Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION
Article 10 - ANIMAL HEALTH
Section 112-10-12 - Postmortem examination

(a) Each racing horse that dies or suffers a breakdown while training or racing at a racetrack facility and is destroyed shall undergo a postmortem examination. Each postmortem examination shall be sufficiently comprehensive to identify the injury or medical condition causing the death and shall be conducted at a time and place approved by the assistant animal health officer.

(b) The assistant animal health officer may require any other horse that dies at a racetrack facility to undergo a postmortem examination.

(c) Each postmortem examination shall be conducted by a licensed veterinarian approved by the animal health officer.

(d) The assistant animal health officer may attend the postmortem examination.

(e) The assistant animal health officer may secure test samples, including tissue and other specimens during the postmortem examination, and, if secured, shall send them to the official test laboratory or a diagnostic laboratory for testing and consultation. When practical, the assistant animal health officer shall secure the test samples for the detection of prohibited substances before the horse is destroyed.

(f) Each owner shall pay the expenses of the practicing veterinarian approved by the animal health officer to conduct the postmortem examination.

(g) Each practicing veterinarian shall file a report detailing each postmortem examination on a form approved by the animal health officer with the assistant animal health officer within 72 hours of the horse's death. Each owner of a horse upon which a postmortem examination is conducted shall receive a copy of the report upon request.

(h) Each owner and trainer shall comply with each provision for postmortem examination contained in these racing regulations as a condition of the owner's and trainer's occupation license.