reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
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 list of controlled therapeutic medications
				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.
B.
				The controlled therapeutic medications list as published by the Association of
				Racing Commissioners International, Inc., shall be maintained on the commission
				website and at the domicile office and be made available to the public upon
				request.
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-1727 - Drugs Which Affects Performance; Guarding Horse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No person shall administer, or cause or
				knowingly permit to be administered, or connive at the administration of any
				drug not permitted by Chapter 15 to any horse to be entered or entered for a
				race.
B. No person shall feed, or
				cause or knowingly permit to be fed, or connive in any manner to feed products
				which contain any drug not permitted by Chapter 15 to a horse to be entered or
				entered for a race.
C. Every owner,
				trainer or groom must guard, or cause to be guarded, each horse owned, trained
				or attended by him in such manner as to prevent any person or persons from
				administering to the horse, by any method, or feeding to a horse products which
				contain any drug, not permitted by Chapter 15.
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-1729 - State Chemist Report

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When a
				report is received from the state chemist reflecting in his expert opinion that
				the chemical analysis of blood, saliva, urine, or other samples taken from a
				horse indicated the presence of a forbidden narcotic, stimulant, depressant or
				analgesic, local anesthetic or drugs of any description not permitted by
				Chapter 15, this shall be taken as prima facie evidence that such has been
				administered to the horse. Such shall also be taken as prima facie evidence
				that the owner and/or trainer and/or groom has been negligent in handling of
				the horse.
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-1731 - Defenses to Report

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The owner
				and/or trainer and/or groom and/or other person shall be permitted to interpose
				reasonable and legitimate defenses before the commission.
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-1733 - Racing a Horse under Investigation

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				When a report as described in
				§1729 is received from the state chemist, the
				state steward shall immediately advise the trainer of his rights to have the
				"split" portion of the sample tested at his expense. The stable shall remain in
				good standing pending a ruling by the stewards, which shall not be made until
				the split portion of the original sample is confirmed positive by a laboratory
				chosen by the trainer from a list of referee laboratories. The horsemen's
				bookkeeper shall not release any affected purse monies until the results of the
				split portion of the sample are received by the commission. If the penalty
				options as described in
				§1737 and
				§1797 include a
				redistribution of the purse or a referral to the commission the horse allegedly
				to have been administered any such drug or substance shall not be allowed to
				enter or race during the investigation, and until the completion of the
				stewards' hearing.
B. In the event
				the horse is claimed in the race in which the horse allegedly ran with a
				prohibited drug or substance, the new owner may enter and race the horse;
				however, should the horse be claimed thereafter by the same owner who raced the
				horse, allegedly with prohibited drug or substance, in the previous race in
				question, the horse shall not be allowed to enter a race during the
				investigation and hearing concerning the horse in the previous race in
				question.
C. For the purpose of
				this rule "the investigation and hearing" referred to herein shall mean the
				stewards' hearing following receipt of the report of the state chemist
				described herein and in
				§1729
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  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-1735 - Trainers Responsible for Condition of Horse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The trainer and/or assistant trainer shall
				be responsible for and be the absolute insurer of the condition of the horses
				he enters regardless of acts of third parties. Trainers and/or assistant
				trainers are presumed to know the rules of the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1737 - When Horse Found Drugged

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Should
				the chemical analysis of any sample of the blood, saliva, urine or other
				excretions of body fluids of a horse contain any prohibited drug or substance
				of any description not permitted by Chapter 15 or prohibited by §1719, the
				trainer of such horse shall be entitled to request a split sample as provided
				for in §1775 Following
				confirmation of a split sample by a referee laboratory that a split sample was
				positive for the same drug or substance contained in the primary sample not
				permitted by Chapter 15 or prohibited by §1719, the trainer of the horse
				may, after a hearing before the stewards, be fined, suspended or ruled off, if
				the stewards conclude that the prohibited drug or substance contained in the
				sample could have produced analgesia in, stimulated or depressed the horse, or
				could have masked or screened a drug or substance which could have produced
				analgesia in, stimulated or depressed the horse. The stable foreman, groom and
				any other person shown to have had the care or attendance of the horse may be
				fined, suspended or ruled off. The owner(s) of a horse so found to have
				received administration of such prohibited drug or substance shall be denied,
				or shall promptly return, any portion of the purse or sweepstakes and any
				trophy awarded to such horse, and the said purse, sweepstakes and any trophy
				shall be distributed as in the case of a disqualification.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:142 and
				  148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1739 - Disqualified Horse Recognized as Winner

