Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission
Subpart B - Licensing
Chapter 185 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS
Section 185.17 - Relationships with suspended or inactive persons prohibited

Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 185.17

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) A person shall not train a horse or practice veterinary medicine for the benefit, credit, reputation, or satisfaction of an inactive or suspended person. This prohibition shall not prevent the partners in a veterinary practice from providing services to horses so long as the inactive person does not receive a pecuniary benefit from those services.

(b) An employee or associated person of a suspended or inactive person shall not:

(1) Assume the suspended person's responsibilities at a location under the jurisdiction of the Commission;

(2) Complete an entry form for a race on behalf of or for the suspended or inactive person or an owner or customer for whom the suspended or inactive person has worked; or

(3) Pay or advance an entry fee on behalf of the suspended or inactive person or owner or customer for whom the inactive person has worked.

(c) An employee or associated person who assumes the responsibility for the care, custody or control of a horse owned (fully or partially), leased or trained by a suspended or inactive person shall not:

(1) Be paid a salary directly or indirectly by or on behalf of the inactive person;

(2) Receive a bonus or any other form of compensation in cash, property or other remuneration or consideration from the inactive person;

(3) Make a payment or give remuneration or other compensation or consideration to the suspended or inactive person; or

(4) Train or perform veterinarian work for the inactive person or an owner or customer of the inactive person at a location under the jurisdiction of the Authority.

(d) A person who is responsible for the care, training or veterinarian services provided to a horse formerly under the care, training or veterinarian services of a suspended or inactive person shall:

(1) Bill customers directly for any services rendered at or in connection with any race meeting;

(2) Maintain a checking account totally separate from and independent of that of the suspended or inactive person to be used to pay expenses of and deposit income from an owner or client of the suspended inactive person;

(3) Not use the services, directly or indirectly, of current employees of the suspended or inactive person; and

(4) Pay bills related to the care, training, and racing of the horse from a separate and independent checking account. Copies of the invoices for these expenses shall be retained for not less than 6 months after the date of the reinstatement of the license of the inactive person or the expiration of the suspension of the inactive person's license.

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