The Secretary of Agriculture, under Agriculture Article, Title 2, Subtitles 1 and 7, Annotated Code of Maryland, adopts the following regulations to insure the humane treatment of horses and the safety of horse riders.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§2-707, 2-711, and 2-712, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: April 4, 1973

Regulations .01 ,.02, .06, .08, .10, .11, .12, and .15 amended effective April 7, 1978 (5:7 Md. R. 522)

(The Board was transferred from the Department of Licensing and Regulation to the Department of Agriculture by Ch. 618 of the Acts of 1980. The transfer was effective on July 1, 1980.)

Regulations .01—.17 repealed effective March 19, 1990 (17:5 Md. R. 638)

Regulations .01—.08 adopted effective March 19, 1990 (17:5 Md. R. 638)

Regulation .02B amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 476)

Regulation .04 amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 476)

Regulation .04F amended effective February 28, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 278)

Regulation .05 amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 476)

Regulation .06 amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 476)

Regulation .07B amended effective January 2, 1994 (20:26 Md. R. 2028)

Regulation .07c amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 476)

Regulation .08A amended effective April 1, 2013 (40:6 Md. R. 476)