Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 491 - Racing and Gaming Commission › Chapter 10 - Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse Racing › Rule 491-10.7 - Medication and Administration, Sample Collection, Chemists, and Practicing Veterinarian

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Medication and administration.
a. No horse, while participating in a race,
			 shall carry in its body any medication, drug, foreign substance, or metabolic
			 derivative thereof, which is a narcotic or which could serve as a local
			 anesthetic or tranquilizer or which could stimulate or depress the circulatory,
			 respiratory, or central nervous system of a horse, thereby affecting its
			 speed.
b. Also prohibited are any
			 drugs or foreign substances that might mask or screen the presence of the
			 prohibited drugs, or prevent or delay testing procedures.
c. Proof of detection by the commission
			 chemist of the presence of a medication, drug, foreign substance, or metabolic
			 derivative thereof, prohibited by paragraph 10.7(1)
"a"
or
"b,"
in a saliva, urine, blood, or hair sample duly taken
			 under the supervision of the commission veterinarian from a horse immediately
			 prior to or promptly after running in a race shall be prima facie evidence that
			 the horse was administered, with the intent that it would carry or that it did
			 carry in its body while running in a race, a prohibited medication, drug, or
			 foreign substance in violation of this rule.
d. Administration or possession of drugs.
(1) No person shall administer, cause to be
			 administered, or participate or attempt to participate in any way in the
			 administration of any medication, drug, foreign substance, or treatment by any
			 route to a horse registered for racing on the day of the race prior to the race
			 in which the horse is entered.
(2)
			 No person except a veterinarian shall have in the person's possession any
			 prescription drug. Prescriptions shall be written or dispensed or both only by
			 duly licensed veterinarians in the context of a valid
			 veterinarian-client-patient relationship and based upon a specific medical
			 diagnosis. However, a person may possess a noninjectable prescription drug for
			 animal use if:
1. The person actually
			 possesses, within the racetrack enclosure, documentary evidence that a
			 prescription has been issued to said person for such a prescription
			 drug.
2. The prescription contains
			 a specific dosage for the particular horse or horses to be treated by the
			 prescription drug.
3. The horse or
			 horses named in the prescription are then in said person's care within the
			 racetrack enclosure.
(3)
			 No veterinarian or any other person shall have in their possession or
			 administer to any horse within any racetrack enclosure any chemical or
			 biological substance which:
1. Has not been
			 approved for use on equines by the Food and Drug Administration pursuant to the
			 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,
			 21
			 U.S.C. Section 301 et seq., and implementing
			 regulations, without the prior written approval from a commission veterinarian,
			 after consulting with the board of stewards.
2. Is on any of the schedules of controlled
			 substances as prepared by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to
			 21 U.S.C.
			 Sections 811 and
			 812,
			 without the prior written approval from a commission veterinarian after
			 consultation with the board of stewards. The commission veterinarian shall not
			 give such approval unless the person seeking the approval can produce evidence
			 in recognized veterinary journals or by recognized equine experts that such
			 chemical substance has a beneficial therapeutic use in
			 horses.
(4) No
			 veterinarian or any other person shall dispense, sell, or furnish any feed
			 supplement, tonic, veterinary preparation, medication, or any other substance
			 that can be administered or applied to a horse by any route, to any person
			 within the premises of the facility unless it is labeled in conformance with
			 this rule or is otherwise labeled as required by law. A substance does not
			 comply with this rule if the label is missing, illegible, tampered with, or
			 altered.
1. Labels for all substances must
			 include the name of the substance dispensed; the name of the dispensing person;
			 the name of the horse or horses for which the substance is dispensed; the
			 purpose for which the substance is dispensed; the dispensing veterinarian's
			 recommendations for withdrawal before racing, if applicable; and the name of
			 the person to whom dispensed.
2.
			 Labels for medications or other prescribed substances must include all items
			 from subparagraph 10.7( 1) "d"( 1) and, in addition, the date the prescription
			 was filled; the name of the trainer or owner of the horse for whom the product
			 was dispensed; dose; dosage; route of administration; duration of treatment of
			 the prescribed product; and expiration date.
(5) No person shall have in the person's
			 possession or in areas under said person's responsibility on facility premises
			 any feed supplement, tonic, veterinary preparation, medication, or any
			 substance that can be administered or applied to a horse by any route unless it
			 complies with the labeling requirements in
			 10.7(1)
"d"(4).
