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The procedure used to adopt this emergency rule is fair under the circumstances. The Division previously published the greyhound sample collection procedures detailed in this emergency rule on December 4, 2018, when the Division filed the Notice of Proposed Rule for Proposed Rule 61D-6.0052, F.A.C., in the Florida Administrative Register. The Division has determined that this emergency rule will not have an adverse impact on small business and is not likely to directly or indirectly increase regulatory costs. Furthermore, the procedure used to adopt this emergency rule provides at least the procedural protection given by other statutes, the State Constitution, or the United States Constitution. In addition, this emergency rule addresses the specific concerns delineated in DOAH final order 17-5238RU and 18-0915RP and shall only be effective while the Division follows the requirements of Chapter 120, F. S. to formally adopt Proposed Rule 61D-6.0052, F.A.C. As such, the Division is only taking action necessary to protect the public under the procedure used to adopt this emergency rule.