Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 12 - Taxation › 574-B - The Operation of Harness Racing › Section 12-574-B24 - Veterinarians

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
License
. All veterinarians
			 referred to in this section shall be licensed to practice in the state of
			 Connecticut by the state board of veterinary registration and examination, and
			 shall be licensed by the commission.
(b)
Commission veterinarian
. The
			 commission shall appoint at least one veterinarian who shall be designated
			 commission veterinarian and who shall carry out such duties as may be imposed
			 upon him by the commission. The commission veterinarian and his assistants
			 shall be responsible for all testing of horses. They shall make reports to the
			 commission at such time and in such manner as the commission may
			 prescribe.
(c)
Association
			 veterinarian
. Each association shall employ a veterinarian to carry out
			 the duties hereafter enumerated in this section. The association veterinarians
			 shall be employed and paid by the association at whose track the services are
			 rendered.
(d)
Treating
			 veterinarian
.
(1) Only veterinarians
			 who have obtained a license from the commission to practice veterinary medicine
			 at an association plant may treat horses at such plant. No veterinarian will
			 receive such a license unless approved by the state veterinarian of the
			 Connecticut department of agriculture.
(2) No veterinarian licensed to practice on
			 the grounds of any association shall furnish, sell, or loan any hypodermic
			 syringe, hypodermic needle or other device which could be used for injection or
			 other infusion into a horse of a drug, stimulant, or narcotic to any person
			 within the grounds of a racing association where race horses are lodged or kept
			 without first securing written permission from the judges. Only one-time
			 disposable syringes and infusion tubes are authorized for use in the treatment
			 of race horses on the grounds of the association.
(3) The association and commission
			 veterinarians shall not prescribe or treat or otherwise administer medication
			 of any form to horses stabled on the association grounds except in eases deemed
			 by the association officials to be emergencies.
(4) No owner or trainer shall employ any
			 veterinarian who has not been duly licensed in accordance with these rules and
			 regulations. The association shall warn off all unlicensed veterinarians. The
			 veterinarians shall make daily reports to the commission veterinarian and to
			 the judges of all horses under treatment by them and the medication given. Any
			 violation of this rule shall be immediately reported to the commission and the
			 judges.
(5) Every veterinarian who
			 shall prescribe or use any medication or treatment which contains a drug or
			 drugs, which he has reason to believe are of such character as could affect the
			 racing condition of a horse in a race, shall, at the time of such prescribing
			 or use, deliver to the judge of the commission and the trainer of the horse
			 under treatment, a written statement setting forth the name of the horse and of
			 the trainer, and the fact that such medication or treatment, as the case may
			 be, contains a drug, stimulant or narcotic which, in the opinion of the
			 veterinarian, is of such character as could affect the racing condition of the
			 horse in a race.