Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 462 - OREGON RACING COMMISSION › Division 140 - DUTIES › Section 462-140-0040 - Veterinarian

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) No one shall
			 practice veterinary medicine on a racecourse unless licensed by the Oregon
			 Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (OBVME), with a current copy annually of
			 said license on file with the Oregon Racing Commission. Veterinarians with an
			 active-status license issued by the OBVME shall also obtain a license with the
			 Oregon Racing Commission. Veterinary assistants shall only perform their duties
			 under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
(2) Veterinarians performing services on a
			 racecourse shall report all animals nerved, all treatments and all medicines
			 given and prescribed each day on forms provided by the commission. These
			 reports shall be mailed or hand-delivered to a commission veterinarian or
			 designee or placed in the locked receptacle provided by the commission
			 veterinarian within 2 days of the report date. In the case of lasix, treatments
			 shall be recorded on a program, overnight, or other form approved by the
			 commission veterinarian.
(3)
			 Veterinarians on a racecourse shall use one-time disposable needles and shall
			 dispose of all medical waste, i.e., needles, syringes, used bottles and/or
			 other medication containers, etc., appropriately, according to Oregon
			 Veterinary Medical Examining Board standards.
(4) No person, other than a veterinarian
			 licensed by the Oregon Racing Commission, shall dispense, sell or furnish any
			 feed supplement, veterinary preparation, medication or any other substance
			 containing a prohibited drug or prescription medication to any person within
			 the licensed enclosure. Any such products must be properly labeled as required
			 by state law specifying the name, address and phone number of the dispensing
			 veterinarian, the name of the trainer or owner of the animal, the name of the
			 animal for which the product is prescribed, the name and strength of
			 drug/medication and complete directions for use of the medication.
(5) Every racing animal which suffers a
			 breakdown on the race track in training or in competition and is destroyed, and
			 every other racing animal which expires while on a racecourse under the
			 jurisdiction of the commission, shall undergo an examination to the extent that
			 satisfies a commission veterinarian and that is reasonably necessary to
			 determine the injury or sickness which resulted in euthanasia or natural death:
(a) The examination required under this rule
			 will be conducted by a licensed veterinarian employed by the owner or trainer
			 in consultation with the commission veterinarian, who may be present at such
			 examination.
(b) A commission
			 veterinarian has the ultimate decision, with or without the consent of the
			 owner or trainer, to require further examination and testing on any expired
			 horse for reasons including but not limited to those that would impact or be a
			 threat to humans or animals. Should the commission veterinarian require such an
			 examination or testing, the Oregon Racing Commission shall be responsible for
			 the cost incurred.
(c) Test samples
			 must be obtained from the carcass as directed by the commission veterinarian
			 during the postmortem examination and sent to a laboratory approved by the
			 commission for testing for foreign substances or their metabolites and natural
			 substances at abnormal levels. When practical, samples shall be taken from the
			 racing animal prior to euthanasia.
(d) The cost of laboratory testing of
			 postmortem samples shall be borne by the commission.