1. (a) The commission:

   1. (1) shall appoint, at its cost, a veterinarian licensed to practice in Indiana to take or supervise the taking of specimens under section 5 of this chapter;
   2. (2) shall approve a laboratory for the analysis of those specimens; and
   3. (3) may require that a specimen taken under section 5 of this chapter be analyzed.
2. (b) The cost of analyzing the primary blood or urine specimens shall be borne by the commission.
3. (c) The commission may appoint, at its cost, veterinarians or other persons to supervise all activities in the state testing barn area and to supervise the practice of veterinary medicine at all racetracks in Indiana.
4. (d) The commission shall employ or contract for assistants to aid in securing specimens at each racetrack. These assistants shall have free access, under the supervision of the commission's veterinarian, to the state testing barn area. The permit holder shall, in the manner prescribed by the rules of the commission, reimburse the commission for the salaries and other expenses of the assistants who serve at the permit holder's racetrack.

As added by P.L.341-1989(ss), SEC.2. Amended by P.L.24-1992, SEC.37; P.L.268-2017, SEC.15.