2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 60 - Business Licenses
Section 1A Horse Racing Act
Section 60-1A-14 Testing specimens. (Repealed effective July 1, 2018.)

A. The commission shall adopt rules applying to the handling and testing of blood serum plasma, urine or other appropriate test samples identified by the commission to be taken from racehorses.

B. Each specimen taken from a racehorse shall be divided into two or more equal samples, and:

C. After a positive test result on the sample tested by the commission or its designated laboratory and upon a written request from the president, executive director or manager of the New Mexico horsemen's association on forms designated by the commission, the scientific laboratory division shall transmit the corresponding second sample to the New Mexico horsemen's association.

D. The scientific laboratory division shall keep all samples in a controlled environment for a period of at least three months.

E. The commission shall contract with an independent laboratory to maintain a quality assurance program. The laboratory shall meet or exceed the current national laboratory standards for the testing of drugs or other foreign substances in a horse, as established by the association of racing commissioners international, incorporated, or of a successor organization or, if none, of another nationally recognized organization that has published substantially similar guidelines that are generally accepted in the horse racing industry.