Safety helmet required
Compiled text through Jul 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Latest notice
- SGC-01-19-00017-A · Adopted rule · May 15, 2019
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Every person working in the gate crew or mounted on horseback on the grounds of a racetrack shall wear a properly fastened safety helmet. The gate crew means the starter and assistant starter and any person who handles a horse for the starter or assistant starter at the starting gate.
(b)Each safety helmet shall provide a minimum level of shock absorbing protection to the head as evidenced by a label indicating compliance with one or more of the following product standards or with a standard that in the judgment of the executive director of the commission or his or her designee is comparable or superior:
(1)American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM F1163-04a or F1163-15, Standard Specification for Protective Headgear Used in Horse Sports and Horseback Riding;
(2)European Norm, EN 1384:1996, Helmets for Equestrian Activities;
(3)British Standards Institute Product Approval Specification, PAS 015:2011, Specification for Helmets for Equestrian Activities;
(4)Interim European Standard, VG1 01.040: 2014-12 (with or without BSI Kitemark), Equestrian helmets;
(5)Australian Standards/New Zealand Standards, AS/NZS 3838:2006, Helmets for horse riding and horse-related activities;
(6)Australian Racing Board Helmet Safety Standard, ARB HS 2012;
(7)Snell Memorial Foundation (Snell) Equestrian Helmet Standard E2001 or E2016; or
(8)L'Union Technique de l'Automobile du Motocycle et du Cycle (UTAC) or CRITT Sport Loisirs (CRITT) 04/2015 standards.
(c)A safety helmet shall not be altered from its original manufactured design nor shall the product marking be removed or defaced.