01-001 C.M.R. ch. 226, § 1 - DEFINITIONS

1. Approved Laboratory means a laboratory designated by the Commissioner for the analysis of drug concentration in blood, urine, saliva or other fluids. This includes the State Health & Environmental Testing Laboratory and other State and private laboratories that may be designated by the Commissioner.

2. Authorized Agent of the Commissioner (or "Agent") means a State Veterinarian, or a licensed, practicing veterinarian contracted to work for the Department or for a licensed pulling venue, who is accompanied by a Department employee.

3. Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

4. Department means the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

5. Driver means the person(s) that controls/drives the animal(s) that is pulling in a licensed pulling event, also referred to as Teamster.

6. Event means a licensed public pulling competition..

7. Positive Test means any specimen collected for drug analysis by an Agent from an animal who has been entered into a pulling event, which is tested by an approved laboratory and found to contain a prohibited substance regardless of the concentration of substance present.

8. Pulling Permit means a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry as described in 7 M.R.S. §97.

9. Specimen means blood, urine, saliva or any other body fluid taken from an animal that has been entered in a pulling event.

10. Prohibited substance means:

A. Any substance, including, but not limited to, a narcotic, stimulant, depressant, tranquilizer, local anesthetic, analgesic, drug or drug metabolite, medication of any type or biological substance, at a level greater than the level found in the normal, untreated animal; or

B. Any substance, regardless of how harmless or innocuous, that might interfere with the detection or quantitation of a narcotic, stimulant, depressant tranquilizer, local anesthetic, analgesic, drug or drug metabolite, medication of any type or biological substance, at a level greater than the level found in the normal untreated animal.

11. Drug means:

A. Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and

B. Articles (other than foods) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; and

C. Articles intended for use as a component of any Articles specified in paragraphs 11(A) and (B); but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories.

The term "drug" does not include water, in liquid or frozen state, or heat.

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01-001 C.M.R. ch. 226, § 1