Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 038 - Wyoming Gaming Commission
Sub-Agency 0001 - Pari-Mutuel
Chapter 6 - PERMITTEE
Section 6-3 - Facilities and Equipment

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 6-3

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) A Permittee shall ensure that the public areas of the Permittee grounds are designed and maintained for the comfort and safety of the patrons and licensees and are accessible to all persons with disabilities as required by state and federal law.

(b) A Permittee shall provide and maintain adequate restroom facilities for the patrons and licensees.

(c) A Permittee shall make available an adequate supply of drinking water.

(d) A Permittee shall maintain all facilities on the Permittee grounds to ensure the safety and cleanliness of the facilities at all times.

(e) During a race performance, the Permittee shall provide:

(i) A first aid room or other approved area appropriately equipped; and

(ii) The services of at least one Emergency Medical Technician or other medical professional approved by the Commission.

(f) A Permittee shall provide a properly equipped transport ambulance staffed with at least one person during training hours and two persons during racing hours. If the ambulance is being used to transport an individual, the Permittee may not conduct a race, or allow horses with riders on the racetrack, until the ambulance is replaced.

(g) A Permittee shall provide mandatory orientation of racing emergency procedures for all emergency response personnel employed by or assigned as a result of a contract to the Permittee grounds.

(h) Unless otherwise approved by the Stewards, an ambulance shall follow the field at a safe distance during the running of the races.

(i) Unless otherwise approved by the Stewards the ambulance must be parked at an entrance to the racing strip except when the ambulance is being used to transport an individual or when it is following the field during the running of a race.

(j) A Permittee shall adopt, have posted, and implement a protocol for education, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of concussion of jockeys which shall be approved by the Commission.

(i) Each jockey shall acknowledge in writing that they have been made aware of the concussion protocols in place for the facility at which they are riding, it is the responsibility to the Permittee to collect and log that information;

(ii) A minimum assessment shall include the most current Sport Concussion Assessment Tool Examination, when necessary, and be performed by a medical professional authorized in Wyoming to perform such evaluation;

(iii) A return-to-ride guideline shall be established in order to clear a jockey who has been concussed, or believed to have been concussed, once the jockey is declared fit-to-ride by a medical professional authorized to do so; and

(iv) The Stewards shall be notified when a jockey is not permitted to ride and when a jockey has been authorized to return to riding.

(k) A Permittee shall provide adequate office space for the use of the Stewards and other Commission personnel as required by the Commission. The location and size of the office space, furnishings and equipment required under this section must be approved by the Commission.

(l) A Permittee shall promptly post Commission and Steward notices in places that can be easily viewed by patrons and licensees.

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