Arizona Administrative Code › Title 19 - ALCOHOL, HORSE AND DOG RACING, LOTTERY, AND GAMING › Chapter 2 - ARIZONA RACING COMMISSION › Article 1 - HORSE RACING › Section R19-2-104 - Permittee Responsibilities

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. A
				permittee shall maintain the grounds in a neat, clean, and safe condition. If a
				steward determines that a permittee is not in compliance with this Section, the
				steward shall require that the permittee immediately bring the grounds into
				compliance.
B. The permittee shall
				prevent any person, corporation, firm, or association not licensed by the
				Department from performing any act at its track which requires a license under
				A.R.S. Title 5, Chapter 1, or this Article.
C. Each permittee department head shall see
				that the permittee department head's employees are licensed and furnish a list
				of the employees upon request.
D. A
				permittee shall take all steps necessary to deny the privileges of a license to
				anyone whose license has been revoked or suspended and to keep such a person
				off the grounds of the permittee and to prevent a person who has been ruled off
				from entering the grounds of the permittee.
E. A permittee or its employees shall not
				obstruct a representative of the Department performing the representative's
				duties.
F. A permittee shall not
				knowingly allow on its grounds any betting or other operations in contravention
				of any law of the state of Arizona or of the United States.
G. The permittee shall immediately report all
				observed violations of any racing regulation or statute to the Department and
				shall cooperate with the Department and with state, federal, and local
				authorities in investigations of alleged violations.
H. A permittee shall provide the following
				services at the track:
1. A horse ambulance,
				approved by the Department, for the removal of crippled animals from the
				track.
2. A physician or emergency
				paramedic certified under A.R.S. §
										36-2205
				on duty during racing hours.
3. An
				ambulance, available during morning works and racing hours.
4. First aid quarters, available during
				morning works and racing hours.
5.
				A detention paddock (test barn) where all winners and other horses selected by
				the stewards are taken and kept under the supervision of the Department
				veterinarian until saliva, urine, blood, and other samples have been
				obtained.
6. An adequate security
				force whose duties include:
a. Maintaining
				order.
b. Excluding from the
				grounds all handbooks, touts, and operators of gambling devices.
c. Excluding from the grounds all persons
				ruled off by the stewards or the Department.
d. Excluding from the grounds all persons not
				eligible for a license under A.R.S. §
											5-108.
e. Immediately reporting to the stewards any
				licensee who, while on the premises of the permittee, creates a disturbance, is
				intoxicated, interferes with any racing operation, or acts in an abusive or
				threatening manner to any racing official or other person.
7. A security guard stationed at the stable
				area entrance whose duties include:
a. Denying
				entrance to all persons not holding a license or credentials issued by the
				Department or a Departmental pass issued by the permittee.
b. Allowing any person seeking employment
				within the stable area to have access to that area for a period of one day,
				provided that:
i. The person is given a
				numbered card.
ii. A list of
				recipients of the numbered cards is provided to the track office of the
				Department upon request.
iii. The
				numbered card is retrieved by the security guard when the person leaves the
				stable area.
iv. The track office
				of the Department is notified of the retrieval.
8. A furnished office, including utilities
				and necessary office equipment, for the exclusive use of Department employees
				and officials.
9. A uniformed
				security official approved by the Department, on duty in the Department test
				barn during its regular business hours. The official shall provide security and
				monitor the collection procedure and sealing of samples taken from the
				horses.
10. A copy of all tip
				sheets offered for sale in the parking area or elsewhere on the grounds of the
				permittee, furnished daily to the stewards not later than three hours before
				first post.