Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Administration [Gaming]
Chapter Game 14 - Medication
Section Game 14.12 - Referee samples
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) A referee sample shall be provided when sufficient volume is available for additional confirmation testing and retention of a portion of the sample as required by sub. (3) at the request of the owner, trainer or other person charged with a violation of these rules. The referee sample may not be tested by the division laboratory.
(2) If the owner, trainer or other person charged with a violation of these rules desires to send the referee sample to another laboratory for testing, the division shall bear the cost of preparing the samples for shipment, but the cost of such shipment and of such testing at another laboratory shall be borne by the person requesting the additional tests.
(3) Whenever a referee sample is provided, a portion of that test sample shall be preserved by the division laboratory in case further testing is requested. If the division laboratory determines there is insufficient sample to conduct the requested confirmation testing and retain a portion by the division laboratory for additional testing, a referee sample shall not be provided.
(4) The laboratory conducting the testing of the referee sample shall provide the results of the testing to the division.
(5) For a laboratory to be eligible to conduct testing of a referee sample, one member of the laboratory personnel shall be a registered member of the Association of Official Racing Chemists.
