205 CMR 3.25 - Official Veterinarian
General Authority. The official veterinarian shall:
(a) be employed by
the Commission;
(b) be a graduate
veterinarian and be licensed to practice in this jurisdiction;
(c) recommend to the judges any horse deemed
unsafe to be raced, or a horse that it would be inhumane to allow to
race;
(d) place horses on the
Veterinarian's List, when necessary, and remove horses from the Veterinarian's
List;
(e) place horses on the
Furosemide List and remove horses from the Furosemide List;
(f) maintain a continuing health and racing
soundness record of each horse given a racing soundness inspection;
(g) have the authority to supervise and
control the Test Barn;
(h)
supervise the taking of all specimens for testing according to procedures
approved by the Commission;
(i)
provide proper safeguards in the handling of all laboratory specimens to
prevent tampering, confusion or contamination;
(j) have authority and jurisdiction over the
racing veterinarian and the practicing licensed veterinarians on the
association grounds for the purpose of
205 CMR
3.00;
(k)
report to the Commission the names of all horses humanely destroyed or which
otherwise expire at the race meeting and the reasons therefore;
(l) maintain all required records of
postmortem necropsy examinations performed on horses which have died on
association grounds;
(m) refrain
from directly treating or prescribing for any horse scheduled to participate
during the official veterinarian's term of appointment at any recognized race
meeting except in cases of emergency, accident or injury;
(n) refuse employment or payment, directly or
indirectly, from any owner or trainer of a horse racing or intending to race in
this jurisdiction while employed as the official veterinarian for the
Commission;
(o) review and make
recommendations regarding Commission license applications of practicing
veterinarians;
(p) cooperate with
practicing veterinarians and other regulatory agencies regarding medication
issues and to take measures to control communicable and/or reportable equine
diseases;
(q) periodically review
all horse papers under the jurisdiction of the Commission to ensure that all
required test and health certificates are current and properly filed in
accordance with
205 CMR
3.24(2)(c);
(r) be authorized to humanely destroy any
horse deemed to be so seriously injured that it is in the best interests of the
horse to so act; and
(s) provide
the judges with a written statement regarding the nature and seriousness of all
laboratory reports of prohibited substances in equine samples.
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