New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission
Chapter I - Division of Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering
Subchapter A - Thoroughbred Racing
Article 1 - Rules of Racing
Part 4043 - Drugs Prohibited and Other Prohibitions
Section 4043.1 - Definitions

(a) Administer means to cause the introduction of a substance into the body of a horse.

(b) Drug means any substance or metabolite of such substance that does not exist naturally in the untreated horse and that can have a pharmacological effect on a horse.

(c) Laboratory means the official racing chemical detection laboratory designated by the commission.

(d) Out-of-competition positive test means a finding by the laboratory that any of the prohibited substances described in section 4043.12 of this Part was present in the sample.

(e) Post-race positive test means a finding by the laboratory that a drug or other substance the use of which is restricted by this Part was present in the sample and was administered at a time or in a manner prohibited by this Part.

(f) Practicing veterinarian means a veterinarian who treats any race horse.

(g) Pre-race positive test means a finding by the laboratory that a drug could be present in the sample.

(h) Sample means any bodily substance, including but not limited to blood or urine taken from a horse at the direction of the commission or commission's officials for the purposes of analysis. A sample is a pre-race sample when such sample is taken before a race pursuant to the rules governing the pre-race testing program. A sample is a post-race sample when such sample is taken after a horse races pursuant to the rules governing the post-race testing program.

(i) Start of a racing program means the scheduled post-time of the first race of a program containing a race in which the horse is to compete.