Prohibited acts

In enforcing the rules issued under section 101(c), the Board shall prohibit the following: (1) Certain nontherapeutic medications and substances, including— (A) the administration to a covered horse of such a medication or substance; (B) the presence of such a medication or substance in a blood, urine, or hair sample of a covered horse; (C) the use or attempted use of such a medication or substance on a covered horse; (D) possession or attempted possession of such a medication or substance; (E) trafficking or attempted trafficking in any such medication or substance; and (F) manufacturing, producing, or formulating such a medication or substance. (2) Certain therapeutic medications and substances in quantitative amounts that exceed the irrelevant concentration present in a covered horse during a prohibited timeframe before or after the covered horse races in a covered horserace, including— (A) the administration to a covered horse of such a medication or substance; (B) the presence of such a medication or substance in a blood, urine, or hair sample of a covered horse; and (C) the use or attempted use of such a medication or substance on a covered horse; (3) Refusal or failure— (A) without compelling justification, to submit a covered horse for collection of a blood, urine, or hair sample; (B) to cooperate with the RHSO, a State racing commission, or an agent thereof during any investigation; (C) of a covered person to respond truthfully, to the best of the person’s knowledge, to a question of the RHSO, a State racing commission, or an agent thereof with respect to any matter under the jurisdiction of such entity; and (D) in the case of a racetrack, to be in compliance with track safety standards. (4) Tampering or attempted tampering with the application of the rules issued or process adopted by the RHSO under section 101(c), including— (A) the intentional interference, or an attempt to interfere, with the RHSO, a State racing commission, or an agent thereof; (B) the procurement or the provision of fraudulent information to the RHSO, a State racing commission, or an agent thereof; and (C) the intimidation of, or an attempt to intimidate, a potential witness. (5) Assisting, encouraging, aiding, abetting, conspiring, covering up, or any other type of intentional complicity involving a violation of a rule issued under section 101(c) or the violation of a period of suspension or eligibility imposed on a covered person, covered horse, or covered horserace. (6) Threatening or seeking to intimidate a person with the intent of discouraging the person from the good faith reporting to the RHSO, a State racing commission, or an agent thereof, of information that relates to— (A) an alleged violation of a rule issued by the RHSO under section 101(c); or (B) alleged noncompliance with such a rule.