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. When the stewards declare a horse to be
				the winner or qualifier of an elimination or eligibility race for a futurity,
				stakes or handicap and, thereafter, a report as described in
				§1729 is
				received from the state chemist, the horse shall be deemed to have forfeited
				its eligibility to compete in any subsequent race related to that futurity,
				stakes or handicap.
B. However,
				except as otherwise provided in this Section, the horse declared by the
				stewards to be the official winner of the race will be recognized as the winner
				of the race for the purposes of meeting the eligibility and conditions of all
				subsequent races.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1741 - Use of Abusive Language

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If any
				owner, trainer, assistant trainer, groom or stable attendant should interfere
				with, or use abusive language to the state veterinarian, his assistants, or any
				racing official while in the discharge of his duties, such person may be fined
				or suspended.
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-1742 - Issuance of NSF Checks

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Upon a check
				payable to the order of the commission or one of its employees, agents or
				representatives being dishonored when presented for payment, each maker/drawer
				thereof shall be fined by the stewards a sum of $25 together with the amount,
				if any, charged the commission by its depository.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:148 and
				  R.S.
				  4:150.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1743 - Possession of Drugs, Syringes or Needles

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. No person shall have in his possession,
				within the confines of a race track or within its stables, buildings, sheds or
				grounds, or within an auxiliary (offtrack) stable area, where horses are lodged
				or kept which are eligible to race over a race track of any association holding
				a race meeting, any prohibited drugs, hypodermic syringes or hypodermic needles
				or similar instruments which may be used for injection. Anything herein to the
				contrary notwithstanding, a licensed veterinarian may have in his possession
				such drugs, instruments or appliances, etc., as required in the practice of
				general veterinary medicine.
B. No
				person shall have in his possession, within the confines of a race track or
				within its stables, buildings, sheds or grounds, or within an auxiliary
				(offtrack) stable area, where horses are lodged or kept which are eligible to
				race over a race track of any association holding a race meeting, any feed
				products containing drugs not otherwise and expressly approved for use in race
				horses.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1745 - Tampering with a Horse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Anyone
				tampering with a horse in any manner will be prosecuted as provided by
				law.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1747 - Taking of Sample

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. During the
				taking of a sample by a representative of the commission, the owner, trainer,
				hot walker, groom, authorized agent or chemist, representing the owner or
				trainer, may be present at all times. The sample so taken shall be placed in an
				authorized container and shall be immediately sealed, and the evidence of such
				sealing shall be indicated thereon by the signature of such representative of
				the owner or trainer. The veterinarian representing the owner or trainer shall
				have the right to attend and witness the examination and testing of the blood,
				saliva, or other excretion of body fluid.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1749 - Searches

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The commission,
				or the steward representing the commission, investigating violations of law or
				the rules of the commission, shall have the power to authorize searches of the
				person or the power to authorize entry and search of the stables, rooms,
				vehicles, or any other place within the track enclosure at which a race meeting
				is being held, or other tracks or places where horses eligible to race at the
				race meeting are kept.
B. The
				commission, or the steward representing the commission, shall also have the
				authority to conduct or authorize searches of all persons licensed by the
				commission, and of all employees and agents of any race track association
				licensed by the commission, and of all vendors who are permitted by the race
				track association to sell and distribute their wares and merchandise within the
				race track enclosure, in order to inspect and examine the personal effects or
				property on such persons or kept in stables, rooms, vehicles, or other
				places.
C. Each licensee and
				permittee, in accepting a license, shall be deemed to have consented to such
				search and does waive and release all claims or possible actions for damages
				that he may have by virtue of any action taken under this rule.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1751 - Consent to Use of Criminal Record

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Each licensee and/or permittee, in accepting a license, shall be deemed to have
				consented to have any prior criminal arrest and/or criminal conviction
				disclosed and/or utilized during any steward's hearing, commission hearing, or
				in any subsequent litigation arising from these hearings.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1753 - Detention Barn

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All horses from
				which specimens are to be drawn are to be taken to the detention area at the
				prescribed time and remain there until released by the person in charge of the
				detention barn. No person other than the owner, trainer, groom, or hot walker
				of a horse to be tested shall be admitted to the detention area without
				permission of the person in charge of the detention barn. No lead pony shall be
				admitted to the detention area without permission of the person in charge of
				the detention barn.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1755 - Equipment and Attention for Horse in Detention Barn

