1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to horse racing; modifying certain medication regulations;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 240.24, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 240.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commission by rule shall 
1.7 	allow the use of: (1) topical external applications that do not contain anesthetics or 
1.8 	steroids; (2) food additives; (3) Furosemide or other pulmonary hemostatic agents if the 
1.9 	agents are administered under the visual supervision of the veterinarian or a designee of the 
1.10 	veterinarian employed by the commission; and (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, 
1.11 	provided that the test sample does not contain more than five micrograms of the substance 
1.12 	or metabolites thereof per milliliter of blood plasma; and (5) medications and their 
1.13 	metabolites, provided their use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations 
1.14 	set by rule by the commission. For purposes of this clause, "test sample" means any bodily 
1.15 	substance including blood, urine, saliva, or other substance as directed by the commission, 
1.16 	taken from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in such 
1.17 	manner as prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis.