Continuing Education
Types of Continuing Education
Continuing Education ("CE")programs may be sponsored by either the Universities of Louisville Equine Industry Program("UL")or University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program("UA"), or by another group such as a racing commission. UL and UA CE's are automatically approved by ROAP to fulfill the CE requirement.
In order for non-university sponsored CE's to be approved by ROAP to fulfill the CE requirement, the organizer should submit an agenda, date, time and location at least 90 days prior to the proposed CE for approval by the ROAP Steering Committee and shall submit a final agenda within 30 days of the proposrd CE for final approval by the ROAP Steering Committee. The agenda must include ROAP's Points of Emphasis and the CE must be open to at least all accredited racing officials, stewards, and judges.
All approved CE's will then be posted on the ROAP homepage. It is the responsibility of all CE attendees to fill out and return a ROAP Certificate of Attendance to the CE organizer so their records will accurately reflect attendance at the CE. a ROAP Certificate of Attendance so their records will accurately reflect attendance at the CE. Undocumented attendance may not be counted toward fulfillment of the CE requirement.
Informal CE, such as attendance at the Racing Symposium, will no longer be eligible for ROAP CE credit beginning January 1, 2008, unless it is being used to make up for CE blocks missed in 2007 or prior.
To Re-establish Good Standing
An accredited person who has not attended a CE program in more than two years must: complete the requisite number of 16-hour CE sessions, based on the number of years that have elapsed since the person last attended a CE session OR attend a 60-hour accreditation school.
An accredited person who has not attended a CE session in 10 or more years must: attend a 60-hour accreditation school AND pass all examinations.
Timing
As of January 1, 2008: In order to maintain accreditation, at least 16 hours of CE must be completed every two years beginning January 1st after the official accreditation date.
The Points of Emphasis
The Points of Emphasis were designed to provide guidelines to follow for those individuals coordinating continuing education programs.
2010 Points of Emphasis
2009 Points of Emphasis
2008 Points of Emphasis
Continuing Education ("CE")programs may be sponsored by either the Universities of Louisville Equine Industry Program("UL")or University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program("UA"), or by another group such as a racing commission. UL and UA CE's are automatically approved by ROAP to fulfill the CE requirement.
In order for non-university sponsored CE's to be approved by ROAP to fulfill the CE requirement, the organizer should submit an agenda, date, time and location at least 90 days prior to the proposed CE for approval by the ROAP Steering Committee and shall submit a final agenda within 30 days of the proposrd CE for final approval by the ROAP Steering Committee. The agenda must include ROAP's Points of Emphasis and the CE must be open to at least all accredited racing officials, stewards, and judges.
All approved CE's will then be posted on the ROAP homepage. It is the responsibility of all CE attendees to fill out and return a ROAP Certificate of Attendance to the CE organizer so their records will accurately reflect attendance at the CE. a ROAP Certificate of Attendance so their records will accurately reflect attendance at the CE. Undocumented attendance may not be counted toward fulfillment of the CE requirement.
Informal CE, such as attendance at the Racing Symposium, will no longer be eligible for ROAP CE credit beginning January 1, 2008, unless it is being used to make up for CE blocks missed in 2007 or prior.
To Re-establish Good Standing
An accredited person who has not attended a CE program in more than two years must: complete the requisite number of 16-hour CE sessions, based on the number of years that have elapsed since the person last attended a CE session OR attend a 60-hour accreditation school.
An accredited person who has not attended a CE session in 10 or more years must: attend a 60-hour accreditation school AND pass all examinations.
Timing
As of January 1, 2008: In order to maintain accreditation, at least 16 hours of CE must be completed every two years beginning January 1st after the official accreditation date.
The Points of Emphasis
The Points of Emphasis were designed to provide guidelines to follow for those individuals coordinating continuing education programs.
2010 Points of Emphasis
- Reviewing procedures with all officials at the start of each race meet (May extend to include jockeys/drivers, horsemen, veterinarians, track superintendent, out-riders, EMTs, etc.)
- Stressing routine procedures and mechanics with officials
- Promoting consistency through weekly review by racing officials and riders competing at the track of all racing incidents
- Encouraging maximum participation in ROAP video surveys
- Stressing proper use of the riding crop with jockeys and drivers
- Supervising the enforcement of rules
- Honoring and reciprocating on all lists, including stewards and vets lists
- Taking appropriate measures to resolve licensing issue
2009 Points of Emphasis
- Conduct mock hearings
- Write rulings
- Write daily reports
- Consideration of mitigating and aggravating factors when reaching decisions on penalty phase.
2008 Points of Emphasis
- Uniform handling of objections & inquiries in reviewing the race
- Determining disqualifications in races with multiple incidents of interference
- Stewards & judges should conduct regular meetings with racing officials
- Weekly race video review with jockeys