Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 180 - MEDICATION › Section 11VAC10-180-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Bleeder" means a horse that has been diagnosed as suffering
				  from exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage based on external or endoscopic
				  examination by a commission veterinarian or a practicing veterinarian who is a
				  permit holder in the Commonwealth of Virginia or any other jurisdiction.
"Bleeder list" means a tabulation of all bleeders to be
				  maintained by the stewards.
"Commission" means the Virginia Racing Commission.
"Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate
				  precursor in Schedules I through VI of the Virginia Drug Control Act (§
									54.1-3400 et seq. of the
				  Code of Virginia) or any substance included in the five classification
				  schedules of the federal Uniform Controlled Substances Act (
				  21
				  USC §
										301 et seq.).
"Furosemide list" means a tabulation of horses permitted to
				  use the medication of furosemide on race day by declaration to the stewards, in
				  addition to horses on the bleeder list.
"Injectable substance" means a liquid or solid substance that
				  may require the addition of a liquid via a needle and syringe to change the
				  substance from a solid into a liquid, contained in a vial that can be accessed
				  and administered only via a needle and syringe.
"Licensed veterinarian" means a veterinarian who holds a
				  valid license to practice veterinary medicine and surgery under the applicable
				  laws of the jurisdiction in which such person's practice is principally
				  conducted.
"Milkshaking" or "bicarbonate loading" means administering a
				  bicarbonate or other alkalinizing substance to a horse that elevates the
				  horse's total carbon dioxide level or pH level above those existing naturally
				  in the untreated horse at normal physiological concentrations as determined by
				  the commission, regardless of the means of administration.
"Permitted race day substances" means only substances
				  approved by the commission that are (i) administered solely for the benefit and
				  welfare of the horse, (ii) nonperformance altering, (iii) of no danger to
				  riders or drivers, and (iv) unlikely to interfere with the detection of
				  prohibited substances.
"Prescription substance" means any substance that is
				  administered or dispensed or labeled for use by or on the order of a licensed
				  veterinarian for the purpose of medical treatment of an animal patient when a
				  bona fide doctor-patient relationship has been established.
"Primary laboratory" means a facility accredited by the
				  Racing Medication and Testing Consortium and designated by the commission for
				  the testing of test samples.
"Prohibited substance" means any drug, medication, or
				  chemical foreign to the natural horse, whether natural or synthetic, or a
				  metabolite or analog thereof, the use of which is not expressly permitted by
				  the regulations of the commission.
"Race day" means the 24-hour period before post time for the
				  race in which the horse is entered to start.
"Reference laboratory" means a facility accredited by the
				  Racing Medication and Testing Consortium and designated by the commission for
				  the testing of split samples.
"Ship-in meet" means a limited meet, generally one, two, or
				  three consecutive days of racing, to which the preponderance of horses ship in
				  to race, leave after racing, and do not remain for daily training.
"Substance" means any drug, medication, or chemical foreign
				  to the natural horse or human being, whether natural or synthetic, or a
				  metabolite or analog thereof.
"Test sample" means any sample of blood, urine, saliva, or
				  tissue obtained from a horse or person for the purpose of laboratory testing
				  for the presence of substances.
"Tubing" means the administration to a horse of any substance
				  via a naso-gastric tube.
Statutory Authority: §
											59.1-369
					 of the Code of Virginia.