Section 001-226-1 - DEFINITIONS1.Approved Laboratory means a laboratory designated by the Commissioner for the analysis of drug concentration in blood, urine, saliva or other fluids. This includes the State Health & Environmental Testing Laboratory and other State and private laboratories that may be designated by the Commissioner.2.Authorized Agent of the Commissioner (or "Agent") means a State Veterinarian, or a licensed, practicing veterinarian contracted to work for the Department or for a licensed pulling venue, who is accompanied by a Department employee.3.Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.4.Department means the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.5.Driver means the person(s) that controls/drives the animal(s) that is pulling in a licensed pulling event, also referred to as Teamster.6.Event means a licensed public pulling competition..7.Positive Test means any specimen collected for drug analysis by an Agent from an animal who has been entered into a pulling event, which is tested by an approved laboratory and found to contain a prohibited substance regardless of the concentration of substance present.8.Pulling Permit means a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry as described in 7 M.R.S. §97.9.Specimen means blood, urine, saliva or any other body fluid taken from an animal that has been entered in a pulling event.10.Prohibited substance means:A. Any substance, including, but not limited to, a narcotic, stimulant, depressant, tranquilizer, local anesthetic, analgesic, drug or drug metabolite, medication of any type or biological substance, at a level greater than the level found in the normal, untreated animal; or B. Any substance, regardless of how harmless or innocuous, that might interfere with the detection or quantitation of a narcotic, stimulant, depressant tranquilizer, local anesthetic, analgesic, drug or drug metabolite, medication of any type or biological substance, at a level greater than the level found in the normal untreated animal.11.Drug means:A. Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and B. Articles (other than foods) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; andC. Articles intended for use as a component of any Articles specified in paragraphs 11(A) and (B); but does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories. The term "drug" does not include water, in liquid or frozen state, or heat.
01-001 C.M.R. ch. 226, § 1