Title BPC — California Bus. & Prof. Code

As a condition of the issuance of the license, the board shall require that the licensee of such meeting shall conduct such charity day racing and shall furnish its plant, facilities and all personnel and property necessary for the conduct of racing on the charity days.

All racing officials required by law or regulation to serve in connection with the meeting shall also serve, without further authority or designation, in their respective capacities and at the same rate of compensation in connection with the charity day racing.

On such charity days the income from all operations carried on in connection with or resulting from the conduct of racing on such days, including income from parimutuel wagering, admissions, parking, program sales and concessions shall be income from operations on such charity da…

Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the distributing agent for charity distributions shall be a nonprofit organization or corporation, or nonprofit organizations or corporations, selected by the licensee of the meeting and approved by the board. (a) Each distributing ag…

Each licensee shall pay over such charity days’ net proceeds to such distributing agent as soon as practicable after the determination thereof, and such agent or agents shall hereafter distribute not less than 90 percent of the aggregate proceeds from charity days’ racing receive…

(a) The distribution shall be made by the distributing agent to beneficiaries qualified under this article. For purposes of this article, a beneficiary shall be all of the following: (1) A nonprofit corporation or organization entitled by law to receive a distribution made by a d…

The board shall designate a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to research and development of improved safety standards for horse racing as a beneficiary qualified to receive a distribution pursuant to this article.

Within the 12-month period specified in Section 19555, and prior to the payment of any charity days’ net proceeds to any beneficiary, the distributing agent shall submit the name of the beneficiary to the board for the board’s approval. If the board does not disapprove of the ben…

It is unprofessional conduct for a person licensed under this article to require, either directly or through an office policy, or knowingly permit the delivery of dental hygiene care that discourages necessary treatment, or permits clearly excessive, incompetent, unnecessary, or …

No person shall, without complying with this chapter, hold or conduct, or assist, aid, or abet in holding or conducting, any meeting in this State where there is horse racing with wagering on its results.

The board may prescribe rules, regulations, and conditions, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, under which all horse races with wagering on their results shall be conducted in this State.

The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the United States Trotting Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of harness racing.

The board may adopt any rules and regulations of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the regulation of quarter horse racing.

Subject to the provisions of this article, the board shall by rule provide for the registration of all California-bred horses.

The official Stud Book and Registry of the American Quarter Horse Association shall be recognized as the sole official registry for quarter horses. The board shall, however, by rule provide for the registration of California-bred quarter horses to enable compliance with this chap…

The Stud Book of the Appaloosa Horse Club as approved by the Appaloosa Horse Club shall be recognized as the sole official registry for Appaloosa horses. The Stud Book of the Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc. shall be recognized as the sole official registry for Arabian hor…

The registry for registered California standardbred stallions shall be maintained by the California Horse Racing Board or its designee and shall be recognized as the sole official registry for stallions whose offspring are eligible to compete in the California Standardbred Sires …

(a) Since the purpose of this chapter is to encourage agriculture and the breeding of horses in this state, a sum equal to 10 percent of the first money of every purse won by a California-bred horse at a horse race meeting shall be paid by the licensee conducting the meeting to t…

(a) Every licensee conducting a horse racing meeting shall, each racing day, provide for the running of at least one race limited to California-bred horses and California-sired horses, to be known as the “California-bred race.” If, however, sufficient competition cannot be had am…

In order to encourage and develop the racing of quarter horses, whenever a fair conducts a program of horse races on which there is parimutuel wagering, it shall, so far as practicable, provide a program of quarter horse racing on the same days that it provides a program of other…

(a) A person whose license has been revoked or suspended, who has been placed on probation, or whose license was surrendered pursuant to a stipulated settlement as a condition to avoid a disciplinary administrative hearing, may petition the dental hygiene board for reinstatement …

The board may, by rule, provide for the exclusion or ejection from any inclosure where horse races are authorized, or from specified portions of that inclosure, of any known bookmaker, known tout, person who has been convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter or of…

Any person who, pursuant to a rule of the board, is excluded or ejected from any inclosure where horse racing is authorized may apply to the board for a hearing on the question of whether the rule is applicable to him. The board shall hold the hearing either at its next regular m…

Any person who is excluded or ejected from an inclosure pursuant to a rule or rules promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Section 19572 is guilty of a misdemeanor if he thereafter enters the inclosure of any association during its horse race meeting without having first obtai…

(a) No person may furnish an audio or video recording of any quarter horse race occurring in this state to any other person either within or outside of the state for any commercial purpose, including the use of the recording in any type of video game, without first securing the c…

(a) (1) Any blood or urine test sample required by the board to be taken from a horse that is entered in any race shall be divided or taken in duplicate, if there is sufficient sample available after the initial test sample has been taken. The initial test sample shall be referre…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the board contract with the Regents of the University of California to provide equine drug testing. It is further the intent of the Legislature that to the extent that resources are available, the California Animal Health and Food Safe…

If the equine drug testing is not conducted by the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at the University of California, Davis, the board shall contract with the best qualified equine drug testing laboratory at a compensation rate that the board determines is f…

At the discretion of track stewards, horses that ship in on racing days may be subject to video surveillance for purposes of monitoring compliance with this chapter.

