WSR 16-06-022
PROPOSED RULES
HORSE RACING COMMISSION
[Filed February 22, 2016, 8:04 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 15-24-032.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 260-70-580 Official veterinarian's list.
Hearing Location(s): Auburn City Council Chambers, 25 West Main, Auburn, WA 98002, on April 8, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: April 8, 2016.
Submit Written Comments to: Douglas L. Moore, 6326 Martin Way, Suite 209, Olympia, WA 98516-5578, e-mail dmoore@whrc.state.wa.us, fax (360) 459-6461, by April 5, 2016.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Patty Brown by April 5, 2016, TTY (360) 459-6462.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Adds language to ensure reciprocity is enforced for horses appearing on vet lists from other jurisdictions.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: This is done to protect the industry by ensuring horses that may be unsound are observed by an official veterinarian that was placed on a list in another jurisdiction prior to entry.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: [Horse racing commission], governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Douglas L. Moore, 6326 Martin Way, Suite 209, Olympia, WA 98516-5578, (360) 459-6462.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Not applicable.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. Not applicable.
February 22, 2016
Douglas L. Moore
Executive Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 15-17-068, filed 8/15/15, effective 9/15/15)
WAC 260-70-580 Official veterinarian's list.
(1) An official veterinarian will maintain a list of all horses determined by an official veterinarian to be unfit to compete in a race due to illness, physical distress, unsoundness, infirmity or other medical condition.
(2) A horse may be removed from the veterinarian's list when an official veterinarian determines the horse is capable of competing in a race.
(a) Horses placed on the veterinarian's list that are required to work prior to being removed from the list will remain on the list for a minimum of seven days. (For purposes of counting days, the first day is the day the horse is placed on the veterinarian's list.)
(b) Horses that must work to be removed from the veterinary list due to soreness, lameness, or certain injuries will be allowed to work no sooner than the eighth day after being placed on the list.
(i) Works should be scheduled with an official veterinarian twenty-four hours in advance.
(ii) The official veterinarian may require a physical exam prior to approving the work.
The WHRC will ensure reciprocity with other jurisdictions veterinarians' lists. No horse will be allowed to enter that appears on any veterinarian's list in any other jurisdiction until such time as the WHRC's official veterinarian approves the entry. In order to remove a horse from another jurisdictions list, the horse may be required to follow that jurisdictions procedures for removal from the "list."
(iii) Horses must work a minimum distance to be determined by an official veterinarian in a time comparable for the track condition that day.
(iv) A blood test will be taken by an official veterinarian following the workout and medications levels may not exceed permitted post-race levels. The horse may be allowed to enter "conditionally" prior to the report from the testing laboratory. If the sample is reported to exceed a post-race allowable threshold for an approved medication, the horse will be scratched.
(c) Horses placed on the veterinarian's list that are not required to work may not race for a minimum of thirteen days from the date placed on the list. (For purposes of counting days, the first day is the day the horse is placed on the veterinarian's list.)