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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - General Rules › Section I-311 - Strikes

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any horseman, or
				licensed personnel, or their agents causing, creating or lending to the
				incitement of a strike, or who, through compulsion, discourage any horseman
				from entering horses in regularly scheduled races in order to create a
				malfunction in the scheduling of a race program, or to harass or embarrass the
				commission, track management or any agency connected with racing shall be
				called before the commission to show cause why their license should not be
				revoked.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - General Rules › Section I-313 - Dogs

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No dog, licensed
				or unlicensed, shall be permitted to run or be at large upon any race grounds
				of an association licensed by the commission. Each owner or keeper of a dog
				shall have such dog securely confined within his premises or enclosure, or
				secured by a chain therein, at all times, except that a dog may be allowed
				outside such enclosure if under a secure leash and accompanied by his owner or
				keeper. Any owner or keeper found guilty of violating this rule shall be fined
				not less than $25, first offense; $50, second offense; and may be ruled off the
				track for any subsequent offense. In cases where the rules of the association
				prohibit dogs, the rule will be strictly enforced.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - General Rules › Section I-315 - Minors

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Minors are
				prohibited from attending racing meetings except that any minor six years of
				age, or older, may attend any race meeting if accompanied by a parent,
				grandparent, or companion. In no case shall any minor in attendance be allowed
				to engage in wagering. (For the purpose of this rule,
companion
is defined as any person 21 years of age or older
				who is a relative of the minor.)
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - General Rules › Section I-317 - ID Badges on Track

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				licensed persons shall wear his or her identification badge on the person in
				clear view while in the nonpublic areas of a racing association, otherwise he
				or she may be penalized by the stewards in the amount of $25. Jockeys, exercise
				riders and outriders while fulfilling their riding assignments are
				excluded.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:150.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - General Rules › Section I-319 - ID Badges at Commission Hearing

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any individual appearing before the
				commission for disciplinary hearing shall have on his or her person his or her
				identification badge if not previously surrendered. Failure to bring his or her
				badge shall result in a $75 fine.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:150.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 3 - General Rules › Section I-322 - Disability Accommodations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. People
				with disabilities are defined as any of the following:
1. a member of the public with a disability
				recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA);
2. a designated caregiver of such a person;
				or
3. a participant member of the
				agency with an ADA-qualifying disability.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 5 - Registration and Accreditation › Section I-501 - Fraudulent Registration of Horse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person or persons fraudulently
				registering, or attempting to fraudulently register, a thoroughbred with the
				Jockey Club of New York, a quarter horse with the American Quarter Horse
				Association, a Paint horse with the American Paint Horse Association, or an
				Appaloosa with the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc., shall be denied a license, or
				have his license revoked.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142,
				  R.S.
				  4:178 and
				  R.S.4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 5 - Registration and Accreditation › Section I-503 - Fraudulent Registration of Louisiana Bred

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The above penalties will also be
				applicable to any person or persons using, or attempting to use, fraud to
				certify a foal as an accredited Louisiana bred with organizations recognized by
				the commission and the state of Louisiana. Should any breeder organization,
				recognized by the commission, discover any irregularities, it shall promptly,
				in writing, report such violations to the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142,
				  R.S. 4:177 and
				  R.S.
				  4:178.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 5 - Registration and Accreditation › Section I-505 - Responsibility of Accreditation

