California Business and Professions Code

§ 19583.9

BPC § 19583.9 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 8 · Ch. 4 · Art. 8.5

Statute text

(a)All horses at a licensed thoroughbred, fair, or quarter horse race meet shall be subject to veterinary monitoring during morning training. A licensed trainer and their staff shall be required to cooperate fully with all requests made by board-licensed veterinarians and outriders. All examining veterinarians at a race meet conducting live racing shall be under the direct supervision of the official veterinarian or the equine medical director.

(b)A trainer shall not administer, directly or indirectly, or otherwise permit to be administered, any medication to a horse under the trainer’s care that is racing or training at a board-approved racetrack, unless the medication is prescribed for that specific horse and administered strictly in accordance with board regulations.

(c)A trainer shall not apply to a horse’s feet on racing day any type of topical medication designed to alleviate pain, soreness, or tenderness of a horse’s feet.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 251, Sec. 5. (AB 1974) Effective January 1, 2021.