose of determining compliance with Chapters 2915. and 3772. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
(b) Inspections may be conducted during reasonable business hours or at any other time if it reasonably appears that all or part of the location or facility is in operation.
(2) Inspect and examine all skill-based amusement machine supplies, devices, and equipment in or about a skill-based amusement machine location, whether or not the location is registered with or licensed by the commission;
(3) Summarily impound, seize, and remove from a skill-based amusement machine location any skill-based amusement machine supplies, devices, and equipment for the purpose of examination and inspection;
(4) Audit all persons that conduct or participate in conducting skill-based amusement machine gaming, including those that have ceased gaming; and
(5) Perform all other things the commission considers necessary to ensure the integrity of skill-based amusement machine gaming and for the effective licensing, regulating, investigating, and penalizing of all persons conducting or participating in the conduct of skill-based amusement machine gaming authorized by Chapters 2915. and 3772. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
(C) The commission may request, in writing, any person subject to licensure under this chapter to produce audits, reports, advertisements, tax returns and financial records, or any other documents related to the conduct of skill-based amusement machine gaming in this state.
(D) A person must, upon identification of a commission employee or agent, immediately admit such commission employee or agent to the location or other premise where skill-based amusement machine gaming is conducted or skill-based amusement machines are stored, repaired, or housed. A person must cooperate at all times with the direction of the commission employee or agent and shall not interfere or hinder an inspection, audit, or investigation or allow others to interfere or hinder an inspection, audit, or investigation.
(E) All applicants and licensees consent to inspections, searches, and seizures and to the disclosure to the commission and its agents of confidential records, including tax records, held by any federal, state, or local agency, credit bureau, or financial institution and to provide handwriting exemplars, photographs, fingerprints, and any other information requested by the commission.
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