A. All medical marijuana patient and caregiver records and information including, but not limited to, any application or renewal and supporting information submitted by a qualifying patient or designated caregiver under the provisions of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act and information regarding the physician of the qualifying patient shall be considered confidential medical records that are exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.¹

B. The dispensary records with patient information shall be treated as confidential records that are exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

C. All financial information provided by an applicant or a licensee in an application to the Authority shall be treated as confidential records that are exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

D. All information provided by an applicant or a licensee that constitutes private business information shall be treated as confidential records that are exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

E. As used in this section, “private business information” means information that, if disclosed, would give advantage to competitors or bidders including, but not limited to, information related to the planning, site location, operations, strategy or product development and marketing of an applicant, unless approval for release of those records is granted by the business.

F. All monthly report, inventory tracking and seed-to-sale information, data and records submitted to the Authority shall be treated as confidential records and are exempt from the Oklahoma Open Records Act.

G. Except for license information concerning licensed patients, the Authority may share confidential information with other state agencies to assist those agencies in ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.