WSR 22-09-006
PERMANENT RULES
HORSE RACING COMMISSION
[Filed April 8, 2022, 11:42 a.m., effective May 9, 2022]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To create a new section to prohibit a horse from racing or working to be removed from the official veterinarians list within seven days of receiving an interarticular injection.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 260-70-625 Interarticular injections—Restrictions.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
67.16.020.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-05-072 on February 15, 2022.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 8, 2022.
Douglas L. Moore
Executive Secretary
OTS-2656.4
NEW SECTION
WAC 260-70-625Intra articular injections—Restrictions.
(1) Horses which receive an intra articular joint injection are ineligible to race or work off the official veterinarians list for a period of seven days following an intra articular joint injection. The detection of two or more corticoid steroids in a post race sample will be considered stacking and carry a Class C penalty.
(2) For purposes of counting, the date of the injection is counted as the first day. The horse is eligible to race on the eighth day.