Requirements of greyhound association

(a) Purses. Each association conducting a racing meet shall keep a separate bank account to be known as the "kennel account" with sufficient funds at all times to cover all monies due greyhound owners for purses, stakes, rewards and deposits. Withdrawals from this account shall at all times be subject to audit by the division. (b) Track size. A license for a meet will be granted by the board only for a racing facility affording a course of a quarter mile or more in circumference. (c) Illumination for evening racing. In the event evening racing is held, an association shall have lighting equipment which must be approved by the division. (d) Identification system. Each association shall keep and maintain during its meeting a card index system or computerized system of identification of each greyhound racing for the association, and all cards or computerized system shall be legible and thoroughly identifiable for each individual greyhound. The cards or computerized system shall show the name of the kennel, the color, sex, tattoo identifications located in each ear, and characteristic markings, scars and other identification features of the greyhound. The cards shall be completed and filled out by the paddock judge. Cards and records maintained by the paddock judge shall not be given to any trainer, greyhound owner or kennel owner when a greyhound is removed but shall be placed in an inactive file for a minimum period of six (6) months. The provisions of this subsection shall not preclude the use of a microchip system of identification. (e) Greyhound identification, examination. A system of greyhound identification and physical examination shall be instituted and diligently maintained by associations and all greyhounds shall be identifiable by means of tattoo or microchip. (f) Restriction on movement of greyhounds. An association may voluntarily prohibit the flow of all greyhounds in and out of a facility. The division reserves the right, at any given time, to restrict the flow of greyhounds in or out of a facility for good cause. (g) Notification of financial assistance. If an association provides any financial assistance to a person operating or establishing a kennel, the association shall report the nature of the assistance given and all details of the agreement. Assistance includes, but is not limited to, any supplement to purse(s).