Thoroughbred industry stakeholders in West Virginia will meet May 6 to consider changes in the state's racing rules, including a few related to the National Uniform Medication Program.

Kelli Talbott, senior deputy attorney general for the West Virginia Racing Commission (WVRC), said April 15 the agenda will include discussion of the multiple medication violation penalty system and the latest updates to the Controlled Therapeutic Medication Schedule approved by the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI). Both are components of the national medication program.

West Virginia was among the first states to endorse the National Uniform Medication Program last year. The state legislature approved the first round of rules, which are expected to be on the books this summer.

In West Virginia and some other states, any rule changes must be approved by lawmakers. That means the rules submitted this year can't take effect until 2015 in West Virginia