STATE BD. OF HEALTH v. CHIPPENHAM HOSP., INC.

Record No. 770279.

245 S.E.2d 430 (1978)

STATE BOARD OF HEALTH et al. v. CHIPPENHAM HOSPITAL, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellants.

H. Merrill Pasco, Richmond (Virginia H. Hackney, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and COMPTON, JJ.


HARRISON, Justice.

Chippenham Hospital, Inc. instituted a declaratory judgment proceeding in the court below to test the constitutionality of Section 32-211.16 of the Code of Virginia, commonly known as the "Staff Privileges Section" of the Medical Care Facilities Certificate of Public Need Law. This section is part of an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 19, 1973 (1973 Va. Acts ch. 419), adding to Title 32 a chapter numbered 12.1 containing...

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