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THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH’S FAILURE TO CONSIDER THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF PETITIONER’S APPLICATION TO DISPENSE MEDICAL MARIHUANA RENDERED ITS DETERMINATION ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing the Commissioner of Health, determined the Commissioner’s failure to consider petitioner’s strong financial condition in connection with petitioner’s application to dispense medical marihuana products pursuant to the Public Health Law rendered the Commissioner’s determination arbitrary and capricious:

We agree with petitioner that the scoring methodology used by DOH [Department of Health] to assess the financial standing portion of petitioner’s application was arbitrary and capricious. “An [agency’s] action is arbitrary and capricious when it is taken without sound basis in reason or regard to the facts” … . * * *

To the extent that DOH failed to undertake the required financial review, its determination regarding the financial standing portion of petitioner’s application is arbitrary and capricious and must be annulled … . Matter of Hudson Health Extracts, LLC v Zucker, 2022 NY Slip Op 04207, Third Dept 6-30-22

Practice Point: Here the Public Health Law required an assessment of the financial condition of each applicant for a license to dispense medical marihuana. The failure to consider the petitioner’s financial condition, which was stronger than that of other applicants, rendered the Department of Health’s determination of petitioner’s eligibility arbitrary and capricious.

 

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