§ 23-25-29 — § 23-25-29. Protection of trade secrets and other information.

§ 23-25-29. Protection of trade secrets and other information.

(a) In submitting data required by this chapter, the applicant may:

(1) Clearly mark any portion of it which in his or her opinion are trade secrets or commercial or financial information; and

(2) Submit that marked material separately from other material required to be submitted under this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director shall not make public information which in his or her judgment contains or relates to trade secrets or commercial or financial information obtained from a person as privileged or confidential, except that, when necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, information relating to formulas of products acquired by authorization of this chapter may be revealed to any state or federal agency consulted, or as required by law, and may be revealed at a public hearing or in findings of fact issued by the director.

(c) If the director proposes to release for inspection information which the applicant or registrant believes to be protected from disclosure under subsection (b) of this section, he or she shall notify the applicant or registrant in writing by certified mail. The director shall not after this make available for inspection that data until thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice by the applicant or registrant. During this period, the applicant or registrant may institute an action in an appropriate court for a declaratory judgment as to whether the information is subject to protection under subsection (b) of this section.

Legislative History

P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-29; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.