WSR 08-01-054 PERMANENT RULES
HORSE RACING COMMISSION [ Filed December 13, 2007, 1:50 p.m. , effective January 13, 2008 ] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To amend WAC 260-20-160 to require all racing associations to have a properly equipped medical aid vehicle staffed with two emergency medical technicians during racing and to require Class A and B racing association to have a first aid room with at least two beds and other appropriate equipment.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 260-20-160.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.16.020 and 67.16.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-21-074 on October 15, 2007.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: December 13, 2007.
R. J. Lopez
Deputy Secretary
OTS-9776.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Rules of racing, filed 4/21/61)
WAC 260-20-160 ((Ambulances.)) Medical aid. ((Racing associations shall furnish and maintain both a man ambulance and a horse ambulance each day that their tracks may be opened for racing or exercising horses, equipped and ready for immediate duty.)) (1) Racing associations must provide a vehicle properly equipped and staffed with two emergency medical technicians, one hour before post time until the last race is official, each day the track is open for racing.(2) Class A or B racing associations must also provide a first-aid room equipped with at least two beds and other appropriate equipment.
[Rules of racing, § 329, filed 4/21/61.]
Document Information
- Effective Date:
- 1/13/2008
- Rules:
- 260-20-160