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Stable equipment other than that necessary
				for washing and cooling out a horse is prohibited in the detention area.
				Buckets and water will be furnished by the person in charge of the detention
				barn. If a body brace is to be used, it shall be supplied by the responsible
				trainer and administered only with the permission, and in the presence, of the
				person in charge of the detention barn. A licensed veterinarian may attend a
				horse in the detention area only in the presence of the person in charge of the
				detention barn.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1757 - Witnessing Taking of Specimen

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				During the taking of a specimen from a horse, the owner, or responsible trainer
				(who, in the case of a claimed horse shall be the person in whose name such
				horse raced), or a stable representative designated by such owner or trainer,
				shall be present and witness the taking of such specimen and so signify in
				writing.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1759 - Taking of Samples

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				containers previously used for specimens shall be thoroughly cleaned in the
				commission chemist's laboratory and shall be sealed with the laboratory stamp
				which shall not be broken except in the presence of the witness. Only water,
				with or without acetic acid, shall be used to moisten gauze used in collection
				of saliva. Instruments and utensils used in the taking of samples shall be
				sterilized after each use.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1761 - Equine Urine Sample Identification

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The temperature of each equine urine
				sample shall be promptly taken and recorded by the designated detention barn
				employee.
B. The specimen shall be
				placed in a container then sealed with a permanent top. The container shall
				bear a printed identification bar code sticker. A duplicate of the bar code
				sticker shall be placed on the specimen identification forms as well as the
				container of the split portion of the sample, in the presence of a
				witness.
C. The detention barn
				employee shall identify the horse from which such specimen was taken, as well
				as the time, race and day, verified by the witness, and this information shall
				be noted on the proper identification forms. A duplicate of the identification
				form shall be forwarded to the commission office.
D. The person in charge of the detention barn
				shall take every precaution to ensure that the commission chemist and no member
				of the laboratory staff shall know the identity of the horse, from which a
				specimen was taken prior to the completion of all testing thereon.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1763 - Taking Blood/Urine Sample

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				If after a horse remains one and one-half hours in the detention area and a
				urine specimen has not been taken from the horse, the state veterinarian may
				take a blood sample.
B. Except as
				provided in Subsection A, the state veterinarian may, at any time, be directed
				by the state steward to take random equine blood samples.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1765 - Use of Diuretic

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. With the
				consent of the trainer or attendant, the person in charge of the detention barn
				may administer to the horse a diuretic to facilitate urination. Quantity,
				identity, and time of administration shall be noted on both portions of the
				specimen identification tag by the person in charge of the detention
				barn.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1767 - Safeguarding and Delivery of Specimens

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The person in charge of the detention barn
				shall be responsible for safeguarding all specimens while in his possession and
				shall cause such specimens to be delivered only to the commission chemist as
				soon as possible after sealing, but in such order or in such manner as not to
				reveal the identity of any horse from which each sample was taken.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1769 - Handling of Specimen by Commission Chemist

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each specimen shall be divided into
				portions so that one portion shall be used for initial testing for unknown
				substances, and another portion shall be preserved for further testing as the
				commission may direct. The commission chemist shall be responsible for
				safeguarding and testing each specimen delivered to his laboratory by the
				commission representative.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1771 - Tests for Prohibited Substances

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The commission chemist shall conduct
				individual tests for prohibited substances on each specimen, and shall identify
				any prohibited substance or metabolic derivative thereof.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1773 - Disposition of Remains of Specimen

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Upon the finding that a test for prohibited substances is negative, the
				remaining portions of such specimen may be discarded. Upon the finding of test
				results which are suspicious, positive, or indicative of prohibited substances,
				such test may be reconfirmed, and the remaining portion, if available, of such
				specimen shall be preserved and protected until such time as the stewards rule
				it may be discarded.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1777 - Reporting of Test Findings

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				commission chemist shall submit to the state steward a written report as to
				each specimen tested, indicating thereon by specimen tag identification number,
				whether a specimen was tested negative or positive for prohibited substances.
				The commission chemist shall report test findings to no person other than the
				state steward, commission, or their designated representative.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1779 - Request for Additional Test Time

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				In the event the commission chemist should find a specimen suspicious of a
				prohibited medication, he may request additional time for test analysis and
				confirmation.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1781 - Distribution of Purse Awaits Test Results

