Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 491 - Racing and Gaming Commission › Chapter 7 - Greyhound Racing › Rule 491-7.5 - Trainers and Assistant Trainers

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
			 A trainer shall prevent the administration of any drug, medication, or other
			 prohibited substance that may cause a violation of commission rules. The
			 trainer is responsible for the condition of a greyhound entered in an official
			 race and, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, is
			 responsible for the presence of any prohibited drug, medication, or other
			 substance, regardless of the acts of third parties. A positive test for a
			 prohibited drug, medication, or substance, as reported by a commission-approved
			 laboratory, is prima facie evidence of a violation of this rule or Iowa Code
			 chapter 99D.
(2) Other
			 responsibilities. A trainer is responsible for:
a. Ensuring that the kennel and primary
			 enclosures are cleaned and sanitized as may be necessary to reduce disease
			 hazards and odors. Runs and exercise areas having gravel or other nonpermanent
			 surface materials shall be sanitized by periodic removal of soiled materials,
			 application of suitable disinfectants, and replacement with clean surface
			 materials.
b. Ensuring that fire
			 prevention rules are strictly observed in the assigned area.
c. Providing a list to the state steward(s)
			 of the trainer's employees in any area under the jurisdiction of the
			 commission. The list shall include each employee's name, occupation, social
			 security number, and occupational license number. The commission shall be
			 notified by the trainer, in writing, within 24 hours of any change.
d. Ensuring the proper identity, custody,
			 care, health, condition, and safety of greyhounds in the trainer's
			 charge.
e. Disclosure to the racing
			 secretary of the true and entire ownership of each greyhoimd in the trainer's
			 care, custody, or control. Any change in ownership shall be reported
			 immediately to the racing secretary. The disclosure, together with all written
			 agreements and affidavits setting out oral agreements pertaining to the
			 ownership for or rights in and to a greyhound, shall be attached to the
			 registration certificate for the greyhound and filed with the racing
			 secretary.
f. Ensuring that
			 greyhounds under the trainer's care have a completed Bertillion card on file
			 with the paddock judge prior to being entered for official schooling or
			 official races.
g. Ensuring that
			 greyhounds under the trainer's care have not been trained using a live lure or
			 live bait.
h. Using the services of
			 those veterinarians licensed by the commission to attend greyhounds that are
			 kenneled on facility premises. If necessary to remove a greyhound from facility
			 premises for veterinary services, the trainer must provide, upon request, the
			 records required in 7.14(4)
"c. "
i. Promptly reporting to the stewards and the
			 commission veterinarian the serious illness of any greyhound in the trainer's
			 charge.
j. Promptly reporting the
			 death of any greyhound in the trainer's care on facility premises to the
			 stewards, owner, and the commission veterinarian and complying with the rules
			 on postmortem examination set forth in paragraph 7.3(3)
"g. "
k. Immediately reporting to the
			 stewards and the commission veterinarian if the trainer knows, or has cause to
			 believe, that a greyhound in the trainer's custody, care, or control has
			 received any prohibited drugs or medication.
l. Having the trainer's greyhound at weigh-in
			 promptly at the time appointed. If not, the greyhound may be scratched and the
			 trainer may be subject to disciplinary action.
m. When a trainer is to be absent 24 hours or
			 more from the kennel or premises where greyhounds are racing, the trainer shall
			 provide a licensed trainer or assistant trainer to assume complete
			 responsibility for all greyhounds under the trainer's care, and both shall sign
			 a "trainer's responsibility form" which must be approved by the
			 stewards.