Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 006 - Department of Finance and Administration
Division 06 - Racing Commission
Rule 006.06.20-009 - Thoroughbred Rule 1272
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 006.06.20-009
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
1272. Intra-Articular Joint Injections
A.
The use of intra-articular joint injections shall be governed by the following
conditions:
(1) No prescription drug may be
administered except as prescribed by an attending veterinarian.
(2) A treated horse shall be established as
ineligible to race for a period of fourteen (14) days following an
intra-articular injection;
(a) For the purpose
of counting number of days a horse is ineligible to run following an
intra-articular injection, the date of the injection is the first
day.
(b) The horse is eligible to
race on the 15th day.
B. Trainers or their designee
shall maintain complete records of all corticosteroid and intra-articular
injections for all horses in his or her control. Complete records of
corticosteroid and intra-articular injections include:
(1) The date of injection;
(2) The name of the veterinarian performing
the injection;
(3) The articular
space(s) or structure(s) injected;
(4) The medication or biologicals used to
inject each articular space; and
(5) The dose in milligrams of each injection
used.
C. The information
outlined in Rule 1272B must be submitted to the official veterinarian within
forty-eight (48) hours following an intra-articular injection.
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