Emergency Procedures for Collecting Samples from Racing Greyhounds
Document Information
- Subject:
- Due to the number of performances scheduled in the immediate future, conducting regular rule making, without an emergency rule in place, will not provide a timely remedy.
- Summary:
- Emergency rule 61DER17-2, adds language about collecting, sealing, storing, and shipping samples to the laboratory for analysis to the current sample collection rule. These changes address specific concerns identified by the administrative law judge and are valid exercise of delegated legislative authority.
- Purpose:
- An Emergency rule is necessary because there exists an immediate danger to the public health, safety and welfare due to a final order concluding that the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering’s (“Division”) greyhound sample collection process contains some procedures that qualify as unadopted rules.
On December 22, 2017, the Division of Administrative Hearings issued a partial summary final order in DOAH case number 17-5238RU, holding that the sample collection procedures performed by the ...
- Contact:
- Bryan Barber, bryan.barber@myfloridalicense.com, (850)717-1761, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Fl, 32399
