New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 7 / April 8, 2025
This is an amendment to 15.2.2 NMAC Section 8, effective 04/08/2025.
Explanatory paragraph: This is a short-form
amendment to 15.2.2 NMAC, Section 8, effective April 8, 2025. For Section 8 of 15.2.2 NMAC, Subsections A -
D were not published as there were no changes and Subsections F - X were not
published as there were no changes.
15.2.2.8 ASSOCIATIONS:
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E. Facilities and equipment: facilities for patrons and
licensees:
(1) An association
shall ensure that the public areas of the association grounds are designed and
maintained for the comfort and safety of the patrons and licensees
and are accessible to all persons with disabilities as required by federal law.
(2) An association shall provide and
maintain adequate restroom facilities for the patrons and licensees.
(3) An association shall provide an
adequate supply of free drinking water.
(4) An association shall maintain all
facilities on association grounds to ensure the safety and
cleanliness of the facilities at all times.
(5) During a race performance, the
association shall provide a first aid room equipped with at least two beds and
other appropriate equipment; the services of at least one physician, nurse
practitioner or certified emergency medical technician.
(6) An
association shall provide two properly equipped ambulances, ready for immediate
duty and equipped for transport at any time the racetrack is open [for
racing or training hours] during live racing. Each ambulance shall be staffed with one
certified paramedic or an intermediate emergency medical technician, nurse
practitioner or physician assistant. The
other staff will be certified EMTs. If
the ambulance is being used to transport an individual, the association may not
conduct a race until a properly equipped and staffed ambulance is in place, or
a physician is on duty.
(7) An association shall provide one
properly equipped ambulance ready for immediate duty and equipped for transport
at any time the racetrack is open for training hours. The ambulance shall be staffed with one
certified paramedic or an intermediate emergency medical technician, nurse
practitioner or physician assistant. The
other staff will be certified EMTs. If
the ambulance is being used to transport an individual, the association may not
conduct training until a properly equipped and staffed ambulance is in place,
or a physician is on duty.
(8) Unless otherwise approved by the
commission or the stewards, an ambulance shall follow the field at a safe
distance during the running of races.
[(8)] (9) The
ambulance must be parked at an entrance to the racing strip except when the
ambulance is being used to transport an individual or when it is following the
field during the running of a race.
[(9)] (10) An
association shall provide adequate office space for the use of the stewards and
other commission personnel as required by the commission. The location and size of the office space,
furnishings and equipment required under this section must be approved by the
commission. An association shall provide
the board of stewards, state investigator and official veterinarian access to
the RTO Incompass system as prescribed by the
racing office as well as e-mail notification for all entry clerk overrides for
horses on stewards’, veterinarian’s, paddock judge’s, bleeders’ and starter’s
lists.
[(10)] (11) An association shall promptly post commission notices in places that
can be easily viewed by patrons and licensees.
[(11)] (12) An association shall ensure that all concessions provide prompt and
efficient service to the public at all race meets or
simulcast performances. The associations
shall specifically ensure that concessions have adequate staff and inventory to
provide prompt and efficient service to the public.
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[15.2.2.8 NMAC - Rp, 15 NMAC 2.2.8, 3/15/2001; A, 8/30/2001; A, 11/14/2002;
A, 8/30/2007; A, 1/1/2013; A, 6/1/2016; A, 12/16/2016; A, 9/26/2018; A,
4/20/2021; A, 5/24/2022; A, 4/9/2024; A, 4/8/2025]