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each
				owner of a horse bred in Louisiana that intends to have his/her horse
				registered as an accredited Louisiana bred is responsible for having the seal
				of the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders' Association or Louisiana Quarter Horse
				Breeders' Association affixed to the foal registration certificate prior to
				placement in the possession of any racing association in the state of
				Louisiana. If it is determined by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders'
				Association or Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders' Association that a horse is
				not an accredited Louisiana bred, then it shall be clearly indicated as such on
				the foal registration certificate by the words written "not
				accredited."
B. If anyone accepts a
				foal registration certificate on behalf of any racing association that does not
				carry the above-mentioned determination, or any person that presents a foal
				registration certificate to a racing association that does not carry the
				above-mentioned determination, shall be disciplined by the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142,
				  R.S.
				  4:148,
				  R.S. 4:177,
				  R.S.
				  4:178 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 7 - Quarter Horse Racing › Section I-701 - Applicable Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The rules of the
				commission shall govern quarter horse racing wherever they are applicable. When
				not applicable, the stewards may enforce the rules of the American Quarter
				Horse Association so long as they are consistent with the rules of the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 7 - Quarter Horse Racing › Section I-703 - Cases Not Covered

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Cases not
				covered by the American Quarter Horse Association's rules shall be decided by
				the stewards with the advice and consent of the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 7 - Quarter Horse Racing › Section I-705 - Jurisdiction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The jurisdiction
				of a licensed quarter horse race meeting shall be vested solely with the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 7 - Quarter Horse Racing › Section I-707 - Official Registry

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The official
				stud book and registry of the American Quarter Horse Association shall be
				recognized as the sole official registry for quarter horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 7 - Quarter Horse Racing › Section I-709 - Races with Thoroughbreds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Races
				between thoroughbred and quarter horses are prohibited unless special
				permission is granted by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 7 - Quarter Horse Racing › Section I-711 - Mixed Races; Distances

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All racing
				associations in this state shall be allowed to schedule races in which quarter
				horses and thoroughbred horses can participate in the same race. The length of
				the races provided by this Section shall be at least one turn in the track but
				shall not exceed a distance of 870 yards. All races scheduled under the
				provisions of this Section shall be conducted as races for quarter
				horses.
B. Races between quarter
				horses and Paint horses are prohibited unless special permission is granted by
				the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148,
				  R.S.
				  4:179 and
				  R.S.
				  4:182.1.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 8 - Arabian Horse Racing › Section I-801 - Applicable Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The rules of the
				commission shall govern Arabian horse racing wherever they are applicable. When
				not applicable, the stewards may enforce the rules of the Arabian Jockey Club,
				Inc., provided they are consistent with the rules of the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 8 - Arabian Horse Racing › Section I-803 - Cases Not Covered

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Cases not
				covered by the Arabian Jockey Club's rules shall be decided by the stewards
				with the advice and consent of the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 8 - Arabian Horse Racing › Section I-805 - Jurisdiction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The jurisdiction
				of a licensed Arabian horse race meeting shall be vested solely with the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 8 - Arabian Horse Racing › Section I-807 - Official Registry

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The Arabian
				Horse Registry of America, Inc., shall be recognized as the sole official
				registry for Arabian horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 8 - Arabian Horse Racing › Section I-809 - Races with Other Breeds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Races
				between Arabian horses and other horse breeds are prohibited unless special
				permission is granted by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 9 - Appaloosa Horse Racing › Section I-901 - Applicable Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The rules of the
				commission shall govern Appaloosa horse racing wherever they are applicable.
				When not applicable, the stewards may enforce the rules of the Appaloosa Horse
				Club, Inc., so long as they are consistent with the rules of the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:182.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 9 - Appaloosa Horse Racing › Section I-903 - Cases Not Covered

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Cases not
				covered by the rules of the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc., shall be decided by the
				stewards with the advice and consent of the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:182.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 9 - Appaloosa Horse Racing › Section I-905 - Jurisdiction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The jurisdiction
				of a licensed Appaloosa horse race meeting shall be vested solely with the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:182.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 9 - Appaloosa Horse Racing › Section I-907 - Official Registry

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The official
				stud book and registry of the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc., shall be recognized
				as the sole official registry for Appaloosa horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:182.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 9 - Appaloosa Horse Racing › Section I-909 - Mixed Races

