(a) The association shall provide the services of an ambulance and its properly qualified attendants at all times during the running of races at its meeting, or during the hours the association acts under an agreement as an auxiliary training and stabling facility for a host association.
(b) The association shall also provide the services of a horse ambulance at all times during the running of races at its meeting or during the hours the association permits the use of its race course for training purposes.
(c) A means of communication shall be provided by the association between a place of observation of the race course and the place where the required ambulances and their attendants are posted for prompt response in the event of accident to any person or horse.
(d) If the training facility is not subject to the provisions of subsection (a) it shall either meet the requirements of (a) or, in the alternative, submit for approval by the Executive Director or a designated representative, a written plan specifying emergency procedures for accidents at the facility, which shall include but not be limited to:
(1) A list, which includes response times, of at least two emergency medical services to be used by the facility, and at least two alternative emergency medical services to be used in the event the primary service is not available. The list may utilize a combination of ambulance services, fire departments or police services.
(2) The names of one or more facility employees with access to emergency first aid equipment and the location and nature of such equipment.
(3) The names of one or more facility employees who are trained in basic first aid and who hold a current CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
(4) The type and location of communication equipment, such as telephone or hand held radios, to be provided as a means for facility staff to contact emergency medical services.
(5) The locations on the facility where emergency medical service information is posted for public access. Such information shall include but not be limited to emergency telephone numbers of ambulance, fire and police services.
(e) The Executive Director or a designated representative shall, within 30 calendar days from the date the plan is received at Board headquarters, approve or disapprove, stating the reasons for disapproval, in writing the emergency plan submitted by the facility.
(1) An emergency procedure plan shall be disapproved if it fails to meet any of the requirements of subsections (d)(1) through (d)(5).
(2) Upon disapproval of an emergency procedure plan by the Executive Director or a designated representative, a revised emergency plan may be submitted to Board headquarters within 10 working days of the date the facility is notified of the disapproval.
(3) The Executive Director or a designated representative shall, within 10 working days from the date the revised plan is received at Board headquarters, disapprove or approve in writing the revised emergency plan submitted by the facility.
Credits
Note: Authority: Sections 19440 and 19460, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 19440 and 19460, Business and Professions Code.
History
1. Amendment of section filed 10-8-91; operative 10-8-91 pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 91, No. 52).
2. New subsections (e)(2) and (e)(3) filed 3-24-92; operative 4-23-92 (Register 92, No. 13).
3. Editorial correction of printing error in subsection (e)(1) (Register 92, No. 24).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (d), (e) and (e)(2)-(3) filed 6-7-94 pursuant to title 1, section 100, California Code of Regulations (Register 94, No. 23).
This database is current through 4/12/24 Register 2024, No. 15.
