(1) A finding by the commission approved laboratory of a prohibited drug, chemical or other substance in a test specimen of a horse is prima facie evidence that the prohibited drug, chemical or other substance was administered to the horse and, in the case of a post-race test, was present in the horse's body while it was participating in a race. Prohibited substances include:
(a) Drugs or medications for which no acceptable threshold concentration has been established;
(b) Therapeutic medications in excess of established threshold concentrations;
(c) Substances present in the horse in excess of concentrations at which such substances could occur naturally; and
(d) Substances foreign to a horse at concentrations that cause interference with testing procedures.
(2) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a person may not administer or cause to be administered to a horse by any means, a prohibited drug, medication, chemical or other substance, including any restricted medication pursuant to this chapter during the twenty-four hour period before post time for the race in which the horse is entered.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
67.16.020 and
67.16.040. WSR 06-09-009, § 260-70-620, filed 4/10/06, effective 5/11/06; WSR 05-07-067, § 260-70-620, filed 3/11/05, effective 4/11/05. Statutory Authority: RCW
67.16.040. WSR 96-10-001, § 260-70-620, filed 4/17/96, effective 5/18/96.]