                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED ACTS, ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS, ETC.; PENALTY (§ 59.1-400)

Any person who, with the intent to defraud, acts to alter the outcome of a race
by (i) the administration of any substance foreign to the natural horse, except
those substances specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia
Racing Commission, or (ii) the use of any device, electrical or otherwise,
except those specifically permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing
Commission, shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
		Any person who, with the intent to defraud, influences or conspires with
another to alter the outcome of a race by (i) the administration of any
substance foreign to the natural horse, except those substances specifically
permitted by the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission, or (ii) the use
of any device, electrical or otherwise, except those specifically permitted by
the regulations of the Virginia Racing Commission, shall be guilty of a Class 4
felony.
		Any person who (i) administers any substance foreign to the natural horse,
except those substances specifically permitted by the regulations of the
Virginia Racing Commission, when the horse is entered to start, or (ii) at any
time, exposes any substance foreign to the natural horse with the intent of
impeding or increasing the speed, endurance, health, or condition of a horse,
shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 855; 1990, c. 366.