Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 178 - Racing Commission
Chapter 7890 - HORSE MEDICATION
Part 7890.0130 - FINDINGS OF CHEMIST
Universal Citation: MN Rules 7890.0130
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1. Prima facie evidence.
A. A finding by a chemist of any positive
test or overage in the test sample of a horse taken after a race, an official
timed workout, or an out-of-competition test shall be considered prima facie
evidence that the medication or metabolite, androgenic anabolic steroid,
substance foreign to the natural horse, or endogenous, dietary, or
environmental substance, NSAID, clenbuterol, venom, blood doping agent, or
furosemide was administered to the horse.
B. A finding by a chemist of a level of
TCO2 greater than 37 millimoles per liter of blood in
the test sample of a horse shall be considered prima facie evidence that an
alkalinizing agent was administered to the horse prior to the race or official
timed workout after which the test sample was taken.
Subp. 2. Distributed purse money. The fact that purse money has been distributed prior to the issuance of the chemist's report shall not be deemed a finding that no medication or metabolites, androgenic anabolic steroids, substance foreign to the natural horse, or endogenous, dietary, or environmental substances, clenbuterol, NSAIDs or furosemide exceeding allowable levels was administered to the horse earning such purse money in violation of this chapter.
Statutory Authority: MS s 240.13; 240.15; 240.19; 240.23; 240.24
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