CHATHAM COUNTY HOSP. &c. v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSP.

71277, 71278, 71279.

178 Ga. App. 628 (1986)

344 S.E.2d 463

CHATHAM COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY & MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC. et al. STATE HEALTH PLANNING AGENCY v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, INC. STATE HEALTH PLANNING AGENCY v. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL CENTER, INC. et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Hughes, Kim H. Roeder, H. Worthington Lewis, for Chatham County Hospital Authority & Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

John H. Parker, Jr., for St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, H. James P. Googe, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, H. Perry Michael, First Assistant Attorney General, Carol A. Cosgrove, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Jeffrey C. Baxter, David C. Will, Assistant Attorneys General, for State Health Planning Agency.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

These appeals involve at bottom the Cardiac Surgery Rule (CSR), which was adopted by the State Health Planning Agency (agency) pursuant to its rule-making authority. OCGA § 31-6-21 (b). The CSR provides: "Adult cardiac surgery services and pediatric cardiac catherization and surgical services are reasonably available and distributed in the State consistent with the need for such services. Absent major population changes, the availability...

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