USDA Overview of Manadatory Penalties
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
At 4:00 p.m. EDT, Dr. Chester Gipson and Dr. Rachel Cezar conducted a stakeholders’ conference call to outline the finalization of mandatory penalties which will be published in the Federal Register on Thursday, June 7, 2012, and become effective on Monday, July 9, 2012.
During the brief period for questions which followed the announcements, Dr. Cezar read the following protocol of mandatory penalties:
Bilateral sore: must be dismissed from remainder of show.
First offense: 1 year. Second offense: 2 years. Third offense: 3 years
Unilateral sore: must be dismissed from remainder of show.
First offense: 60 days. Second offense: 120 days. Third offense: 1 year
Scar rule: must be dismissed from remainder of show.
First offense: 2 weeks. Second offense: 60 days. Third offense: 1 year
Foreign substance violation: must be dismissed from remainder of show, 2 weeks suspension
Equipment violation: must be dismissed from remainder of show, 2 weeks suspension
Suspension violation: 6 months
All HIOs must have an appeal process in place that occurs within 60 days, reporting the results of said process to USDA within 30 days after ruling.
In response to a question from Marshall Kemp, Dr. Cezar said that the penalty follows the manager, trainer, owner, rider, custodian or transporter as applicable, not the horse and not show management.
The penalty protocol will be posted on the USDA APHIS website this evening and can be read at www.walkinghorsereport.com as soon as it is available.
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