205 CMR 4.48 - Official Veterinarian
(1)
General. The official veterinarian shall:
(a) be employed by the Commission;
(b) be a graduate veterinarian and be
licensed to practice in this jurisdiction;
(c) be qualified to objectively and
competently provide the regulatory duties described in 205 CMR 4.48;
(d) refuse employment or payment, directly or
indirectly, from any horse owner or trainer of a horse racing or intending to
race in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts while employed as the official
veterinarian for the commission;
(e) refrain from directly treating or
prescribing for any horse under his or her jurisdiction except in cases of
emergency, accident or injury;
(f)
have no employment history or business relationship prior to employment as the
official veterinarian that could constitute a conflict of interest or impede in
the performance of official duties.
(2)
Responsibilities. The official veterinarian shall:
(a) recommend to the stewards any horse
deemed unsafe to be raced, or a horse that it would be inhumane to allow to
race;
(b) inspect any horse when
there is a question as to the physical condition of such horse independent of
the horse's entry status;
(c)
recommend to the stewards the scratching of any horse that is, in the opinion
of the official veterinarian, injured, ill, or otherwise unable to compete due
to a medical or health-related condition;
(d) provide emergency medical care to horses
injured racing and effect case transfer to the practicing
veterinarian;
(e) 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
(f) report to the Commission the names of all
horses humanely destroyed or which otherwise expire at the meeting and the
reasons therefore;
(g) maintain all
required records of postmortem examinations performed on horses which have died
within the jurisdiction of the Commission;
(h) maintain the Veterinarian's List of
horses ineligible to race;
(i)
supervise and control the Test Barn;
(j) supervise the taking of all specimens for
testing according to procedures approved by the Commission;
(k) provide proper safeguards in the handling
of all laboratory specimens to prevent tampering, confusion, or contamination
and assure sample integrity;
(l)
provide the stewards with a written statement regarding the nature and
seriousness of all laboratory reports of prohibited substances in equine
samples.
(m) have jurisdiction over
the practicing licensed veterinarians within the enclosure for the purpose of
these rules;
(n) review and consult
with the applicants and the stewards/Commission regarding Commission license
applications of practicing veterinarians, veterinary technicians or assistants,
vendors of medical supplies and equipment, non-veterinarian health care
providers (massage therapists, nutritionists, physical therapists,
etc.);
(o)
cooperate with practicing veterinarians and other regulatory agencies to take
measures to control communicable and/or reportable equine diseases;
(p) maintain the Furosemide list of horses
permitted to receive raceday furosemide; and
(q) review Medication Report Forms submitted
by practicing veterinarians pursuant to
205 CMR
4.50(3).
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