PERMANENT RULES
Purpose: To amend WAC 260-36-030 to allow under specific circumstances individuals to be licensed both as veterinarians and trainers.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-36-030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-11-071 on May 18, 2004.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The changes from the proposed language [to] the adopted language include the following: (1) Changed the reference to "commission veterinarian" to "official veterinarian." (2) Removed subsection (4) regarding horses trained by licensed veterinarian/trainer to be tested at any time. This provision is already in WAC 260-70-590.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 8, 2004.
July 12, 2004
R. M. Leichner
Executive Secretary
OTS-7381.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 91-24-085, filed 12/4/91,
effective 1/4/92)
WAC 260-36-030
Veterinarians((,)) and platers((, and
dentists)) -- License required(( -- Ineligible as trainers)).
The
license fee for veterinarians((,)) and platers ((and
dentists)) shall be for one year and shall be (($15.00. They)) fifteen dollars. Veterinarians and platers must be
approved by the commission before practicing their professions
on the grounds of an association. ((The veterinarians and
dentists shall not be eligible to hold a license to train
horses while holding said occupational license.))
Veterinarians licensed by the commission may apply for a
trainer's license subject to the following conditions:
(1) The individual licensed by the commission as a veterinarian and trainer may treat, using veterinary methods, only those horses for which he/she is the trainer of record.
(2) The individual licensed by the commission as a veterinarian and trainer shall not practice veterinary medicine on any horse other than for which he/she is the trainer of record.
(3) During an emergency on the grounds of the racing association the individual licensed by the commission as a veterinarian and trainer may respond and assist at the scene of the emergency. Any veterinary treatment provided at the scene shall be reported in writing to the official veterinarian. The report shall include at a minimum the names of horses treated and treatment rendered.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.040. 91-24-085, § 260-36-030, filed 12/4/91, effective 1/4/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040. 89-13-007 (Order 89-03), § 260-36-030, filed 6/9/89; 86-09-072 (Order 86-02), § 260-36-030, filed 4/21/86; 82-14-012 (Order 82-05), § 260-36-030, filed 6/25/82; Rules of racing, § 350, filed 4/21/61.]