Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 462 - OREGON RACING COMMISSION › Division 130 - PROHIBITED CONDUCT AND HEARING PROCEDURES › Section 462-130-0010 - Prohibited Conduct; Investigations; Discipline

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) No person (including licensees) shall:
(a) Incite, encourage, instruct, assist, or
			 cause or attempt to cause another person to engage in any violation of ORS
			 Chapter 462 or any rule of the commission, or to commit any prohibited act in
			 relation to racing in another racing jurisdiction.
(b) Offer or accept any form of compensation
			 for cashing a pari-mutuel ticket for another.
(c) Direct any personally offensive language,
			 inappropriate gesture or sign, profanity, obscenity, or abusive epithets toward
			 any racing official or employee of the commission at any place under the
			 jurisdiction of the racing commission.
(d) Take any action upon a racecourse that
			 creates or causes a clear and present danger of violence.
(e) Initiate any physical altercation with
			 another person on a racecourse.
(f)
			 Threaten another person with physical harm or probable physical harm.
(g) Refuse to obey reasonable orders or
			 directions of a racing official, security personnel of the race meet licensee
			 or Oregon Racing Commission employees.
(h) Sell or offer to sell tip sheets or any
			 other written, electronic or oral predictions as to the outcome of races at any
			 place under the jurisdiction of the commission unless licensed to do so by the
			 commission.
(i) Gamble, bet, or
			 wager on a racecourse except as authorized by the State of Oregon.
(j) Except for the race meet licensee,
			 solicit any wagers from the public.
(k) Give or offer to give any bribe directly
			 or indirectly, to any licensee, racing official, commission member or employee,
			 or any other person having official duties in relation to any race, racecourse,
			 or racing animal.
(l) Tamper or
			 attempt to tamper with an animal, or apply or aid in applying to an animal or
			 possess on a racecourse any electrical or mechanical device or prohibited
			 medication intended to affect the performance of an animal.
(m) Possess a hypodermic needle or usable
			 injectable syringe on which a needle may be attached on a racecourse, except
			 veterinarians or veterinarian assistants licensed by the Oregon Racing
			 Commission. On a racecourse, veterinarians may use only one-time disposable
			 needles, and shall dispose of them appropriately, according to Oregon
			 Veterinary Medical Examining Board standards. If a person has a medical
			 condition which makes it necessary to have a syringe on the racecourse, that
			 person must request permission of the stewards in writing, furnish a letter
			 from a licensed physician explaining why it is necessary for the person to have
			 a syringe on the racecourse, and must comply with any conditions and
			 restrictions set by the stewards.
(n) Administer, offer to administer, or allow
			 to be administered to any racing animal any prohibited drug or medication, or
			 an unauthorized quantity of an approved drug or medication.
(o) Alter or forge a prescription for
			 medication for a racing animal, or any legal document including but not limited
			 to: a bill of sale, a claim blank, a license application, a treatment form, a
			 registration certificate, ownership registration certificate, lease
			 certificate, a check, or a license application.
(p) Impersonate any racing official,
			 commission member or employee, or any other person having official duties in
			 relation to any race, racecourse, or animal in any manner including forging any
			 of these individuals' names or initials on any document.
(q) Submit or knowingly allow to be submitted
			 to the commission, commission personnel, racing secretary or any racing animal
			 registry, any report or document or application which contains false or
			 misleading information.
(r) Mar or
			 alter any identification mark on a racing animal.
(s) With the exception of commission staff
			 and racing officials in the conduct of official business, use cell phones in
			 the paddock, jockeys' room, test barn enclosure/area and on the racing surface
			 when the area is actively in use.
(t) Smoke inside the test barn/storage area,
			 under the covered portion of the stables, including stalls, tack rooms,
			 shedrow, or in designated "No Smoking" areas.
(u) Use any tobacco products or have food or
			 beverages in the designated testing areas.
(v) Test barn commission staff is permitted
			 to have food or beverages in specified areas only under the following
			 conditions:
(A) Test barn staff is to be free
			 of food residues on their person and to wash their hands prior to testing
			 horses or handling samples.
(B)
			 Food or beverage items that contain prohibited substances are not permitted in
			 the test barn enclosure.
(w) Possess on a racecourse any deadly weapon
			 or firearm, a BB gun, blow gun, pellet gun or similar device, except law
			 enforcement officers, commission officials and security personnel.
(x) While employed by the race meet licensee,
			 racing commission or acting as a racing official, wager at the racecourse where
			 employed or working, while on duty, or ask any other person to place a bet on
			 their behalf. This includes individuals working under contract with the race
			 meet licensee during the racing program and the employees of contractors of the
			 race meet licensee who are working during the racing program.
(y) Allow any person under the age of
			 eighteen (18) years to place or collect a wager. Race meet licensee shall turn
			 over to the proper civil authorities any person who violates this rule, to be
			 punished upon conviction of any such violation, according to law. This rule
			 shall be posted conspicuously at entrance gates and throughout wagering areas.
			 The license of any employee participating in any transaction relative to
			 wagering with persons under the age of eighteen (18) years may be summarily,
			 suspended or revoked.
(z) Move,
			 nominate or enter to race a racing animal on a racecourse except with express
			 permission of the trainer, racing secretary, owner, stall superintendent or the
			 stewards.
(aa) Submit any animal
			 in their charge to cruel or inhumane treatment. Cruel or inhumane treatment
			 includes, but is not limited to:
(A)
			 Inadequate food, shelter and water as defined by typical industry standards for
			 those animals kept in similar climates and conditions;
(B) Neglect in any manner, including adequate
			 veterinary care and attention when necessary;
(C) Conditions which cause the animal
			 unnecessary physical pain or suffering;
(D) Prohibited conduct described in ORS
			 167.310 to 167.388 in the form the statute provided on the effective date of
			 this rule.
(bb) Commit
			 theft or buy, sell or possess any stolen property, or buy, sell or possess any
			 illegal contraband.
(cc) Illegally
			 influence or conspire, or attempt to influence or conspire, to affect the
			 result of any race or manipulate the odds in which an animal
			 participates.
(dd) Violate any
			 written agreement entered into with the Oregon Racing Commission, the board of
			 stewards or any other commission employee as a result of an order of the
			 commission or stewards.
(ee) Engage
			 in any lewd, obscene, indecent, or inappropriate conduct