GULF COAST HOSP., INC. v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHABILITATIVE SERVICES

No. SS-432.

424 So.2d 86 (1982)

GULF COAST HOSPITAL, INC., Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, Office of Community Medical Facilities and Fort Myers Community Hospital, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean Laramore of Laramore & Aye, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Eric J. Haugdahl, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, E.G. Boone, Venice, Art Forehand and Bruce J. Smith, Tallahassee, for appellees.

E. Philip Blank of Tucker & Blank, P.A., for Florida Osteopathic Medical Ass'n, Inc., amicus curiae.


BOOTH, Judge.

This cause is before us on appeal from a final order of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) which denied the application of Gulf Coast Hospital (Gulf Coast) for a certificate of need to construct and operate a 116-bed acute care hospital in Fort Myers, Florida. Since the proposed facility would be an osteopathic facility, the application is governed by Section 381.494(2), Florida Statutes (1979), which provides that:

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