General licensing provisions

1. No person may act as an owner, a trainer, driver, veterinarian, veterinarian assistant, authorized agent, stable employee, farrier or plater, parade marshal, or such other racing trade or calling as the commission may designate unless the person is the holder of an existing license issued by the commission. 2. In dealing with an application for license, the personal character and ability of the applicant must be considered by the commission, but in no case may a person be licensed who is currently under suspension by any turf authority. 3. The commission by directive, may require that any persons employed or engaged in the conduct of a race meeting who are designated by the commission must be registered with the association conducting the race meeting in lieu of being licensed by the commission, and those persons so registered must be deemed to be licensed by the commission and subject to the rules of the commission covering such licensed persons. 4. No person who is the holder of an existing license issued by the commission may have in the person's employ, or offer to employ at the racetrack, a person who is required to be licensed but is not the holder of an existing license issued by the commission. 5. An employer is required to submit to the commission and keep current, an employee roster with the name of each employee and the employee's license number and shall promptly inform the commission of the name and license number of any employee leaving the employer's employ, and of any new employee. 6. The license fee payable by an association must be the sum for each day upon which racing is to be conducted by the association that the commission may from time to time prescribe. 7. Licensees other than an association shall pay the fees that the commission may from time to time fix by directive. 8. The commission may grant a duplicate license on receipt of satisfactory proof of loss of an original license and on payment of a fee determined by the commission from time to time. 9. A license becomes invalid if the licensee ceases to be employed or to act in the capacity named in the license and that license must be surrendered to and retained by the commission. 10. No applicant may be granted a license until the applicant has been identified and photographed by the commission staff, unless that requirement is waived by the commission. 11. A licensed trainer may apply for a license on behalf of any owner that the trainer represents by signing the application for the owner's license and permission to race may be granted for fourteen calendar days.