Indiana Administrative Code
Title 71 - INDIANA HORSE RACING COMMISSION
Article 8.5 - FLAT RACING; HUMAN AND EQUINE HEALTH
Rule 1 - Rule1Equine Health; Medication Rules
Section 1-4.1 - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Universal Citation: 71 IN Admin Code 1-4.1
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31-12
Sec. 4.1.
(a) The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) shall be governed by the following conditions:
(1) NSAIDs included in
the ARCI Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses, as revised by
the ARCI in December 2019 and any other subsequent revision effective after
said date, which are incorporated by reference herein, copies of which are
available at the commission office, are not to be used in a manner inconsistent
with the restrictions contained therein. NSAIDs not included on the ARCI
Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses are not permitted to be
present in a biological sample at a concentration that equals or exceeds the
commission's official laboratory's limit of detection.
(2) Biological samples may contain one (1) of
the NSAIDs identified in the ARCI Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule
for Horses at a concentration up to the primary threshold indicated therein.
The presence of more than one (1) NSAID in blood or urine, or both, shall
constitute an NSAID stacking violation (Penalty Class B) in addition to the
violation associated with the detection of each additional NSAID that exceeds
the primary threshold.
(b) NSAIDs shall not be administered to any horse that is entered to race within forty-eight (48) hours of the scheduled post-time of the race in which it is entered.
(c) Any horse to which an NSAID has been administered shall be subject to having a blood or urine, or both, sample taken at the direction of the official veterinarian to determine the quantitative NSAID level or the presence of other drugs, or both, which may be present in the blood or urine samples.
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