22VAC30-50-50: Application of exemption to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act

Pursuant to subdivision 9 of § 2.2-3705.5 of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Chapter 37 (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) of Title 2.2 of the Code of Virginia, records submitted to the advisory board as a grant application, or accompanying a grant application, pursuant to Article 12 (§ 51.5-178 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 51.5 of the Code of Virginia and this chapter are excluded from the requirement of open inspection to the extent that they contain medical or mental health records or other data identifying individual patients, or proprietary business or research-related information produced or collected by an applicant in the conduct of or as a result of study or research on medical, rehabilitative, scientific, technical, or scholarly issues. This exemption shall apply when the information has not been publicly released, published, copyrighted, or patented, if the disclosure of the information would be harmful to the competitive position of the applicant. The advisory board intends to rely upon this exemption in order to encourage the submission of applications.