Minnesota Administrative Rules

7892.0100 DETENTION BARN.

Subpart 1.

Barn.

Each association shall provide a detention barn suitable for taking test samples. The barn shall include:

A.

an office area which can be locked, and which has a floor area of not less than 100 square feet;

B.

three wash racks not less than ten feet by 12 feet;

C.

not fewer than six stalls ten feet by ten feet each, with dutch doors and observation holes;

D.

a refrigerator of not less than ten cubic feet;

E.

a freezer not less than 16 cubic feet;

F.

hot and cold running water;

G.

a walking ring;

H.

other equipment considered necessary by the commission for the bathing and watering of horses; and

I.

except in the situation of a county fair meet in which the average daily handle for the preceding year was less than $150,000, items B and C shall be reduced to two wash areas and three stalls.

Subp. 2.

Security.

Each association shall furnish not less than one security officer to guard the detention barn during racing hours and until the last specimen is secured for the day.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 240.23; 240.24

History:

9 SR 2527; 12 SR 2393; 18 SR 886

Published Electronically:

May 22, 2000