Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 112 - KANSAS RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION
Article 10 - ANIMAL HEALTH
Section 112-10-3 - Practicing veterinarians

Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 112-10-3

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024

(a)

(1) Each practicing veterinarian at a racetrack facility shall possess a current unrestricted license to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Kansas and shall secure an occupation license in accordance with the racing act and commission regulations. One condition of possessing an occupation license shall be the practicing veterinarian's compliance with the regulations of the Kansas board of veterinary medical examiners.

(2) Before an occupation license is issued, each practicing veterinarian shall meet with the animal health officer to verify that the practicing veterinarian has reviewed these racing regulations and is informed about existing medication practice. Each practicing veterinarian, the animal health officer, and each assistant animal health officer shall be the only individuals who may administer veterinary treatment, medicine, or medication to any horse at the racetrack facility or to any horse registered to race at the racetrack facility. Recognized feed supplements, oral tonics, and substances approved by the animal health officer shall not be subject to this regulation.

(b) Each practicing veterinarian at a racetrack facility who treats a horse for any contagious or communicable disease shall report the fact immediately in writing to the animal health officer or assistant animal health officers on a form approved by the animal health officer.

(c) Each practicing veterinarian who treats a horse at a racetrack facility shall record the treatment in a log that has been approved by the animal health officer. Each practicing veterinarian shall deliver the log by 10:00 a.m. of the day after the treatment to the assistant animal health officers' office at the racetrack facility. Each log shall be the practicing veterinarian's commission report.

(d) Each practicing veterinarian at a racetrack facility also shall maintain a treatment record on each horse that the practicing veterinarian treats during a race meeting. The records shall be compiled in a form similar to the treatment record ordinarily maintained by the practicing veterinarian in private practice. Each practicing veterinarian shall promptly surrender the treatment records to the commission upon its request. Information to be recorded in the treatment record shall include the following:

(1) Name and location of the horse treated;

(2) name of the trainer;

(3) nature of the condition treated or probable diagnosis;

(4) nature of the treatment and medication administered; and

(5) date and hour of treatment.

(e) No veterinarian shall deliver to another individual at a racetrack facility a syringe or injectable medication except upon written authorization of the animal health officer or assistant animal health officer.

(f) No practicing veterinarian who treats a horse at a racetrack facility shall wager on the outcome of any race in which the treated horse starts.

(g) Each drug and medication at a racetrack facility shall be in a container bearing a veterinarian's prescription or in the original container bearing the manufacturer's label with the serial or lot number. Each practicing veterinarian shall use only disposable syringes and needles to medicate horses. No veterinarian shall leave unattended a drug or medication or any equipment for administering the drug or medication. All equipment for administering the drug or medication shall be destroyed before it is discarded. All drugs, medication, and equipment shall be disposed of in a manner that is environmentally safe.

(h) The use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) shall be limited to practicing veterinarians and shall be subject to the following additional restrictions:

(1) Only practicing veterinarians may possess ESWT instruments and machines at the racetrack facility.

(2) Each ESWT treatment shall be recorded by the practicing veterinarian on a treatment log form approved by the animal health officer and in the format described in subsections (c) and (d) above.

(3) No horse receiving ESWT shall be allowed to race unless both of the following conditions are met:
(A) At least 10 calendar days have passed since the horse last received ESWT.

(B) The animal health officer or assistant animal health officer has examined the horse and approves it to race.

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