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Races between
				Appaloosa horses and Paint horses are prohibited unless special permission is
				granted by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:182.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 10 - Paint Horse Racing › Section I-1001 - Applicable Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The rules of the
				commission shall govern Paint horse racing wherever they are applicable. When
				not applicable, the stewards may enforce the rules of the American Paint Horse
				Association, provided they are consistent with the rules of the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 10 - Paint Horse Racing › Section I-1003 - Cases Not Covered

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Cases not
				covered by American Paint Horse Association rules shall be decided by the
				stewards with the advice and consent of the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 10 - Paint Horse Racing › Section I-1005 - Jurisdiction

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The jurisdiction
				of a licensed Paint horse race meeting shall be vested solely with the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 10 - Paint Horse Racing › Section I-1007 - Official Registry

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The American
				Paint Horse Association shall be recognized as the sole official registry for
				Paint horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 10 - Paint Horse Racing › Section I-1009 - Races with Other Breeds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Races
				between Paint horses and other horse breeds are prohibited unless special
				permission is granted by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:179.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 11 - Louisiana Breeder Awards › Section I-1101 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any
				amount paid under
				R.S.
				4:165 and
				R.S. 4:177 shall
				not be included in estimating the value of the race to the winner. In
				construing this rule the definitions contained in the
Rules of
				Racing
adopted by the commission shall apply. All questions arising
				under this rule as to the breeding or foaling or accreditation of any winning
				horse shall be decided by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association, the
				Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association or the Appaloosa Horse Club, Inc.
				In case of a dispute, either party may appeal to the commission for final
				decision.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148,
				  R.S.
				  4:165, and
				  R.S.
				  4:177.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1301 - Livestock Sanitary Board Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				All rules set forth by the Livestock Sanitary Board of the state of Louisiana
				will be strictly enforced.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1304 - Mandatory Health Screening

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No
				horse shall be allowed to race in Louisiana unless it has had a Coggins test
				taken within 12 months of the date of the race in question, with a negative
				result. Record of the negative test shall be attached to registration papers of
				the horse, or such results shall be recorded on said registration papers by an
				employee of the commission, prior to the running of the race. The trainer of
				the horse is responsible for insuring that a negative Coggins test result is in
				the racing secretary's office as required by this rule.
B. No horse shall be allowed to enter the
				confines of a racetrack of any association holding a license to conduct a race
				meeting or race in Louisiana unless it has had an Equine Piroplasmosis (EP)
				test taken within 12 months of the date of entry upon the racetrack and/or
				race, with a negative result for Theileria equi. Record of the negative test
				shall be attached to registration papers of the horse upon entry to the
				racetrack. The trainer of the horse is responsible for insuring that a negative
				Piroplasmosis test result is in the racing secretary's office as required by
				this rule.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1305 - Valid Health Certificate

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A health
				certificate is valid when it is made by a veterinarian licensed by the state
				authority which governs licensing veterinarians in the state where the
				examination and certificate were made. It is current if it is dated not more
				than 10 days prior to the date the horse described on the certificate arrives
				at a licensed Louisiana race track for the first time in a calendar year. The
				certificate shall include the temperature of the horse at the time it was
				examined.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1307 - Association's Responsibility

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				association conducting a meet is responsible for compliance with this
				Section.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1309 - Insect Control Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When a meet is
				in progress or imminent, the association veterinarian shall post in a
				conspicuous place rules guaranteeing approval, systematic and effective
				measures to control flies, mosquitoes and other insects at all times.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1311 - Sanitary Conditions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				association veterinarian shall insure that horses are stabled in individual box
				stalls with separate feeding and watering facilities, and that the stables and
				immediate surrounding area are maintained in approved sanitary condition at all
				times, and that satisfactory drainage is provided, and that manure and other
				refuse is promptly and properly removed. This also applies to off-track
				facilities.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1313 - Disposable Needles

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Veterinarians practicing veterinary medicine on a race track where a race
				meeting is in progress, or imminent, shall use one-time, disposable type
				needles and shall dispose of them in a manner approved by the
				commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1315 - Needles or Syringes on Racing Premises

