State ex rel. Wallace v. State Medical Board

This case, which the court of appeals characterized as a “complex case involving the interplay of the Public Records Act, the confidentiality provisions of the State Medical Board of Ohio, and similar, but not identical provisions governing the State Department of Insurance” (footnote omitted), raises two separate yet interrelated issues for our consideration. First, we must determine whether the records in question are “public records” within the meaning of R.C. 149.43. If these records are not public records but rather are confidential investigatory materials, then we must determine whether…