Section 12-574-F35 - Trainers(a)Absolute insurer - trainer. The trainer shall be responsible for and shall be the absolute insurer of the condition of greyhounds under their care regardless of the acts of third parties. The trainers and assistant trainers are presumed to know sections 12-574-F1 to 12-574-F65, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and shall also submit to an examination for qualification as determined by the division.(b)Condition of kennel. The trainer as the sole insurer of greyhounds under his care is responsible for the conditions of the kennel where said greyhounds are housed. This responsibility includes, but is not limited to: (1) The kennel is to be kept clean and free of clutter on the interior and exterior of the building, including turn out areas;(2) Exterior doors are to be locked and secured unless personnel are present in the kennel;(3) Crates are to be kept clean with adequate bedding. Any worn or damaged areas are to be repaired;(4) Medicine cabinets and exterior refrigerators are to be locked;(5) Windows are to be screened where applicable;(6) All containers are to be clearly labeled, whether prescription or non-prescription;(7) No injectable devices or substances of an illegal nature shall be present;(8) No unauthorized personnel shall be present;(9) Turnout pens shall be clean and inspected by the trainer or their representative immediately before each turnout;(10) Truck and trailer crates are to be inspected by the trainer or their representative immediately before racing greyhounds are loaded to be transported to any location;(11) Greyhound trainers shall furnish the racing secretary and the duly authorized representative of the division a list of all persons employed by the kennel prior to the racing meet, and notification of any deletions or additions will be made within twenty-four (24) hours after the personnel change occurs;(12) Any trainer or owner employing unlicensed kennel help shall be subject to a fine, license suspension or license revocation; and(13) The trainer must file a notice of removal for all greyhounds transported from their racing kennel as required by the division.(c)Notification of abuse. Any licensed trainer, assistant trainer or kennel helper shall report to the division and racing secretary any action by an individual that endangers the health and welfare of a greyhound. This shall include, but not be limited to, a kennel owner's failure to properly supply the kennel with adequate supplies for the kennel's daily operation.(d)Veterinarian reporting. Trainers may not request the euthanasia of a greyhound under their care at the facility unless the greyhound has sustained a track injury and it is necessary to relieve the greyhound's pain and suffering, as determined by a licensed veterinarian. Veterinarians shall report to the division the euthanasia within 72 hours.(e)Absence of trainer. (1) When a trainer is to be absent from a kennel and the facility where a kennel owner's greyhounds are racing, the kennel owner shall notify the division of the licensed trainer or licensed assistant trainer who will assume complete responsibility for the greyhounds.(2) The trainer shall not be relieved of the responsibility provided for in subsection (a) of this section until the division has approved the licensed trainer, licensed assistant trainer or licensed authorized agent designated by the kennel owner to assume complete responsibility for the greyhounds the kennel owner is racing and the so designated person named by the kennel owner has indicated in writing to the judges and division that he will assume full responsibility as trainer under sections 12-574-F21 to F49, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.(f)Corrupt practice. No trainer, assistant trainer, racetrack employee or other person shall accept directly or indirectly, any bribe, gift or gratuity in any form which is intended to or which might influence the results of any race.(g)Greyhounds to report on time. Every trainer who does not have his greyhound at the weighing-in room by the time designated by the racing judges may have his greyhound scratched. Said trainer shall also be subject to a fine.(h)Greyhounds condition - report. (1) Trainers shall report to the racing secretary, who shall immediately notify the racing judges, of greyhounds under their care that are off racing form or in poor physical condition. Greyhounds so reported shall not be eligible to enter or to start until approved by the association veterinarian(s) and schooled to the satisfaction of the racing judges.(2) Bitches in season shall be reported to the racing judges and the association veterinarian. Kennel owners and trainers failing to report this condition promptly shall be fined or suspended.(3) Kennel owners and trainers shall retire greyhounds off form or in poor condition. Failure to do so may result in the suspension of said greyhounds for a period to be decided by the racing judges.(4) Greyhounds that have been retired for conditioning or worming shall be brought back to racing weight before being entered.(5) It shall be the responsibility of the trainer to insure that any greyhound on the grounds of a facility or any greyhound that is registered as being on the grounds of a facility which expires shall be reported to the division veterinarian within seventy-two (72) hours on forms provided by the division.(6) Disposal of the remains of any greyhound shall be by a method approved by the division veterinarian.(i)Masking identification marks. No medicine, antiseptic, fluid or any matter containing any color that would mask identification marks shall be used on any part of a greyhound.(j)Unwarranted complaints. Trainers who make unwarranted complaints may be liable for a fine, license suspension or license revocation.(k)Abide by laws, regulations. Trainers and their employees shall abide by sections 12-574-F1 to 12-574-F65, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and the laws of the state of Connecticut and shall accept, subject to their right of petition to the division, the decisions of the racing judges and the board of administrative judges on any questions to which their authority extends.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 12-574-F35
Adopted effective October 3, 2001