Sec. 23. (a) As used in this section, "in-room vending unit" means a closed container that is: (1) located in a guest room of a hotel; and (2) used for the storage and dispensing of food or beverage (alcoholic or nonalcoholic). (b) The holder of a retailer's permit that is issued to a hotel may dispense alcoholic beverages in individual portions to registered hotel guests through in-room vending units. (c) Access to the interior of an in-room vending unit must be: (1) restricted by a locking device, the opening of which requires use of a key, magnetic card, or similar device; or (2) controlled at all times by the holder of a retailer's permit that is issued to a hotel. (d) Alcoholic beverages may be dispensed through in-room vending units only: (1) on days and at times when the sale of alcoholic beverages is permitted under this title; and (2) to persons who are permitted to purchase alcoholic beverages under this title. (e) A permittee to whom this section applies may provide a key, magnetic card, or similar device required to gain access to the interior of an in-room vending unit only to a person who is: (1) a registered hotel guest; and (2) twenty-one (21) years of age or older. (f) In order to prevent the illegal furnishing of an alcoholic beverage to a minor, a permittee to whom this section applies shall determine that the registered hotel guest is not a minor (as defined in IC 7.1-1-3-25 ) prior to providing a key, magnetic card, or similar device required to gain access to the interior of an in-room vending unit to that registered hotel guest. (g) Each employee of a permittee to whom this section applies who handles alcoholic beverages for dispensing through an in-room vending unit must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older and hold an employee's permit issued by the commission under IC 7.1-3-18-9 .
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