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The horsemen's bookkeeper shall make no
				distribution of any purse until given clearance of chemical tests by the
				stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1783 - Test Not Normal

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				commission chemist will make a further report to the state steward and the
				commission on any substance his tests showed, which is not normal in a horse.
				These reports shall be confidential and are not evidence for disciplinary
				action. They can be used as a warning to the trainer or veterinarian, by the
				stewards or by the commission veterinarian, to improve his surveillance. The
				residue of specimen material from such tests will be preserved by the
				commission chemist until released by the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1785 - Positive Test

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In reporting to
				the state steward that a test of a specimen was positive for a prohibited
				substance, the commission chemist shall present documentary or demonstrative
				evidence acceptable in the scientific community and admissible in court in
				support of his professional opinion as to the positive finding.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1789 - Reporting of Corrupt Act

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If any
				person licensed by the commission shall be approached with an offer or a
				promise of a bribe, or with a request or a suggestion for a bribe, or for any
				improper, corrupt or fraudulent act or practice in relation to a race or
				racing, or that any race shall be conducted otherwise than fairly and in
				accordance with the
Rules of Racing
, such licensed person
				shall immediately report the matter to the stewards or the commission; should
				any person be found by the stewards or the commission to have violated this
				Section, said licensed person shall have such punishment by fine and/or
				suspension of license, as is deemed appropriate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1793 - Testing for Alcohol Abuse

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any
				person licensed by the commission shall, when directed by the state steward,
				submit to a breathalyzer test and, if the results thereof show a reading of
				0.05 percent or more of alcohol in the blood such person shall not be permitted
				to continue his duties.
B. For the
				first offense, any person having a reading of 0.05 percent or more shall be
				fined $50 and not be permitted to perform his duties for the day. For the
				second offense, any person having a reading of .05 percent or more shall be
				fined $100 and not be permitted to perform his duties for the day. For a third
				offense, any person having a reading of 0.05 percent or more shall be suspended
				for 30 days and be subjected to an evaluation as called for in
				§1791
C. Failure or refusal to submit to a
				breathalyzer test when directed by the state steward shall result in a minimum
				seven-day suspension. Failure or refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test for a
				second time shall result in a suspension by the stewards to the full extent of
				their power and referral to the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1795 - Classification of Foreign Substances by Category

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Prohibited drugs and prohibited substances
				are classified in the appropriate one of five classes.
B. Known and identified prohibited drugs and
				substances are classified and listed according to their appropriate class as
				defined in the Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc. Drug
				Testing and Quality Assurance Program's
Uniform Classification
				Guidelines for Foreign Substances
.
C. Unknown or unidentified drugs or
				substances which are prohibited but not listed shall be appropriately
				classified by the state chemist upon discovery or detection. A supplemental
				listing of the appropriate classification of such discovered or detected drugs
				shall be maintained at the domicile office and be made available to the public
				upon request. A prohibited drug or substance remains prohibited regardless of
				whether it is listed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - Corrupt and Prohibited Practices › Section I-1797 - Penalty Guidelines

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Upon
				finding a violation by a permittee of prohibited medication rules, of
				prohibited substance rules, or of improper or excessive use of permitted
				medications, the stewards, or the commission, shall consider the classification
				level as set forth in
				§1795 and will,
				in the absence of mitigating or aggravating circumstances, endeavor to impose
				penalties and disciplinary measures consistent with the recommended guidelines
				contained herein. Whenever a majority of the stewards find or conclude that
				there are mitigating or aggravating circumstances, they should so state in
				their ruling such finding or conclusion, and should impose the penalty which
				they find is appropriate under the circumstances to the extent of their
				authority or, if necessary, refer the matter to the commission with specific
				recommendations for further action.
B. The recommended guidelines for a violation
				of each classification level are as follows.
1. Class I: suspension of license for a
				period of not less than one year and not more than five years and a fine of
				$5,000. The purse shall be redistributed.
2. Class II: suspension of license for a
				period of not less than six months and not more than one year and a fine of not
				less than $1,500 and not more than $2,500. The purse shall be
				redistributed.
3. Class III:
				suspension of license for a period of not less than 60 days and not more than
				six months and/or a fine of not more than $1,500. The purse shall be
				redistributed.
4. Classes IV and V:
				the trainer may be suspended for a period not more than 60 days and a fine of
				not less than $500 nor more than $1,500, or both, depending on the severity and
				number of violations occurring within a 12-month period. The purse may be
				redistributed on referral to the commission at its discretion.
a. On ordinary violation(s) of classes IV or
				V within a 12-month period, the trainer shall be fined $500 on the first
				violation; $1,000 on the second violation; and on the third and subsequent
				violations the trainer shall be fined $1000, the purse shall be redistributed
				and the case referred to the commission for further action.
b. On extraordinary violation(s) of classes
				IV or V in a manner that might affect the performance of a horse within a
				12-month period, the trainer shall be fined $1,000 and the purse shall be
				redistributed on the first offense. On the second and subsequent violations,
				the trainer shall be fined $1000, the purse shall be redistributed and the case
				referred to the commission for further action.
c. On gross violation(s) of classes IV or V
				in a manner that intends to affect the performance of a horse, the trainer
				shall be fined not less than $1,000, the purse shall be redistributed and the
				case referred to the commission for further action.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part I - General Provisions › Chapter 18 - Exclusion and Ejection › Section I-1801 - Categories of Persons to Exclude or Eject