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No one other than a licensed veterinarian
				may have a needle or syringe of any kind, type or description on his person or
				in his custody, control or possession, or in the custody, control or possession
				of any of his employees while on any racing premises.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1317 - Maintenance of Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Paddocks,
				starting gates and other equipment subjected to contact by different animals
				must be kept in a clean condition and free of dangerous surfaces. This is the
				responsibility of the association.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1319 - Sterile Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Sterile
				equipment must be used for collecting material for saliva, blood and urine
				tests. All types of instruments used on horses, including surgical, tattooing,
				dental and similar items, must be properly cleaned and sterilized by boiling
				for 15 minutes, or autoclaving 15 minutes at 15 pounds pressure before use on
				any animal.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 13 - Health Rules › Section I-1321 - Isolation Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				association shall provide isolation facilities where horses ordered isolated by
				the state veterinarian must be kept. Approved sanitary measures shall be
				instituted by the association in cooperation with the Louisiana Livestock
				Sanitary Board.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 15 - Permitted Medication › Section I-1501 - Drugs on Grounds

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Except as a
				licensed veterinarian may otherwise be permitted by law or in his or her
				general veterinary practice, the administration, use, application and/or
				possession of any narcotic, stimulant, depressant, or local anesthetic are
				prohibited within the confines of a race track or within its stables,
				buildings, sheds or grounds, or within an auxiliary stable area (as defined in
				§5705) where horses are lodged or kept which are eligible to race over a
				race track of any association holding a race meeting.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 15 - Permitted Medication › Section I-1505 - Therapeutic and/or Nonsteroidal and/or Anti-Inflammatory Medication

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No nonsteroidal
				and/or anti-inflammatory medication and/or therapeutic medication of any kind
				may be administered to or used on a horse in training and eligible to be raced
				at a race meeting in this state except by a licensed veterinarian or a licensed
				trainer, or under his or her personal order; provided, however, that any such
				medication given hypodermically may only be administered by a licensed
				veterinarian. The nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory medications and/or
				therapeutic medication of any kind shall only be allowed to be administered as
				is set forth in Chapter 17,
				Section
				1721 and
				Section
				1725 All other category 3, 4 and
				5 medications as listed by the Association of Racing Commissioners
				International, Inc., Drug Testing and Quality Assurance Programs uniform
				classification guidelines for foreign substances may not be administered within
				24 hours of a race in which a horse is entered to race.
B. In addition to any other urine or blood
				specimens required to be tested and analyzed, the stewards may order the taking
				of a blood specimen from any horse from which a urine specimen has been taken
				or will be taken while the horse is at the special barn and/or test barn as
				provided in §5761 which blood specimen shall be delivered to the state
				chemist for testing and analysis.
C. Detection of any category 1 or 2
				medication, drug, or substance as defined and listed by the Association of
				Racing Commissioners International, Inc. Drug Testing and Quality Assurance
				Programs
Uniform Classification Guidelines for Foreign
				Substances
constitutes a violation.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 15 - Permitted Medication › Section I-1506 - Permitted Medications in Quarter Horses

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A. Any racehorse participating in a quarter
				horse race shall comply with the medication rules set forth herein,
				specifically LAC 35:I. Chapter 15 and LAC 35:I. Chapter 17, however the
				following exception(s) shall apply.
1.
				Clenbuterol is a prohibited substance in quarter horses and other breeds racing
				with quarter horses. There is no applicable withdrawal guideline for such
				horses.
2. Albuterol is a
				prohibited substance in quarter horses and other breeds racing with quarter
				horses. There is no applicable withdrawal guideline for such
				horses.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 15 - Permitted Medication › Section I-1507 - Bleeder Medication

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A. No
				bleeder medication may be administered to a horse in training for a race during
				any race meeting except upon compliance with the following.
1. Only a licensed veterinarian may
				prescribe, dispense and administer bleeder medication.
2. No horse entered to race may be
				administered bleeder medication within four hours of post-time of the race in
				which the horse is to run.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 15 - Permitted Medication › Section I-1509 - Definitions

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A. As used in this
				rule:
Bleeder Medication
- drugs or medications
				  which are permitted by the commission and are recognized by the veterinary
				  profession for the treatment of exercise-induced hemorrhage.
Permitted Medication
-Furosemide, by single
				  intravenous injection not less than 150 mg and not exceed 500 mg:
a. approved adjunct, bleeder medications: Ethacrynic Acid,
				  Bumetanide, Estrogen, Ergonovine, Amino Caproic Acid, Carbazochrome.
Veterinarian
-a person who is licensed to
				  practice veterinary medicine in Louisiana, and who is licensed by the
				  commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 15 - Permitted Medication › Section I-1511 - Violations of Permitted Medication Rules

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. After notice and hearing, any person found
				to have violated the provisions of the permitted medication rule may be
				punished by fine, and/or suspension, and/or revocation of his/her
				license.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:142.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1701 - Bribes

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If any person
				gives or offers, or promises to directly or indirectly bribe in any form, any
				person having official duties in relation to any race or race horse, or to any
				trainer, jockey or agent, or to any other person having charge of, or access
				to, any race horse; or if any person having official duties in relation to a
				race, or if any trainer, jockey, agent, or other person having charge of, or
				access to any race horse, shall accept, or offer any bribe in any form; or
				willfully enter, or cause to be entered, or to start in any race a horse which
				he knows or believes to be disqualified; or if any person is guilty of, or
				shall conspire with any other person for the commission of, or shall connive
				with any person being guilty of, any corrupt or fraudulent practice in relation
				to racing in this or any other country, such person may be disciplined as
				elsewhere provided in these rules or in the laws of the state.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:149.1.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1703 - Perjury; Discipline

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Perjury
				in racing is the intentional making of a false written or oral statement in, or
				for use in, any proceeding or hearing before the commission or the stewards,
				wherein the commission or the stewards are authorized to take testimony. In
				order to constitute perjury in racing, the false statement must be made under
				sanction of an oath or an equivalent affirmation, and must relate to matter
				material to the issue of question in controversy. It is a necessary element of
				the offense that the person making such statement knew it to be false, but an
				unqualified statement of that which a person does not know or does not
				definitely believe to be true is equivalent to a statement of that which he
				knows to be false. Whoever commits or attempts to commit bribery, corrupt
				influencing, the fraudulent entering of a horse, a fraudulent practice in
				racing, or perjury, all as defined above may have his license revoked, be fined
				or suspended or both, or be ruled off of any track under the jurisdiction of
				the commission or any one or more of the foregoing as appropriate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148,
				  R.S.
				  4:152 and
				  R.S.
				  4:152.1.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1705 - Conduct of Racing Personnel

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No
				assistant starter or jockey room employee may wager money or other valuable
				thing on the result of a race. No employee of any association licensed by this
				commission shall furnish, other than to authorized persons, any information
				with respect to entries, scratches, results, or jockey changes in any race. No
				person shall solicit bets on the grounds of an association. No electrical or
				mechanical device or other expedient designed to increase or retard the speed
				of a horse, other than the ordinary whip approved, shall be possessed by
				anyone, or applied by anyone to the horse at any time on the grounds of an
				association during the meeting, whether in a race or otherwise. No person shall
				tamper or attempt to tamper with any horse in such a way as to affect his speed
				in a race, nor shall he counsel or in any way aid or abet any such
				tampering.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148,
				  R.S.
				  4:149 and
				  R.S.
				  4:175.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1706 - Electric Battery Violation Penalties

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any person whom the commission finds to
				have violated, attempted to violate, or conspired to violate
				R.S.
				4:175(D) and /or LAC
				35:I.1705 as it pertains to an electrical or mechanical device or other
				expedient, shall be revoked and such person shall be ineligible for licensing
				for a period not less than five years from the date such revocation takes
				effect. The minimum penalty established herein shall not be diminished,
				reduced, suspended in whole or in part, or remitted except under conditions set
				forth herein below.
B. In addition
				to license revocation and a minimum period of ineligibility, the commission may
				fine the violator an amount not less than $3,000 and not more than $10,000,
				which fine must be paid within 30 days of the date on which the commission's
				decision becomes effective. If any fine is not timely paid, then the person
				shall remain ineligible for licensing for an indefinite period of time beyond
				the period imposed in Subsection A.
C. Upon imposition of the penalty by the
				commission, it shall, pursuant to
				R.S.
				4:175(F), notify the
				district attorney for the parish in which the violation occurred and formally
				request that the district attorney and its attorney institute a criminal
				prosecution.
D. The penalties
				imposed by the commission pursuant to Subsections A and B may only be
				diminished, reduced, suspended or remitted if the State Police Racing
				Investigations Unit, with the consent of the assistant attorney general,
				formally requests in writing that such penalties be modified for good cause.
				Such request must be made within 10 days of the commission's imposition of the
				penalty.
E. This rule shall be
				applicable to all violations occurring on or after the date of adoption of this
				rule.
F. Any licensed individual
				who refuses to answer under oath, for any reason whatsoever, any questions put
				to him during a deposition, hearing, or administrative investigation concerning
				such licensed individual's knowledge, awareness, use or possession of an
				electrical device, or of methods and practices engaged in by persons designing,
				manufacturing, creating, distributing or testing electrical devices shall be
				suspended by the stewards for six months.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:175.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1707 - United States Food and Drug Administration Approval

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any substance or material for human or
				animal use, ingestion or injection, or for testing purposes that is not
				formally approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration is
				prohibited.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1709 - Illegal Weapons and Firearms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Except
				as otherwise provided for by this Section, the possession, carrying or use of a
				weapon, firearm, and/or explosive device within any restricted area, accessible
				only to permittees, is prohibited. Anyone found in violation of this Section
				shall be fined or suspended or both and may have his or her license
				revoked.
B. This Section does not
				apply to any person of the following categories:
1. any local, state or federal law
				enforcement officer;
2. any member
				of track security who is properly certified to carry a firearm and whose
				employment with an association is reported in writing to the
				commission.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1711 - Medication; Reporting to Stewards

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No medication shall be administered to a
				horse to be entered or entered to race as may be provided in Chapter 15. If it
				is necessary to do so, it must be reported to the stewards by the trainer and
				the horse shall be scratched, if entered, as ineligible to run.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1713 - Narcotic

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A forbidden
				narcotic is a narcotic, the sale, possession or use of which is prohibited by
				federal, state, or local laws or regulations.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1715 - Stimulant; Substances

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A
				stimulant, a depressant, a local anesthetic shall mean such substances as are
				commonly used by the medical and veterinary professions to produce such
				effects, and which are defined as such in accepted scientific
				publications.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1716 - Human Recombinant Erythropoietin and/or Darbepoietin

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The possession and/or use of human
				recombinant erythropoietin and/or darbepoietin is strictly prohibited, and
				shall be classified as an RCI Category I substance. Every horse eligible to
				race in Louisiana is subject to random testing for these and other
				substances.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1717 - Use of Drug Affecting Performance

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The use of a stimulant, depressant, or
				anesthetic in a manner that might affect, or tend to affect, the racing
				performance of a horse is prohibited. (Stimulants and depressants are defined
				as medications which stimulate or depress the circulatory, respiratory, or
				central nervous systems.)
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1719 - Masking Drugs

