- (a) Each racing horse that dies or suffers a breakdown while training or racing at a racetrack facility and is destroyed shall undergo a postmortem examination. Each postmortem examination shall be sufficiently comprehensive to identify the injury or medical condition causing the death and shall be conducted at a time and place approved by the assistant animal health officer.
- (b) The assistant animal health officer may require any other horse that dies at a racetrack facility to undergo a postmortem examination.
- (c) Each postmortem examination shall be conducted by a licensed veterinarian approved by the animal health officer.
- (d) The assistant animal health officer may attend the postmortem examination.
- (e) The assistant animal health officer may secure test samples, including tissue and other specimens during the postmortem examination, and, if secured, shall send them to the official test laboratory or a diagnostic laboratory for testing and consultation. When practical, the assistant animal health officer shall secure the test samples for the detection of prohibited substances before the horse is destroyed.
- (f) Each owner shall pay the expenses of the practicing veterinarian approved by the animal health officer to conduct the postmortem examination.
- (g) Each practicing veterinarian shall file a report detailing each postmortem examination on a form approved by the animal health officer with the assistant animal health officer within 72 hours of the horse's death. Each owner of a horse upon which a postmortem examination is conducted shall receive a copy of the report upon request.
- (h) Each owner and trainer shall comply with each provision for postmortem examination contained in these racing regulations as a condition of the owner's and trainer's occupation license.
(Authorized by K.S.A. 74-8804; implementing K.S.A. 74-8806 and 74-8825; effective, T-112-3-31-89, March 31, 1989; effective June 26, 1989; amended, T-112-8-13-92, Aug. 13, 1992; amended, T-112-12-10-92, Dec. 10, 1992; amended Feb. 15, 1993; amended Jan. 18, 2008.)