SF 1727

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/26/2012 08:59am

A bill for an act
relating to horse racing; medication; providing for certain regulatory threshold
concentrations to be set by the commission; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
section 240.24, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Exception.

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; (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drugs, provided that the test sample does not contain more than deleted text begin five micrograms of the
substance or metabolites thereof per milliliter of blood plasma deleted text end new text begin the regulatory threshold
concentrations set by rule by the commission new text end ; and (5) medications and their metabolites,
provided their use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations set by rule
by the commission. 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.

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