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. This rule is adopted and is to be applied
				pursuant to
				R.S.
				4:191-197 and, in particular,
				R.S.
				4:192-193.
B. Any person(s) of the following categories
				may be excluded or ejected from a race track, race meeting, race or licensed
				establishment or association:
1. who are not
				of age;
2. who have been convicted
				of a felony under the laws of the United States, this state or any other state
				or country, of any crime or offense involving moral turpitude;
3. who are career or professional offenders
				as defined by regulations of the commissions, or who are bookmakers or
				convicted bookmakers. A career or professional offender is defined as a person
				who has been held in violation of the
Rules of Racing
for six
				or more times;
4. who are of
				notorious or unsavory reputation or whose presence, in the opinion of the
				commission, would be inimical to the state of Louisiana and its citizens or to
				the track, meeting, race or licensed establishment or both;
5. who have had a license or permit refused,
				suspended or withdrawn under
				R.S.
				4:150 or
				R.S.
				4:152;
6. whose action or inaction on a race track
				would disrupt, interfere or hinder the orderly conduct of the business of horse
				racing;
7. whose conduct at a race
				track in Louisiana or elsewhere is or has been improper, obnoxious, unbecoming
				or detrimental to the best interest of racing.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 19 - Racing Officials › Section III-1901 - Nomination and Examination

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Persons nominated by an association to serve as racing officials during a race
				meeting must first be approved by the commission. Any proposed person not
				previously approved by the commission as an official in the capacity for which
				he is nominated, shall pass a written examination on the rules and laws of
				racing before being finally approved and licensed. The test shall be
				administered under the direction of the commission. Racing officials shall
				serve only as long as approved by the commission, and shall be under the
				supervision of the stewards.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 19 - Racing Officials › Section III-1903 - Monetary Interests Prohibited

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
1. No person while licensed and/or serving as
				a racing official shall own an interest in:
a.
				a horse that races at a race meeting where he is employed;
b. a jockey contract; or
c. an association under his
				supervision.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 19 - Racing Officials › Section III-1905 - Optical Examination

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Racing
				officials serving in the capacity of stewards, placing and/or patrol judges,
				clerk of scales, starter, and horse identifier shall take and satisfactorily
				pass an optical examination within one year prior to the race meeting at which
				they serve, such examination evidencing corrected 20-20 vision and ability to
				distinguish colors correctly.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 19 - Racing Officials › Section III-1907 - Resignation of Employment and Vacancy

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any racing official who desires to leave
				his employment during the race meeting must first obtain permission from the
				commission. In the event a vacancy occurs among racing officials other than
				stewards, the association shall promptly nominate a successor, subject to
				approval of the commission. In the event the association does not nominate a
				successor in time to permit the orderly conduct of racing, then the stewards
				shall immediately appoint a temporary successor.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.4:141
				  and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2101 - Qualifications for Appointment

