PERMANENT RULES
Purpose: To adopt a new section, WAC 260-70-675 Bicarbonate testing, to prohibit the administration of any bicarbonate or alkalizing substance that effectively alters the serum or plasma pH or concentration of bicarbonates or total carbon dioxide in a racehorse on race day.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-14-139 on July 5, 2005.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The following changes were made from the proposed rule filed with the code reviser:
1. Split samples to be taken on all horses when bicarbonate testing is done;
2. All split samples shall be tested at laboratories designated by the commission; and
3. The cost of the split sample testing is the responsibility of the commission.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 11, 2005.
R. M. Leichner
Executive Secretary
OTS-8005.5
NEW SECTION
WAC 260-70-675
Bicarbonate testing.
No
bicarbonate-containing substance or alkalizing substance that
effectively alters the serum or plasma pH or concentration of
bicarbonates or total carbon dioxide in a horse shall be
administered to a horse within twenty-four hours of post time
of the race in which the horse is entered.
The official veterinarian, the board of stewards or the executive secretary acting on behalf of the commission may at their discretion and at any time order the collection of test samples from any horses present either in the horse's stall or within the receiving or test barn to determine the serum or plasma pH or concentration of bicarbonate, total carbon dioxide, or electrolytes.
Test samples shall not exceed 37.0 millimoles of total carbon dioxide concentration per liter of serum or plasma. A serum or plasma total carbon dioxide level exceeding this value shall constitute a violation of this rule. Penalties shall be assessed as a Class 4 violation as provided in WAC 260-84-110.
Split samples will be taken from all horses entered to run in a race when bicarbonate testing is to be done. When split samples are taken, they shall be shipped as soon as practical to the commission-approved laboratories for total carbon dioxide split sample testing. The commission shall be responsible for the cost of shipping and testing of split samples taken under this section.
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