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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".37" citation="COMAR 09.10.02.37" title_num="09" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="02" heading="Trainers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Licensing.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An individual wishing to apply for a license as a trainer shall make application under the individual's legal name.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Requirements for Licensing. To be licensed as a trainer, an individual shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be 18 years old or older;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be financially responsible; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provide proof of ability to act as a trainer.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A licensed trainer shall maintain financial responsibility while licensed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A trainer shall be responsible at all times for the condition of a horse under the trainer's care.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Repealed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A trainer may not harbor or employ an individual on the grounds of a racing association that is under the jurisdiction of the Commission if the individual is not licensed by the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>A trainer shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Attend a horse under the trainer's care when the horse is in the paddock;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be present to supervise the horse's harnessing, unless the trainer has obtained the permission of a judge to assign the responsibility for harnessing the horse to another licensed trainer; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Remain the absolute insurer of a horse the trainer has entered.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The presiding judge may permit a trainer to act, after an application has been filed, pending action on the trainer's application.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A horse under the care of a trainer whose license is suspended or revoked is ineligible to participate in a race, unless permission has been given by the authority which issued the suspension or revocation to transfer the horse to the care of a trainer in good standing.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>A licensed trainer may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Take or keep in the trainer's charge a horse owned, wholly or in part, or controlled by a person unlicensed as an owner; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Serve as the trainer of record for a horse not under the trainer's active care and supervision.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>An individual who is responsible for the training of a horse but who is not licensed as a trainer or, if so licensed, is not listed as the trainer of the horse on the entry form may be sanctioned by the Commission.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>