NATURAL MEDICAL, INC., ET AL. VS. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES, ET AL. A-3406-10T1

NATURAL MEDICAL, INC., ET AL. VS. NEW JERSEY
          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES, ET AL.
          A-3406-10T1

We hold that the Department of Health did not act arbitrarily, unreasonably or in contravention of the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1 to

-16 (Act), in limiting the initial permitting to the statutorily-mandated minimum of six alternate treatment centers (ATCs) to cultivate and distribute marijuana. The Act further requires that the first six ATCs are to be operated by non- profit entities. Appellants, a for-profit corporation and its principal, did not have an unqualified right to apply for permits to operate ATCs and to have their applications processed and evaluated irrespective of need. 10-04-12