Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-10-3 - Practicing veterinarians
(a)
(1) Each practicing veterinarian at a
racetrack facility shall possess a current unrestricted license to practice
veterinary medicine in the state of Kansas and shall secure an occupation
license in accordance with the racing act and commission regulations. One
condition of possessing an occupation license shall be the practicing
veterinarian's compliance with the regulations of the Kansas board of
veterinary medical examiners.
(2)
Before an occupation license is issued, each practicing veterinarian shall meet
with the animal health officer to verify that the practicing veterinarian has
reviewed these racing regulations and is informed about existing medication
practice. Each practicing veterinarian, the animal health officer, and each
assistant animal health officer shall be the only individuals who may
administer veterinary treatment, medicine, or medication to any horse at the
racetrack facility or to any horse registered to race at the racetrack
facility. Recognized feed supplements, oral tonics, and substances approved by
the animal health officer shall not be subject to this regulation.
(b) Each practicing veterinarian
at a racetrack facility who treats a horse for any contagious or communicable
disease shall report the fact immediately in writing to the animal health
officer or assistant animal health officers on a form approved by the animal
health officer.
(c) Each
practicing veterinarian who treats a horse at a racetrack facility shall record
the treatment in a log that has been approved by the animal health officer.
Each practicing veterinarian shall deliver the log by 10:00 a.m. of the day
after the treatment to the assistant animal health officers' office at the
racetrack facility. Each log shall be the practicing veterinarian's commission
report.
(d) Each practicing
veterinarian at a racetrack facility also shall maintain a treatment record on
each horse that the practicing veterinarian treats during a race meeting. The
records shall be compiled in a form similar to the treatment record ordinarily
maintained by the practicing veterinarian in private practice. Each practicing
veterinarian shall promptly surrender the treatment records to the commission
upon its request. Information to be recorded in the treatment record shall
include the following:
(1) Name and location
of the horse treated;
(2) name of
the trainer;
(3) nature of the
condition treated or probable diagnosis;
(4) nature of the treatment and medication
administered; and
(5) date and
hour of treatment.
(e)
No veterinarian shall deliver to another individual at a racetrack facility a
syringe or injectable medication except upon written authorization of the
animal health officer or assistant animal health officer.
(f) No practicing veterinarian who treats a
horse at a racetrack facility shall wager on the outcome of any race in which
the treated horse starts.
(g) Each
drug and medication at a racetrack facility shall be in a container bearing a
veterinarian's prescription or in the original container bearing the
manufacturer's label with the serial or lot number. Each practicing
veterinarian shall use only disposable syringes and needles to medicate horses.
No veterinarian shall leave unattended a drug or medication or any equipment
for administering the drug or medication. All equipment for administering the
drug or medication shall be destroyed before it is discarded. All drugs,
medication, and equipment shall be disposed of in a manner that is
environmentally safe.
(h) The use
of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) shall be limited to practicing
veterinarians and shall be subject to the following additional restrictions:
(1) Only practicing veterinarians may possess
ESWT instruments and machines at the racetrack facility.
(2) Each ESWT treatment shall be recorded by
the practicing veterinarian on a treatment log form approved by the animal
health officer and in the format described in subsections (c) and (d) above.
(3) No horse receiving ESWT shall
be allowed to race unless both of the following conditions are met:
(A) At least 10 calendar days have passed
since the horse last received ESWT.
(B) The animal health officer or assistant
animal health officer has examined the horse and approves it to race.
Notes
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