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Indiana Code Title 4. State Offices and Administration § 4-31-12-10

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 10. (a) The commission veterinarian may order a post-mortem examination of:

(1) each horse that:

(A) suffers a breakdown on the racetrack, in training, or in competition;  and

(B) is destroyed;  and

(2) each horse that expires under suspicious or unusual circumstances while stabled on a racetrack under the jurisdiction of the commission;

to determine the injury or sickness that resulted in euthanasia or natural death.

(b) A post-mortem examination under this section shall be conducted by a veterinarian approved by the commission, at a time and place acceptable to the commission veterinarian.

(c) Biological samples specified by the commission veterinarian for testing shall be obtained from the carcass upon which the post-mortem examination is conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved by the commission for testing for foreign substances and natural substances at abnormal levels.  However, blood, urine, and similar biological samples shall be procured for testing before euthanasia when practical.

(d) The commission shall pay all costs involved in a post-mortem examination ordered by the commission or the commission veterinarian.

(e) A written record shall be filed with the commission veterinarian at the completion of each post-mortem examination.  The record must contain all information normally contained in a post-mortem report, as well as any other information specifically requested by the commission veterinarian.

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