Sec. 1.
(a) The
official veterinarian (equine medical director) shall:
(1) be employed by the commission;
(2) be a graduate veterinarian and be
licensed to practice in Indiana;
(3) recommend to the judges:
(A) any horse deemed unsafe to be raced;
or
(B) a horse that it would be
inhumane to allow to race;
(4) place horses on the veterinarian's list,
when necessary, and remove from the list those horses which are, in the
official veterinarian's opinion, able to satisfactorily compete in a
race;
(5) supervise the taking of
all specimens for testing according to procedures approved by the
commission;
(6) provide proper
safeguards in the handling of all laboratory specimens to prevent tampering,
confusion, or contamination;
(7)
have authority and jurisdiction over the racing veterinarian and the practicing
veterinarians within the enclosure for the purpose of these rules;
(8) report to the commission the names of all
horses humanely destroyed or which otherwise expire at the meeting and the
reasons therefore;
(9) refuse
employment or payment, directly or indirectly, from any horse owner or trainer
of a horse racing or intending to race in this jurisdiction while employed as
the official veterinarian for the commission, except in accordance with the
commission policy on endoscopic examinations;
(10) review and make recommendations
regarding commission license applications of practicing
veterinarians;
(11) perform, in
accordance with commission policy, endoscopic examinations at the request of a
horse owner or trainer; and [sic]
(b) The official veterinarian or the
executive director may delegate or assign duties to the racing
veterinarian.
(c) At the discretion
of the commission or the executive director, veterinary technicians certified
by the state of Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners may be assigned
to perform the duties and responsibilities of the official veterinarian under
these rules except that no certified veterinary technician so assigned shall be
permitted or required to perform procedures that are outside the scope of their
certification by the Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners, including,
but not limited to, endoscopic examinations.
