Restrictions on shock or pulse wave therapy
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.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
The use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy, radial pulse wave therapy or similar treatments shall not be permitted unless the following conditions are met:
(a)The use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy, radial pulse wave therapy or similar treatments within the State:
(1)is limited to veterinarians licensed to practice by the commission; and
(2)may only be performed with machines that are:
(i)registered with and approved for use by the commission; and
(ii)used at a pre-disclosed location that is approved by the commission.
(b)Any extracorporeal shock wave therapy, radial pulse wave therapy or similar machine, whether in operating condition or not, must be registered with and approved by the commission before such machine is brought to or possessed on the grounds of a licensed race track.
(c)Trainers shall report all extracorporeal shock wave therapy, radial pulse wave therapy or similar treatments that are administered to horses trained by them, in a form and manner approved by the commission, no later than the day after the treatment. The trainer may delegate this responsibility to the treating veterinarian, who shall make these reports when so designated. A horse that is so treated shall be added to a list of ineligible horses. Such list shall be kept in the race office and be made accessible to jockeys and their agents during normal business hours. The commission may share information from such list with other racing jurisdictions.
(d)A horse that receives any such treatment is not permitted to race or breeze for a minimum of 10 days following treatment.
(e)A horse that receives any such treatment without full compliance with this section and any similar rules in any other jurisdiction in which the horse was treated shall be placed on the stewards’ list.
(f)Any person who violates this section may be subjected to a fine, exclusion from all New York racetracks, and the suspension or revocation of any occupational license held by such person.