Cal. Code Regs. tit. 4 § 1560

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 23, June 7, 2024
Section 1560 - Duties of the Official Veterinarian

The official veterinarian shall be responsible to the stewards for the conduct of horses and their attendants in the receiving and detention barn. They shall have authority and jurisdiction to supervise the Racing Veterinarian and practicing licensed veterinarians and shall enforce the Board's rules and regulations relating to veterinary practices. The official veterinarian shall recommend discipline for the licensed veterinarians who fail to comply with the rules and regulations and accepted veterinary practices. They shall report to the Board the names of all horses humanely destroyed or which otherwise expire at the meeting and the reasons therefor. They shall maintain a list of all infirm horses on the grounds. No official veterinarian, during their term of appointment, shall directly treat or prescribe for any horse registered to race at any recognized meeting except in emergency, the details of which shall be immediately reported to the stewards.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 1560

1. Amendment of section and new NOTE filed 12-21-2020; operative 4-1-2021 (Register 2020, No. 52).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 19440, 19460 and 19562, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 19440, 19460 and 19562, Business and Professions Code.

1. Amendment of section and new Note filed 12-21-2020; operative 4/1/2021 (Register 2020, No. 52).