Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1973

or academic examination; except that written promotional exami-
nations and the scores or results thereof shall be available for inspec-
tion, but not copying or reproduction, by the person in interest after
the conducting and grading of any such examination;

(iii) The specific details of bona fide research projects being con-
ducted by a state institution;

(iv) The contents of real estate appraisals made for the state or
a political subdivision thereof, relative to the acquisition of property
or any interest in property for public use, until such time as title of
the property or property interest has passed to the state or political
subdivision, except that the contents of such appraisal shall be avail-
able to the owner of the property at any time, and except as provided
by statute.

(v) Interagency or intraagency memorandums or letters which
would not be available by law to a private party in litigation with
the agency.

(c) If the right of inspection of any record falling within any

of the classifications listed in this subsection is allowed to any officer

or employee of any newspaper, radio station, television station or

other person or agency in the business of public dissemination of
news or current events, it may be allowed to all such news media.

(d) (C) The custodian shall deny the right of inspection of the
following records, unless otherwise provided by law:

(i) Medical, psychological, and sociological data on individual
persons, exclusive of coroners' autopsy reports;

(ii) Adoption records or welfare records on individual persons;

(iii) Personnel files except that such files shall be available to
the duly elected and appointed officials who supervise the work of
the person in interest. Applications, performance ratings and scho-
lastic achievement data shall be available only to the person in in-
terest and to the duly elected and appointed officials who supervise
his work;

(iv) Letters of reference;

(v) Trade secrets, privileged information and confidential com-
mercial, financial, geological or geophysical data furnished by or
obtained from any person;

(vi) Library, archives and museum material contributed by pri-
vate persons, to the extent of any limitations placed thereon as con-
ditions of such contribution; and

(vii) Hospital records relating to medical administration, med-
ical staff, personnel, medical care, and other medical information,
whether on individual persons or groups, or whether of a general or
specific classification;

(viii) School district records containing information relating to
the biography, family, physiology, religion, academic achievement
and physical or mental ability of any student except to the person in
interest or to the officials duly elected and appointed to supervise
him.