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The use of any
				drug or substance, regardless of how harmless or innocuous it might be, which
				by its very nature might mask or screen the presence of a prohibited drug as
				provided in the
Rules of Racing
is prohibited.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1720 - Total Dissolved Carbon Dioxide Testing

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Definitions
Bicarbonate Loading
or
Milkshaking
-terms used to describe the administration of
				  bicarbonate of soda (sodium bicarbonate or NaHCO3) or
				  other substances that affect total dissolved carbon dioxide levels,
				  administered through a nasogastric tube or by any other means, which shall be
				  deemed to have an adverse affect on the horse by changing its normal
				  physiological state through elevation of blood total dissolved carbon
				  dioxide.
Nasogastric Tube
- any tube which can be
				  inserted through the nose that extends into the stomach.
B. Procedures
1. The state veterinarian may draw blood
				samples from a horse for the purpose of obtaining a TCO2
				(total dissolved carbon dioxide) concentration level.
2. Blood samples for
				TCO2 may be drawn prior to, or after, the race. Samples
				drawn after the race shall not be drawn earlier than 90 minutes following
				official post time. Samples drawn pre-race shall be drawn prior to the official
				post time.
3. The pre- or post-race
				TCO2 level in the blood shall not exceed 36.0
				milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L).
4. In the event a sample drawn from a horse
				contains an amount of TCO2 which exceeds the
				level described above, the following
				penalties shall apply.
a. The first time the
				laboratory reports an excessive TCO2 level, the trainer
				shall be fined $1,000 and the purse shall be redistributed.
b. The second time the laboratory reports an
				excessive TCO2 level, the stewards shall suspend the
				trainer for the duration of the race meeting plus 10 days or for a period not
				to exceed six months, whichever is greater, the purse shall be redistributed
				and the case referred to the commission.
c. For each subsequent report of an excessive
				TCO2 level, the penalties provided for in Subparagraph
				B.4.b shall apply.
5.
				The provisions of
				§1733 and
				§§1769-1775, pertaining to split samples, shall not apply to blood
				samples drawn for the purposes of TCO2
				testing.
6. No permittee other than
				veterinarians shall possess a nasogastric tube, as described herein, on the
				premises under the jurisdiction of the commission.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1721 - Modern Therapeutic Measures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Full use of modern therapeutic measures for the improvement and protection of
				the health of a horse is authorized. However, no medication, including any
				prohibited drug, permitted medication, chemical or other substance, or any
				therapeutic measure may be administered, caused to be administered or applied
				by any means to a horse during the 24-hour period before post time for the race
				in which the horse is entered unless otherwise provided by Rule.
B.
1. The
				presence of exogenous anabolic steroids in a race horse is strictly prohibited.
				The presence of endogenous anabolic steroids:
a. boldenone;
b. nandrolone; and
c. testosterone at levels above the normal
				physiological state of the stallion, gelding or mare is strictly
				prohibited.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1723 - Personal Veterinary Records

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Personal veterinary records, which accurately record all medications, shall be
				maintained by veterinarians, owners, trainers, and/or authorized personnel and
				will be made available to racing officials on request.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:153.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1725 - Controlled Medication

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Controlled
				medications are permitted in Louisiana as set forth in the Controlled
				Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses - Version 4.1 as published by the
				Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc. and shall only be
				administered as therein prescribed and regulated at the threshold levels set
				forth in said list, with the following exceptions:
1. The following medications may only be used
				intravenously on thoroughbreds at the specified dosages, either as one of the
				following medications administered at a withdrawal time of 24 hours at the
				specified dosages or as a combination of two of the following medications
				administered within 48 hours at a withdrawal time of 48 hours for the first
				medication and at a withdrawal time of 24 hours for the second medication at
				the specified dosages:
a. phenylbutazone at a
				dosage of up to 2 grams;
b.
				Banamine, or flunixin meglumine, at a dosage of up to 500 milligrams;
				and
c. Ketofen, or ketoprofen, at a
				dosage of up to 1 gram.