New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII, Issue 24 / December 28, 2021

This is an amendment to 16.47.1 NMAC Sections 10 and 12, effective 12/28/2021.

Explanatory paragraph: This is a short-form amendment to 16.47.1 NMAC, Sections 10 and 12, effective December 28, 2021. For Section 10 of 16.47.1 NMAC, Paragraph (1) thru (4) of Subsection A and Subsections B thru F were not published as there were no changes. For Section 12 of 16.47.1 NMAC, Subsections A thru C and Subsections E thru G were not published as there were no changes.

16.47.1.10 TRAINERS:

A. Eligibility:

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[(5) Beginning no later than June 1, 2016, in order to maintain a current license, trainers must complete at least four hours per calendar year of continuing education courses approved by the association of racing commissioners international, incorporated or the New Mexico racing commission.]

[(6)] (5) Failure to start a minimum of one horse [very] every six months while holding a [trainers’] trainer’s license will subject licensee to retest or interview before the board of stewards.

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[16.47.1.10 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 47.1.10, 3/15/2001; A, 11/15/2001; A, 3/30/2007; A, 8/30/2007; A, 6/30/2009; A, 9/15/2009; A, 7/5/2010; A, 5/16/2014; A, 9/15/2014; A, 3/15/2016; A, 6/1/2016; A, 12/16/16; A, 3/14/2018; A, 2/25/2020; A,12/28/2021]

16.47.1.12 JOCKEYS:

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D. Jockeys responsibility:

(1) A jockey shall not have a valet-attendant except one provided and compensated by the association.

(2) No person other than the licensed contract employer, or a licensed jockey agent, may make riding engagements for a rider, except that a jockey not represented by a jockey agent may make his own riding engagements.

(3) A jockey shall have no more than one jockey agent.

(4) No revocation of a jockey agent's authority is effective until the jockey notifies the stewards in writing of the revocation of the jockey agent's authority.

(5) A jockey who has a medical condition which makes it necessary to possess or use a prescribed, prohibited, or controlled substance pursuant to Paragraph (3) of Subsection B of 15.2.6.8 NMAC, that jockey shall provide to the stewards a letter signed by a licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner certifying that the consumption of the prohibited, prescribed, or controlled substances will not adversely affect the divided attention, psychophysical abilities of a jockey, to include but not limited to reaction time and the jockey’s ability to accurately judge time and distance. The letter must certify that the prohibited, prescribed, or controlled substance will not affect a jockey’s ability to carry out their responsibilities properly and safely while in the performance of their duties which includes being in actual physical control of a large equine animal while in close physical competition on a racetrack surface and will not jeopardize the health, safety and welfare of the other individuals participating.

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[16.47.1.12 NMAC - Rp, 16 NMAC 47.1.12, 3/15/2001; A, 8/31/2004; A, 10/31/2006; A, 6/15/2009; A, 12/14/2012; A, 12/16/2016; A, 9/26/2018; A, 12/28/2021]