Sec. 403. Administrative sanctions
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The Board shall— review existing Model Rules of the Association of Racing Commissioners International applicable to a specific breed, imposing administrative sanctions against covered persons or covered horses for safety, performance, and medication control rule violations; and subject to subsection (b), issue and update rules relating to administrative sanctions referred to in paragraph (1). The rules established under subsection
(a)shall— take into account the unique aspects of horseracing; be designed to ensure fair and transparent horseraces; and deter safety, performance, and scientific medication control rule violations. The administrative sanctions under subsection
(a)may include— lifetime bans from horseracing, disgorgement of purses, monetary fines and penalties, and changes to the order of finish in covered races; and with respect to scientific medication control rule violators, an opportunity to reduce the applicable administrative sanctions that is comparable to the opportunity provided by the Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing of the United States Medication Agency.