Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - RACING COMMISSION, STATE › Title 294 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING HORSE RACING › Chapter 14 - EQUINE VETERINARY PRACTICES, HEALTH, AND MEDICATION › Section 294-14.008 - TEST BARN

Current through June 17, 2024
14.008.01 An area within a suitable building
				must be set aside and be under the supervision of the official veterinarian for
				the purpose of collecting specimens for any tests required by the Commission.
				Said building, its location, arrangement, furnishings and facilities, including
				refrigeration and hot and cold running water, must be approved by the
				Commission.
14.008.02 No
				unauthorized person shall be admitted at any time to the building or the area
				utilized for the purpose of collecting the required specimens or the area
				designated for the retention of horses pending the obtaining of said
				specimens.
14.008.03 A guard,
				approved by the Commission, must be in attendance during the hours designated
				by the Commission.
14.008.04 The
				winner of every race and such other horses as the stewards may designate shall
				be taken immediately after the race, by an assistant to the official
				veterinarian, by the owner, trainer, authorized representative, to the testing
				enclosure for examination by the supervisor of drug tests and the taking of
				such specimens of body fluids and eliminations as shall be directed. Blood
				specimens may be taken by a veterinary technician, except that the owner,
				trainer, or authorized representative may request that blood be taken by the
				official veterinarian. Any excess urine specimen over the amount required by
				the official veterinarian shall be collected in a separate container and
				sealed, signed, and witnessed as per Chapter 14.008.07.
The trainer of any horse selected shall be entitled to
				  request a copy of the test report.
14.008.04A No fewer than three horses, or
				such larger number as may be designated by the Commission, shall be selected at
				random each race day from horses that are required to report to the test barn.
				From each of the horses so selected, a blood sample shall be obtained in an
				amount to be determined by the official veterinarian. These samples shall be
				designated for quantitative analysis of levels of phenylbutazone by the
				official laboratory. The blood samples shall be in addition to urine samples
				and shall be drawn within thirty (30) minutes of all horses competing in a
				given race; provided that no blood samples shall be excluded as evidence by
				virtue of occurring later than the thirty (30) minute testing period.
14.008.04B This rule shall not be construed
				to prohibit the testing of any blood samples for other prohibited drugs, nor to
				prohibit or prevent quantitative testing for levels of phenylbutazone in any
				other blood samples obtained.
14.008.04C If laboratory testing indicates a
				level of phenylbutazone in excess of 2.5 ug/ml and less than or equal to 5.0
				ug/ml, the official veterinarian shall provide to the trainer of the horse
				tested, confidential notice of the fact that suggests a need to carefully
				review practices concerning administration of phenylbutazone.