DOH 2012-47

Summary:
Request for records related to the medical marijuana panel, panel’s evaluation of applications, the scores awarded by the panel as a whole, and all documents relied on by the panel or individual members of the panel. The evaluation of applicants for licenses for marijuana cultivation centers are for the purposes of making recommendations to the Director, who makes the final decision, therefore, subject to the deliberative process privilege. Redacted sample scoring sheet should be provided. The request was stated with sufficient particularity and agency must complete the search.

Exemption/Issue:
D.C. Official Code § 2-534(a)(4)(deliberative process privilege)

Disposition:

Upheld in part and reversed and remanded in part.