GA. HOSP. ASSN. v. LEDBETTER

S90A1022.

260 Ga. 477 (1990)

396 S.E.2d 488

GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION et al. v. LEDBETTER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston & Bird, Jack Spalding Schroder, Jr., Walter G. Elliott, for appellants.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Kathryn L. Allen, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Long, Aldridge & Norman, John L. Watkins, F. T. Davis, Jr., Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, James A. Demetry, Terrence B. Adamson, Peter C. Canfield, Jean B. Blumenfeld, for appellees.

Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney, H. Andrew Owen, David C. Will, Richard L. Greene, amici curiae.


CLARKE, Chief Justice.

This case involves the Georgia Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq., as it relates to accreditation reports for the licensing of hospitals. To obtain an operating permit, hospitals may either submit to an inspection by the Department of Human Resources (DHR) or (under OCGA § 31-7-3 (b)) provide DHR with a report by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), a nonprofit Illinois corporation.

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