N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4120.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 16, April 17, 2024

Section 4120.1 - 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) 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.

(e) Practicing veterinarian means a veterinarian who treats any race horse.

(f) Pre-race positive test means a finding by the laboratory that a drug could be present in the sample.

(g) Out-of-competition test means a finding by the laboratory that any of the prohibited substances described in section 4120.17 of this Part was 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 the commission's officials for the purposes of anaylsis. 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 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 § 4120.1