Section 183.74. Commission veterinarian

(a) The Commission shall designate a duly licensed veterinarian at each association track who shall be known as the Commission veterinarian. His compensation shall be fixed and paid by the Commission.

(b) The Commission veterinarian, unless otherwise directed by the Commission, shall exclusively perform the duties of his office for the Commission and shall not render his professional services to any horsemen on the grounds of the association to which he is assigned during the course of the meeting except in cases of emergency and only as long as the emergency exists. The Commission veterinarian shall:

(1) Examine such horses as the presiding judge may request him to examine and report the findings of such examination to the presiding judge.

(2) Re-examine and approve for release from the steward’s list all horses that have been placed thereon for being lame, sick or injured, before they may be declared in to race again.

(3) Observe the training and warming up of the horses stabled at a licensed race meeting and examine any horse which shall appear ill or infirm, and report thereon to the presiding judge.

(4) Observe the horses in the paddock and while warming up for the racing program and investigate into and examine such horses as appear to him, or are reported to him, to be ill or infirm. He shall report his findings to the presiding judge.

(5) Supervise the taking of blood, urine, or such other samples from the horses as may be directed by the Commission or the presiding judge and be responsible for the proper storing and delivery thereof to the laboratory designated by the Commission and the maintenance of required reports.