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. To
				qualify for commission appointment or approval as a steward an individual shall
				be required to:
1. document five years prior
				experience as a steward, racing secretary, assistant racing secretary, starter,
				placing judge, paddock judge, clerk of scales, jockey, trainer or equivalent
				experience in the racing industry;
2. satisfactorily pass a commission-approved
				Stewards Training Program. This requirement may be waived for individuals who
				have served as a steward for at least two years in a recognized jurisdiction at
				an extended thoroughbred or quarter horse pari-mutuel race meeting, and who is
				otherwise qualified to serve as a steward;
3. satisfactorily pass an optical examination
				conducted not more than 90 days before the appointment, indicating 20/20
				vision, corrected, and the ability to distinguish colors;
4. satisfactorily pass a criminal background
				check;
5. satisfactorily pass a
				written examination prescribed by the commission. A passing grade for the
				written exam is 85 on a scale of 100. Applicants must satisfactorily pass the
				written examination every three years;
6. participate in an oral interview conducted
				by the executive director or a designee of the executive director;
7. be physically fit to perform the duties of
				a steward.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2103 - Nomination and Appointment

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. There
				shall be three stewards for each race meeting, one of whom shall be appointed
				by the commission and two of whom shall be nominated by the association for
				approval by the commission. Names of an association's nominees for steward
				shall be submitted at the time of application for its association license, if
				possible. In all cases, the names must be submitted no later than 30 days
				before commencement of a race meeting and be accompanied by biographical data
				setting out the experience and qualifications of the nominees. The association
				shall submit successive nominees until two persons are approved by the
				commission as qualified to serve as stewards. No steward shall serve until
				approved by the commission, which shall not withhold its approval except for
				just cause.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2107 - Responsible to the Commission

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Stewards shall be responsible to the commission and may be replaced by the
				commission at any time for failure to perform their duties to the satisfaction
				of the commission.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2109 - Deputy

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. If one or more
				stewards are absent, the ones present shall appoint a deputy or deputies to act
				temporarily for those absent. Should all three be absent the racing secretary
				shall appoint three deputies.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2111 - Powers

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The stewards
				shall have and exercise the powers of supervision, control and regulation of
				racing at each licensed race meeting on behalf of the commission. By way of
				illustration and without limitation thereof, the powers of the stewards shall
				include:
1. authority over all horses and all
				persons, licensed or unlicensed, on association grounds during a race meeting
				as to all matters relating to racing;
2. authority to resolve all questions,
				disputes, protests, complaints, or objections concerning racing which arise
				during a race meeting;
3. authority
				to suspend the license of a participant in racing, or eject or exclude from
				association grounds, or any part thereof, licensed or unlicensed persons upon
				reasonable belief that a violation of these rules has occurred, or is about to
				occur;
4. the power to interpret
				and enforce the
Rules of Racing
and determine all questions
				pertaining to a racing matter not specifically covered by these rules in
				conformity with justice and the customs of the turf, subject to the authority
				and orders of the commission;
5.
				authority to issue decisions or rulings pertaining to racing which shall
				supersede orders of the officers, directors and officials of an association and
				which shall, if the stewards deem proper, vary any arrangement for the conduct
				of a race meeting, to include without limitation thereof, postponing a race,
				canceling a race or ruling a race run as "no contest";
6. the power to request and receive
				assistance from racing officials, members of the track security police, state
				or local police, in the investigation of possible rule infractions;
7. authority to conduct hearings on all
				questions, disputes, protests, complaints or objections concerning racing
				matters.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2113 - Appointment of Substitute

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. In the
				event a regularly named rider, trainer or racing official, other than a
				steward, is unable for any reason to perform, the stewards may select a
				substitute therefor. Upon suspicion of fraud or misconduct, the stewards may
				excuse a horse or replace any rider, trainer or racing official other than a
				steward.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2117 - State Steward's Report

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Within seven days after the conclusion of a race meeting, the state steward
				shall submit to the commission a written report setting out the condition of
				the meeting and association grounds, and any recommendations for the
				improvement thereof which he may deem appropriate.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 21 - Stewards › Section III-2119 - Presiding Steward

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The state
				steward is the presiding steward at all race tracks under the jurisdiction of
				the Louisiana State Racing Commission. All other stewards shall report all
				their actions to the state steward.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  4:141,
				  R.S.
				  4:147 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 35 - HORSE RACING › Part III - Personnel, Registration and Licensing › Chapter 23 - Racing Secretary › Section III-2301 - Duties

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The racing
				secretary shall discharge all duties, expressed or implied, required by the
Rules of Racing
and he shall report to the stewards all
				violations of the rules or regulations of the meeting.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 4:143 (10),
				  R.S.
				  4:145 and
				  R.S.
				  4:148.