A person, company, or association is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand five hundred dol…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, with regard to an individual who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code, or the equivalent in another state or territory, under military law, or under federal law, all of the following shall apply: (1…

(a) The board shall adopt regulations to establish policies, guidelines, and penalties relating to equine medication in order to preserve and enhance the integrity of horse racing in the state. Those policies, guidelines, and penalties shall include, at a minimum, the provisions …

No substance of any kind shall be administered by any means to a horse after it has been entered to race in a horse race, unless the board has, by regulation, specifically authorized the use of the substance and the quantity and composition thereof. The board may require that the…

(a) (1) Violations of Section 19581, as determined by the board, are punishable as set forth in regulations adopted by the board. (2) The board may classify violations of Section 19581 based upon each class of prohibited drug substances, prior violations within the previous three…

The board may adopt regulations that prohibit the entry in a race of a horse that tests positive for a drug substance in violation of Section 19581. Upon a finding of a prohibited drug substance in an official test sample, a horse may be summarily disqualified from the race in co…

Every veterinarian who treats a horse within the inclosure shall, in writing, on a form prescribed by the board, report to the official veterinarian in a manner prescribed by him or her, the name of the horse treated, the name of the trainer of the horse, the time of treatment, a…

A racing association shall provide a location within the inclosure where a horse can be observed jogging in a circle in both directions by the official veterinarian or the equine medical director’s designee, if needed, as part of the prerace examination process.

(a) Horses that are unsound or lame are subject to immediate placement on the Veterinarian’s List with criteria for removal that may include diagnostic imaging, examination of blood, and counsel with attending veterinarians. (b) A horse placed on the Veterinarian’s List for being…

In addition to any criteria set forth by a racing association, a thoroughbred or quarter horse that is four years of age or older that has not competed in a race or has previously raced but has not raced in the preceding 365 days shall not be allowed to race, unless the horse has…

(a) All horses at a licensed thoroughbred, fair, or quarter horse race meet shall be subject to veterinary monitoring during morning training. A licensed trainer and their staff shall be required to cooperate fully with all requests made by board-licensed veterinarians and outrid…

The board shall establish and maintain a whistleblower program through which an owner, trainer, jockey, or stable-area employee may call designated persons under strict confidentiality to report questionable activity or concerns relating to the health and safety of humans or hors…

A person who holds a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended license as a registered dental hygienist, registered dental hygienist in alternative practice, or registered dental hygienist in extended functions under this article may append the letters “R.D.H.,” “R.D.H.A.P.,” or “R.D.H.E…

The board shall adopt rules governing, permitting, and regulating parimutuel wagering on horse races under the system known as the parimutuel method of wagering. Parimutuel wagering shall be conducted only by a person or persons licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse raci…

Any licensee conducting a horse racing meeting shall provide a place or places within the meeting grounds or inclosure where the licensee may conduct, operate, and supervise the parimutuel method of wagering in accordance with this chapter.

The parimutuel system of wagering shall be operated only by a totalizator or other equipment approved by the board. The board shall not require any particular make of equipment. The communications system, technology, and method used to accept wagers and transmit odds, results, an…

In order to facilitate the intrastate transmission of racing programs, the board shall adopt regulations that provide for the compatibility of parimutuel totalizator systems within the state, including uniform procedures for the placing and cashing of parimutuel wagers.

No method of betting, pool making, or wagering other than by the parimutuel method shall be permitted or used by any person licensed under this chapter to conduct a horse racing meeting.

Any person within the inclosure where a horse racing meeting is authorized may wager on the result of a horse race held at that meeting by contributing his money to the parimutuel pool operated by the licensee under this chapter. Such wagering is not unlawful, any other law of th…

Any form of wagering or betting on the result of a horse race other than that permitted by this chapter is illegal.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may do any of the following: (1) Authorize a licensed harness racing association that is conducting a live racing meeting in this state to accept wagers on the full card of races conducted by another racing association on …