Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) Furosemide
shall be permitted under the following conditions:
(1) The dose of Furosemide shall be
administrated intravenously.
(2)
Furosemide shall not be administrated within four hours of post time for the
race in which the horse is entered.
(3) The concentration of Furosemide in the
post-race biological sample consisting of blood or plasma shall not exceed the
listed threshold.
(b) The
following penalties shall be imposed for violations of this section:
(1) For a first offense, the Stewards shall
impose a fine on the trainer of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for violation of
this section.
(2) For a second
offense involving the same horse within a one year period, the Stewards shall
impose a fine on the trainer of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for violation of
this section unless the trainer was not notified of the first offense prior to
the second running of the horse, in which case the Stewards shall impose a fine
of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the second offense.
(3) For a third offense or additional
offenses involving the same horse within a one year period, the Stewards shall
impose a fine on the trainer of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) and
may suspend the trainer for up to one year for violation of this section unless
the trainer was not notified of the second offense prior to the third running
of the horse, in which case the Stewards shall impose a fine of Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500) and no trainer suspension for the third
offense.
(4) When trainer has a
third offense or additional offenses involving the same horse within a one year
period, the horse shall be disqualified, the owner or owners of the horse shall
not participate in any portion of the purse or stakes, and any trophy or other
award shall be returned unless the trainer was not notified of the second
offense prior to the third running of the horse.
(c) Entering a horse to race with Furosemide
and failure to have a detectable concentration of Furosemide in the biological
sample consisting of plasma or serum collected during post-race testing shall
be a substance violation.
(1) The trainer of a
horse entered to race with Furosemide without a detectable level of Furosemide
in the biological sample collected during post-race testing shall be fined Five
Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
(2) The
practicing veterinarian treating a horse entered to race with Furosemide
without a detectable level of Furosemide in the biological sample collected
during post-race testing shall also be subject to a Five Hundred ($500.00) fine
should the Stewards determine that there was negligence on the practicing
veterinarian's part.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 4731,
eff 9-28-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 3195, eff 6-27-94; Amended at 13
Ok Reg 2573, eff 6-28-96; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 3525, eff 8-31-00 through
7-14-01 (emergency)1; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1231, eff
5-27-03; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2071, eff 5-9-06 (emergency); Amended at 23 Ok
Reg 2594, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 973, eff
5-11-07
1This emergency action expired
without being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency
amendatory action, the last prior permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on
7-15-01, the text of section 325:45-1-9 reverted back to the permanent text
that became effective 6-28-96, as last published in the 1996 Edition of the
OAC, and remained as such until amended again by permanent action on
5-27-03.