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 1-4.5 - Corticosteroids, stacking violations, and intra-articular injection restrictions
Universal Citation: 71 IN Admin Code 1-4.5
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 4-31-3-9
Affected: IC 4-31-12
Sec. 4.5.
(a) The use of corticosteroids shall be governed by the following conditions:
(1) Corticosteroids 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. Corticosteroids not included in the ARCI
Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule for Horses are not 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 corticosteroids identified in the ARCI Controlled Therapeutic Medication
Schedule for Horses at a concentration up to the threshold level indicated
therein; the presence of more than one (1) corticosteroid in blood or urine, or
both, shall constitute a corticosteroid stacking violation (Penalty Class B) in
addition to the violation associated with the detection of each additional
corticosteroid that exceeds the threshold level.
(b) The use of corticosteroid intra-articular injections shall be governed by the following conditions:
(1) Any horse treated by intra-articular
injection shall be placed on the veterinarian's list for fourteen (14) days;
for counting purposes, day one (1) shall be the day after treatment.
(2) No person other than a practicing
veterinarian licensed by the commission shall treat a horse by intra-articular
injection of a corticosteroid or any other substance.
(3) A veterinarian who treats a horse by
intra-articular injection shall report such treatment to the regulatory
veterinarian within twenty-four (24) hours of the time of treatment. The
treatment report shall be submitted on a form provided by the commission and
the information to be reported shall include the following:
(A) The name of the horse treated and the
name of the trainer responsible for the horse.
(B) The diagnosis indicating the need for the
treatment.
(C) The medication or
substance administered, the dosage administered, and the location or locations
of the injection or injections.
(D)
The date, time, and place of treatment.
(4) The trainer of the treated horse shall be
responsible for ensuring that these reporting requirements have been met.
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