SECTION 325:15-5-1. Occupation licenses

  In accordance with the statutory provisions of 3A O.S., §§ 204, 204.2, and 204.3, no person required to be licensed shall participate in a race meeting without their holding a valid license authorizing that participation. Licenses shall be obtained prior to the time such persons engage in their vocations upon such racetrack grounds at any time during the calendar year for which the organization license has been issued.

(1)   A person whose occupation requires acting in any capacity within any area of an enclosure shall pay the required fee and procure the appropriate license or licenses as prescribed in (A) through (N) of this paragraph. [3A:204.2(A) and 3A:204.2(B)]

(A)   Officer, Director or Partner of a Racing Organization

(B)   Horse Owner, Owner/Trainer, Horse Owner by Open Claim

(C)   Trainer, Jockey, Apprentice Jockey, Jockey Agent

(D)   Veterinarian, Blacksmith

(E)   Racing Official, Racing Organization Manager or Official

(F)   Bloodstock Agent

(G)   Authorized Agent, Valet, Jockey Room Attendant or Custodian or Food Service Person, Colors Attendant, Paddock Attendant

(H)   Mutuel Department Employee, Assistant to a Racing Official or Official or Manager, Assistant Starter, Assistant to the Veterinarian, Assistant Manager, Announcer, Superintendent, Flagman

(I)   Exercise Rider, Pony Rider, Outrider

(J)   Assistant Trainer, Groom, Stable Employee, Stable Agent

(K)   Video Operator, Photo Finish Operator

(L)   Security Officer, Security Guard, Stable Gateman, Fire Guard, Security Investigator

(M)   Clerical Employee or Uncategorized Employee of any Organization, Horsemen's Organization, or Concessionaire, Vendor

(N)   Volunteers of Service and/or Civic Organizations which have been Approved by the Commission.

(2)   A person acting in the capacity of Authorized Agent shall register an Authorized Agent Agreement and shall pay the required fee for each agreement.

(3)   A person whose license-identification badge is lost or destroyed shall pay the required fee and procure a replacement license-identification badge.

(4)   The date of payment of all required fees as recorded by the Commission shall be the effective date of issuance of a continuous occupation license for the capacity in which licensed. Every original or renewal license or registration shall expire on December 31 of the year in which it is issued except a triennial license which expires on December 31 of the third year. A license renewal shall be made on an annual or triennial basis beginning January 1. [3A:204.2(B)]

(5)   All license applicants shall be required to provide two (2) complete sets of fingerprints on forms provided by or acceptable to the Commission, and pay the required fee for processing the fingerprint cards through state and federal law enforcement agencies. If the fingerprints are of a quality not acceptable for processing, the licensee may be required to be refingerprinted at no additional cost. [3A:204.2(E) and 3A:204.2(F); see also 3A:203.3(C)(1)]

(6)   All applicants for occupation licenses, except applicants for a Horse Owner license, must be a minimum of sixteen (16) years old. However, this requirement shall not preclude dependent children under the age of sixteen (16) from working for their parents or guardian if said parents or guardian are licensed as a Trainer or Assistant Trainer and permission has been obtained from the organization licensee. A Trainer or his/her authorized representative accompanying a horse in the Test Barn enclosure or signing a Test Barn Sample Tag or log must be licensed and a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age. Also, the requirement for all applicants for occupation licenses to be a minimum of sixteen (16) years old shall not preclude dependent children under the age of sixteen but over the age of fourteen from working for their parents or guardian if said parent or guardian is licensed and permission has been obtained from the organization licensee. There shall be no minimum age requirement for a Horse Owner license so long as the parent or guardian of a minor is licensed by the Commission as an authorized agent.

(7)   Except for authorized Commission representatives, no person shall in any manner alter, change, add to or delete any information from an occupation license identification badge.

[Source: Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2863, eff 7-12-99; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2415, eff 6-26-00]