<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".36" citation="COMAR 09.10.01.36" title_num="09" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="01" heading="Racing Officials.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>For each day of live racing during a race meeting, the racing officials on duty shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Three stewards;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Three placing judges;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A clerk of the scales;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>One or more patrol judges;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A horse identifier;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A starter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A paddock judge;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A racing secretary, who may also be the handicapper;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>A timer; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>One or more Commission veterinarians.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except for the stewards and Commission veterinarians, the officials specified in §A of this regulation shall be appointed by the association holding the race meeting.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commission may require, for cause, the removal of an official appointed by an association.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A racing official may not officiate in a race if the official, or the spouse of the official, has an interest in a horse which is running in the race.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An official at a race meeting shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Act with integrity and without bias; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Receive no remuneration for the proper performance of the official's duties, other than compensation from the official's employer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>