Five applicants denied last month for medical marijuana business licenses because state officials couldn’t open files in their applications could get a second shot if a state appeals court rules in their favor.
But such a ruling could delay an expansion of the state’s strained medical marijuana program.
The court has granted those appealing the decision a chance to argue they were unfairly disqualified from the medical marijuana selection process because the Department of Health couldn’t open all the PDFs they submitted in their applications, according to their attorney Joshua Bauchner.
The applications were denied during the program’s request for applications from this year, Bauchner, an an attorney with Ansell, Grimm & Aaron, said on Friday.
Bauchner’s clients have until Monday to tell the court why the Department of Health should halt the process and review their applications.