Horse racing: equine drug testing: equine medical director.

Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that the California Horse Racing Board contract with the Regents of the University of California to provide equine drug testing. Existing law provides for the appointment of an equine medical director to advise the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, located at the University of California at Davis, by the Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, as specified. This bill would establish that the term for the equine medical director is 2 years, and, for a person who is appointed as equine medical director on or after January 1, 2014, would limit the number of terms that a person may serve consecutively to 2 terms. The bill would state various legislative findings and declarations relating to the Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory.