as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to horse racing; modifying certain medication regulations; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 240.24, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 240.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commission by rule shall
allow the use of: (1) topical external applications that do not contain anesthetics or
steroids; (2) food additives; (3) Furosemide or other pulmonary hemostatic agents if the
agents are administered under the visual supervision of the veterinarian or a designee of the
veterinarian employed by the commission; deleted text begin anddeleted text end (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,
provided that the test sample does not contain more than five micrograms of the substance
or metabolites thereof per milliliter of blood plasmanew text begin ; and (5) medications and their
metabolites, provided the use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations
set by rule by the commissionnew text end . For purposes of this clause, "test sample" means any bodily
substance including blood, urine, saliva, or other substance as directed by the commission,
taken from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in such
manner as prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis.