Can I collect race information from participants in North Dakota? What are the requirements?

Yes, you can collect race information from participants in North Dakota. The requirements for collecting race information from participants in North Dakota are as follows:

Requirements for Collecting Race Information in North Dakota

1. Licensing Requirements: Any site operator, service provider, or totalizator company must be licensed by the commission and approved by the attorney general. Totalizator companies contracting for service within the state and their employees whose principal work address is within the state must be licensed by the commission. Other vendors and their employees may be required to be licensed at the discretion of the commission ^[1.2].
2. Number of Races per Performance: Unless otherwise permitted by the commission, no association may offer more than twelve races per performance on any one day ^[1.3].
3. Alcohol and Drug Testing: No licensee or employee of any entity associated with the conduct of racing, while on the grounds of a licensed premises or racetrack may have a blood alcohol concentration of five one-hundredths of one percent by weight, nor may such persons be in any manner impaired by or under the influence of alcoholic beverages. The stewards or a designated racing commission representative may direct any jockey or gate crew staff to submit to pre-race alcohol testing. If the results show a reading of five one-hundredths of one percent alcohol content or more by weight, such licensee or employee may not be permitted to continue such licensee’s or employee’s duties for that day. Acting with reasonable cause, the stewards or a designated racing commission representative may direct any such licensee or employee to submit to a breathalyzer or intoxolizer test or of a test of such person’s blood. Such licensee or employee shall, when so directed, submit to such examination. If the results thereof show a reading of five one-hundredths of one percent alcohol content or more by weight, such licensee or employee may not be permitted to continue such licensee’s or employee’s duties for that day. No licensee or employee of any entity associated with the conduct of racing while on the grounds of a licensed or franchised racetrack shall have present within the licensee’s or employee’s system any controlled substance as defined in North Dakota Century Code chapter 19-03.1 or any prescription legend drug unless such prescription legend drug was obtained directly or pursuant to valid prescription or order from a duly licensed physician who is acting in the course of such physician’s professional practice. Acting with reasonable cause, the stewards or a designated commission representative may direct any such licensee or employee to deliver a specimen of urine in the presence of the track physician or subject the licensee or employee to the taking of a blood sample or other body fluids by a medically trained professional. In such cases, the stewards or the designated commission representative may prohibit such licensee or employee from participating in the day’s racing or until such time as such licensee or employee evidences a negative test result ^[1.5].

Therefore, to collect race information from participants in North Dakota, you must comply with the above requirements.

Source(s):

• [1.2] General licensing requirements.
• [1.3] Number of races per performance.
• [1.5] Alcohol and drug testing.

Jurisdiction

North Dakota

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