Definitions
Compiled text through Jul 15, 2022
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- Executive Department
- Text status
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- Compiled text through
- Jul 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Jun 6, 2026
The terms and words used in this Part shall mean:
(a)Administer means to cause the introduction of a substance into the body of a horse.
(b)Drug means any substance or metabolite of such substance that does not exist naturally in the untreated horse and that can have a pharmacological effect on a horse.
(c)Laboratory means the official racing chemical detection laboratory designated by the commission.
(d)Out-of-competition positive test means a finding by the laboratory that any of the prohibited substances described in section 4043.12 of this Part was present in the sample.
(e)Post-race positive test means a finding by the laboratory that a drug or other substance the use of which is restricted by this Part was present in the sample and was administered at a time or in a manner prohibited by this Part.
(f)Practicing veterinarian means a veterinarian who treats any race horse.
(g)Pre-race positive test means a finding by the laboratory that a drug could be present in the sample.
(h)Sample means any bodily substance, including but not limited to blood or urine taken from a horse at the direction of the commission or commission’s officials for the purposes of analysis. A sample is a pre-race sample when such sample is taken before a race pursuant to the rules governing the pre-race testing program. A sample is a post-race sample when such sample is taken after a horse races pursuant to the rules governing the post-race testing program.
(i)Start of a racing program means the scheduled post-time of the first race of a program containing a race in which the horse is to compete.