16 Tex. Admin. Code § 319.1 - Purpose and Definitions
(a)
The purpose of this chapter is to protect the integrity of horse and greyhound
racing, to ensure the health of race animals, and to safeguard the interests of
the public and the participants in racing through the prohibition and control
of all prohibited drugs, chemicals, and other substances.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, "prohibited
drugs, chemicals, or other substances" means:
(1) any stimulants, depressants,
tranquilizers, local anesthetics, drugs, other drug metabolites which could
affect the health or performance of a race animal, however minimal, except as
expressly permitted by this chapter;
(2) a drug permitted by this chapter in
excess of the maximum or other restrictions in this chapter;
(3) a substance present in the race animal in
excess of a concentration at which such a substance could occur naturally;
and
(4) a drug or substance,
regardless of how harmless or innocuous it might be, which interferes with the
detection of stimulants, depressants, tranquilizers, local anesthetics, drugs,
or drug metabolites which could affect the health or performance of a race
animal, however minimal, or quantitation of drugs permitted by this
chapter.
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