Minnesota Administrative Rules

7897.0110 USE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

Subpart 1.

Drugs.

The commission, the commission's investigative staff, or the stewards may, at any time, require any licensee having direct physical contact with horses or direct responsibility for some portion of the day's racing program, or whose racing duties place him or her in a position of danger, or who commits an act that endangers a horse or human, or exhibits suspected impaired behavior, to provide one of the following for analysis: blood, breath, saliva, or urine samples. The type or types of sample to be provided shall be determined by the investigator, the board of stewards, or both, after consideration of the circumstances involved and the alleged substance involved. A second specimen may be required for confirmation or quantification. This specimen must be analyzed at an independent laboratory selected by the commission. Failure to comply with this requirement shall be a serious violation under part 7897.0130.

Should any licensee other than a racing official, jockey, apprentice jockey, assistant starter, or driver be found to have levels of any nonprescription, prohibited, or illegal drug, or prescription medication at a concentration associated with the dose greater than that which has been prescribed, or an alcohol concentration greater than 0.04 percent, the licensee shall be subject to disciplinary action by the stewards and the commission. For purposes of this part, "alcohol concentration" means:

A.

the number of grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood; or

B.

the number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath; or

C.

the number of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine.

Should a licensee who is a racing official, jockey, apprentice jockey, assistant starter, or driver be found to have any level of any nonprescription, prohibited, or illegal drug, or alcohol, or prescription medication at a concentration associated with the dose greater than that which has been prescribed by a medical professional for that individual, on the day of competition, the licensee must not be allowed to participate in the competition and shall be subject to disciplinary action by the stewards and the commission.

Subp. 2.

[Repealed, 15 SR 2307]

Statutory Authority:

MS s 240.03; 240.08; 240.16; 240.23; 240.24

History:

9 SR 2527; 11 SR 2201; 15 SR 2307; 19 SR 2307; 22 SR 1785; 28 SR 1482; 42 SR 1258; 49 SR 1123

Published Electronically:

April 16, 2025