N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4043.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 4043.1 - Definitions

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.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4043.1