(a)
License. All veterinarians
referred to in this section shall be licensed to practice in the state of
Connecticut by the state board of veterinary registration and examination, and
shall he licensed by the commission.
(b)
Commission veterinarian. The
commission shall appoint at least one veterinarian who shall be designated
commission veterinarian and who shall carry out such duties as may be imposed
upon him by the commission. The commission veterinarian and his assistants
shall be responsible for all testing of horses. They shall make reports to the
commission at such time and in such manner as the commission may
prescribe.
(c)
Association
veterinarian. Each association shall employ a veterinarian to carry out
the duties hereafter enumerated in this section. The association veterinarians
shall be employed and paid by the association at whose track the services are
rendered.
(d)
Treating
veterinarian.
(1) Only veterinarians
who have obtained a license from the commission to practice veterinary medicine
at an association plant may treat horses at such plant. No veterinarian will
receive such a license unless approved by the state veterinarian of the
Connecticut department of agriculture.
(2) No veterinarian licensed to practice on
the grounds of any association shall furnish sell or loan any hypodermic
syringe, hypodermic needle or other device which could be used for injection or
other infusion into a horse or a narcotic stimulant, or narcotic to any person
within the grounds of a racing association where race horses are lodged or kept
without first securing written permission from the stewards. Only one-time
disposable syringes and infusion tubes are authorized for use in the treatment
of race horses on the grounds of the association.
(3) The association and commission
veterinarians shall not prescribe or treat or otherwise administer medication
of any form to horses stabled on the association grounds except in eases deemed
by the association officials to be emergencies.
(4) No owner or trainer shall employ any
veterinarian who has not been duly licensed in accordance with these rules and
regulations. The association shall warn off all unlicensed veterinarians. The
veterinarians shall make daily reports to the commission veterinarian and to
the stewards of all horses under treatment by them and the medication given.
Any violation of this rule shall be immediately reported to the commission and
the stewards.
(5) Every
veterinarian who shall prescribe or use any medication or treatment which
contains a drug or drugs, which he has reason to believe are of such character
as could affect the racing condition of a horse in a race, shall at the time of
such prescribing or use deliver to the steward of the commission and the
trainer of the horse under treatment a written statement setting forth the name
of the horse and of the trainer and the fact that such medication or treatment,
as the case may be, contains a drug, stimulant or narcotic which, in the
opinion of the veterinarian is of such a character as could affect the racing
condition of the horse in a race.
(e)
State veterinarian. All
veterinarians enumerated in this section shall abide by the regulations and
inquiries of the state veterinarian of the Connecticut department of
agriculture.
(f)
Requirements
of association veterinarian.
(1) He
shall be present in the paddock to inspect all horses, and shall inspect or
observe all horses after the finish of a race, and shall perform such other
duties as shall be prescribed from time to time by the stewards. If a horse is
in ice or has a freeze on his legs at the time of the pre-race examination, he
is subject to being scratched from the race.
(2) Each entry shall be given a pre-race
examination on the day of the race for which entered, reasonably in advance of
post time. The pre-race examination shall be made by an association
veterinarian who shall make such examination as is necessary to determine tile
entry's fitness to race, and who shall report to the stewards any horse that is
not in fit condition to race.
(3)
All bandages shall be removed by the groom and the entry exercised outside the
stall sufficiently for the association veterinarian to determine the condition
of the entry's legs, feet and general condition. He shall report any findings
of unsoundness of a horse to the stewards.
(4) The association veterinarian shall
maintain a list to be known as the "veterinarians list" upon which he shall
enter the name of any horse which he considers unfit, unsound or not ready for
racing. Any horse, the name of which is on the veterinarians list, shall he
refused entry until the association veterinarian removes its name from the
list. A trainer may appeal to the stewards any decision to place a horse's name
on the "veterinarians list." This list shall be posted on a bulletin board in
or near the racing secretary's office.
(5) A known bleeder is a horse which bleeds
twice within six (6) consecutive calendar months in any racing jurisdiction. A
known bleeder shall be barred from racing in Connecticut unless the bleeding
incidents arose from injury or minor afflictions which, in the opinion of the
association veterinarian, will not reoccur.
(6) A horse placed on the veterinarian's list
for bleeding must remain on the list for a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar
days.
(7) The veterinarian's list
as defined herein shall be binding on the tracks under the jurisdiction of the
commission.
(8) The association
veterinarian shall inspect bandages just prior to the participation in a race
of the horse on which they are used. He may order their removal and replacement
if he sees fit to do so. Should there by any circumstances in their use that
indicates fraud, it shall be reported to the stewards, who after an
investigation, shall report all the facts to the commission for such action as
it deems appropriate.
(9) Shoeing.
Every horse entering the paddock to race shall be inspected as to its shoeing,
and a notice forthwith posted in a conspicuous place close to the paddock and
in another conspicuous location in the grandstand, easily visible to the
stating the type of shoes with which the horse is shod and whether with or
without caulks and on which feet, or is shoeless as to any of its
feet.