Witmer v. Department of Business & Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering

WARNER, Judge.

The appellant, a horse track veterinarian, challenges the order of a hearing officer of the Division of Administrative Hearings denying appellant’s challenges to emergency and permanent rules of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering (“Division”). The rules in question were promulgated in 1992, right after the legislative repeal of most of the statutes regulating the horse and dog racing industry. The appellant claims that the Division had no authority to formulate the rules. We hold that the Division did have authority to…