An appeals court has rejected a challenge to a Florida Department of Health rule that led to dramatically increased license renewal costs for medical marijuana companies.
A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a 2023 decision by Administrative Law Judge William Horgan in the challenge filed by Sanctuary Cannabis.
Department of Health officials in December 2022 released a rule that created a formula for establishing a license renewal fee. The rule boosted renewal costs to about $1.3 million, more than 22 times the $60,000 biennial fee paid in the past by pot companies, which are known as medical marijuana treatment centers…