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2016 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 11 - HORSES, MULES, BURROS, SHEEP, AND SWINE
CHAPTER 8 - Drugging of Horses
Section 24009.

CA Food & Agri Code § 24009 (2016) What's This?

24009. Whether a horse is in competition or not, refusal to submit a horse in an event for examination, or refusal to cooperate with the licensed veterinarian, or his or her technicians and agents, shall constitute a violation of, and subject the responsible person to, the same penalties that are applicable to prohibited substances or NSAIDs under Section 24007. A suitable sample shall be collected from a horse selected for testing by a drug testing agent of the department unless the agent releases the horse from testing.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 116, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2014.)

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