Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission › Subpart F - Foreign Substances, Medications, Drugs and Equine Veterinary Practices › Chapter 401 - PROHIBITED AND UNLAWFUL PRACTICES-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS › Section 401.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this part, have
					 the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Administer
or
Administration
-The introduction of a substance into the body
					 of a horse.
Bleeder
-A horse which hemorrhages from
					 the respiratory tract during a race or within 1 hour post-race, or during
					 exercise or within 1 hour of the exercise or as specifically set forth in the
					 Commission's regulations.
Bleeder List
-A tabulation of bleeders to
					 be maintained by the Commission.
Commission Testing Laboratory
-The
					 officially accredited laboratory of the Commission designated as the primary
					 laboratory for the detection, confirmation and reporting of primary sample
					 findings.
Controlled substance
-A substance included
					 in the five classification schedules of the Controlled Substance Act of 1970
					 (21 U.S.C.A. §
											§
											801-971).
Controlled therapeutic medication
-A
					 medication approved by the Commission or the Association of Racing
					 Commissioners International (ARCI) for which the regulatory analyte
					 concentration in the samples may not exceed specified regulatory limits
					 approved and published by the Commission.
Foreign substances
-All prohibited
					 substances except those which exist naturally in the untreated horse at normal
					 physiological concentration.
Furosemide
-4-chloro-N-(2-furylmethyl)-5-sulfamoylanthranilic
					 acid. Also known as Lasix.
Horse
-Either Thoroughbred or Standardbred
					 horses registered for racing under the jurisdiction of the Commission and for
					 the purposes of this chapter shall mean stallion, colt, gelding, ridgling,
					 filly or mare.
Hypodermic injection
-An injection into or
					 under the skin or mucosa, including intradermal injection, subcutaneous
					 injection, submucosal injection, intramuscular injection, intravenous
					 injection, intra-arterial injection, intra-articular injection, intra-bursal
					 injection, intraocular (intra-conjunctival) injection.
Overage
-A finding certified by the
					 Commission Testing Laboratory that a regulatory analyte from a controlled
					 therapeutic medication is present in the sample in an amount that exceeds the
					 regulatory limit or threshold level.
Positive test
-A determination by the
					 Standardbred or Thoroughbred Bureau Directors based upon a finding by the
					 Commission Testing Laboratory that a regulatory analyte from a prohibited
					 substance is present in the sample in an amount that exceeds the regulatory
					 limit.
Practicing veterinarian
-A private
					 veterinary practitioner licensed by the Commission and authorized to practice
					 at a licensed racetrack facility within this Commonwealth.
Prohibited substance
-Any substance, other
					 than controlled therapeutic medication, or vaccine, equine antihelminthic,
					 antibiotic, equine feed supplement, vitamins and minerals (collectively, "horse
					 health and husbandry products"), for which the regulatory analyte concentration
					 in samples may not exceed specified regulatory limits published herein.
Race day
-The 24-hour period prior to the
					 scheduled post time for the first race.
Regulatory analyte
-An analyte or
					 substance identified and, where appropriate, quantified in a specified matrix
					 for regulatory purposes.
Regulatory limit
or
Threshold
					 level
-The concentration of a specified regulatory analyte that has
					 been defined and published by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
					 (RMTC) or ARCI and adopted by the Commission provided that exceeding the
					 specified concentration is deemed either an overage or a positive test.
Security area
-The area surrounding the
					 security stall delineated by the Commission and controlled by it.
Security stall
-The stall assigned by the
					 Commission to a horse on the bleeder list, for occupancy as a prerequisite for
					 receiving bleeder medication, sometimes called the detention stall.
Split sample laboratory
-A duly accredited
					 facility approved by the Commission to test split samples.
Test sample
-A portion of a biological or
					 bodily substance or fluid, including, but not limited to, tissue, hair, blood
					 or urine obtained from a horse at the direction of the Commission for the
					 purposes of determining the presence or concentration, or both, of regulatory
					 analytes.