(6)
			 No person shall possess, use, or distribute a compounded medication within the
			 premises of the facility if there is a Food and Drug Administration-approved
			 equivalent of that substance available for purchase unless approved by the
			 commission veterinarian. Veterinary drugs shall be compounded in accordance
			 with all applicable state and federal laws. Compounded medication shall be
			 dispensed only by prescription issued by a licensed veterinarian to meet the
			 medical needs of a specific horse and for use only in that specific horse. All
			 compound medications must be labeled as required by law.
(7) Any drug or medication for horses which
			 is used or kept on facility premises and which requires a prescription must be
			 prescribed in compliance with applicable state law and regulations by a
			 veterinarian who is duly licensed by the commission, the Iowa veterinary board,
			 or the state in which the horse was located at the time of the examination,
			 diagnosis and prescription.
e. Any person found to have administered, or
			 caused, participated in, or attempted to participate in any way in the
			 administration of a medication, drug, or foreign substance that caused or could
			 have caused a violation of this rule shall be subject to disciplinary
			 action.
f. The owner, trainer,
			 groom, or any other person having charge, custody, or care of the horse is
			 obligated to protect the horse properly and guard it against the administration
			 or attempted administration of a substance in violation of this rule. If the
			 stewards find that any person has failed to show proper protection and guarding
			 of the horse, or if the stewards find that any owner, lessee, or trainer is
			 guilty of negligence, they shall impose discipline and take other action they
			 deem proper under any of the rules including referral to the
			 commission.
g. In order for a horse
			 to be placed on the bleeder list in Iowa through reciprocity, that horse must
			 be certified as a bleeder in another state or jurisdiction. A certified bleeder
			 is a horse that has raced with furosemide in another state or jurisdiction in
			 compliance with the laws governing furosemide in that state or
			 jurisdiction.
h. The possession or
			 use of blood doping agents, including but not limited to those listed below, on
			 the premises of a facility under the jurisdiction of the commission is
			 forbidden:
(1) Erythropoietin;
(2) Darbepoetin;
(3) Oxyglobin®; and
(4) Hemopure®.
i. The use of extracorporeal shock wave
			 therapy or radial pulse wave therapy shall not be permitted unless the
			 following conditions are met:
(1) Any treated
			 horse shall not be permitted to race for a minimum often days following
			 treatment;
(2) The use of
			 extracorporeal shock wave therapy or radial pulse wave therapy machines shall
			 be limited to veterinarians licensed to practice by the commission;
(3) Any extracorporeal shock wave therapy or
			 radial pulse wave therapy machines on the association grounds must be
			 registered with and approved by the commission or its designee before
			 use;
(4) All extracorporeal shock
			 wave therapy or radial pulse wave therapy treatments must be reported to the
			 official veterinarian on the prescribed form not later than the time prescribed
			 by the official veterinarian.
j. The use of a nasogastric tube (a tube
			 longer than six inches) for the administration of any substance within 24 hours
			 prior to the post time of the race in which the horse is entered is prohibited
			 without the prior permission of the official veterinarian or
			 designee.
k. Non-steroidal
			 anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
(1) The use
			 of one of three approved NSAIDs shall be permitted under the following
			 conditions:
1. The level does not exceed the
			 following permitted serum or plasma threshold concentrations which are
			 consistent with administration by a single intravenous injection at least 24
			 hours before the post time for the race in which the horse is entered:
* Phenylbutazone (or its metabolite oxyphenylbutazone) - 2
				micrograms per milliliter;
* Flunixin - 20 nanograms per milliliter;
* Ketoprofen - 2 nanograms per milliliter.
2. The NSAIDs listed in numbered paragraph
			 "1" or any other NSAIDs are prohibited from being administered within the 24
			 hours before post time for the race in which the horse is entered.
3. The presence of more than one of the three
			 approved NSAIDs, with the exception of phenylbutazone in a concentration below
			 0.3 micrograms per milliliter, flunixin in a concentration below 3 nanograms
			 per milliliter, or ketoprofen in a concentration below 1 nanogram per
			 milliliter of serum or plasma, or the presence of any unapproved NSAID in the
			 post-race serum or plasma sample is not permitted. The use of all but one of
			 the approved NSAIDs shall be discontinued at least 48 hours before the post
			 time for the race in which the horse is entered.
(2) Any horse to which an NSAID has been
			 administered shall be subject to having a blood sample(s), urine sample(s) or
			 both taken at the direction of the official veterinarian to determine the
			 quantitative NSAID level(s) or the presence of other drugs which may be present
			 in the blood or urine sample(s).