C-72.1, r. 5 - Rules respecting Standardbred horse races held at an amateur race track

Section 289 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

289. In addition to possibly entailing one or more of the administrative measures enumerated in section 285, a violation of section 218 or 220 entails one or more of the following administrative measures where a person has no valid prescription to use a drug referred to in section 217:

(1)  in the case of a first positive result within the last 24 months, a person referred to in section 219 may no longer perform his or her duties at a race track until the person provides, at the person’s own expense, a urine sample proving the absence of drugs and until the person is authorized by the board to resume his or her duties;

(2)  in the case of a second positive result within the last 24 months, that person may no longer perform his or her duties at a race track for as long as the person does not meet the following requirements:

(a)  the person must provide, at the person’s own expense, a urine sample proving the absence of drugs;

(b)  the person must register in a rehabilitation program accepted by the board;

(c)  the person must prove to the satisfaction of the board that the person has satisfactorily completed the rehabilitation program or that the person is going to complete it satisfactorily.

Notwithstanding subparagraph 2, the board may, following a hearing, exempt that person from registering in a rehabilitation program.

Decision 96-07-24, s. 289.