50-4-708. Public records. All documents and records, excluding any proprietary or confidential information as defined by law, submitted to the commissioner or attorney general by any person, including a nonprofit health entity making application under 50-4-707, in connection with the commissioner's and the attorney general's review of the proposed nonprofit health entity conversion transaction are public records to the extent required by the provisions of applicable state law. The contents of the application submitted to the commissioner pursuant to 50-4-707 are a public record, except that any proprietary information or trade secret that may by law be kept confidential is not a public record.