Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 30 - LIMITED LICENSES › Section 11VAC10-30-50 - Limited license criteria

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				The holder of a limited license shall conduct horse racing at a facility for
				the promotion, sustenance and growth of a native industry in a manner
				consistent with health, safety and welfare.
B. The adequacy and sufficiency with which
				the licensee meets the following criteria shall rest with the commission:
1. Each licensee shall accept, observe and
				enforce all federal and state laws, regulations of the commission and local
				ordinances;
2. Each licensee shall
				ensure that its grounds and facility are neat and clean, painted and in good
				repair, with special consideration for the comfort and safety of the public,
				employees, other persons whose business requires their attendance, and for the
				health and safety of the horses there stabled;
3. Each licensee shall honor commission
				exclusions from the horse racing facility and shall eject immediately any
				person found in the facility who has been excluded by the commission. The
				licensee shall make a report to the commission of each person who is ejected
				from the facility;
4. Each licensee
				shall provide uniformed security personnel in the areas where pari-mutuel
				wagering is conducted so that money and pari-mutuel tickets may be safeguarded,
				decorum maintained and public safety protected;
5. Each licensee shall provide a starting
				gate or starting apparatus that is appropriate to the type of racing being
				offered, sufficient, trained outriders, and timing devices or trained personnel
				to manually time the races and provide fractional times as deemed
				appropriate;
6. Each licensee shall
				provide a photo-finish camera and an area where photo-finish prints may be
				displayed to the public. The photo-finish camera and the personnel operating
				the camera shall be under the supervision of the stewards;
7. Each licensee shall provide a totalizator
				where wagers are recorded, pools calculated, approximate odds displayed visibly
				to the general public in the infield at periodic intervals during the wagering
				and with the payouts on winning tickets are displayed;
8. Each licensee shall provide an adequate
				number of ambulances and emergency medical services for participants and public
				during those hours when horse racing is conducted. At no time will horse racing
				be permitted unless there is at least one ambulance at the facility;
9. Each licensee shall provide at least one
				veterinarian to administer and provide emergency service to any horse
				participating in the racing program;
10. Each licensee shall provide a detention
				facility where samples of blood, saliva, urine and other substances can be
				collected from horses following racing. The commission may, in its discretion,
				authorize the commission veterinarian and his assistants to collect samples
				from horses following racing in their stalls; and
11. Each licensee shall coordinate its fire,
				safety and security plans with local fire and police agencies so that the
				public health and safety may be protected.