(a) The use of intra-articular joint injections shall be governed by the following conditions:
- (1) No prescription drug may be administered except as prescribed by an attending veterinarian; and
(2)
- (A) A treated horse shall be established as ineligible to race for a period of fourteen (14) days following an intra-articular injection.
- (B) For the purpose of counting number of days a horse is ineligible to run following an intra-articular injection, the date of the injection is the first day.
- (C) The horse is eligible to race on the fifteenth day.
(b)
- (1) Trainers or their designee shall maintain complete records of all corticosteroid and intra-articular injections for all horses in his or her control.
(2) Complete records of corticosteroid and intra-articular injections include:
- (A) The date of injection;
- (B) The name of the veterinarian performing the injection;
- (C) The articular space or spaces or structure or structures injected;
- (D) The medication or biologicals used to inject each articular space; and
- (E) The dose in milligrams of each injection used.
- (c) The information outlined in subsection (b) of this section must be submitted to the official veterinarian within forty-eight (48) hours following an intra-articular injection.