(1) located in a guest room of a hotel; and

     (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.

As added by P.L.102-1989, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-1990, SEC.88.