ST. JOSEPH HOSP. AND HEALTH CARE CENTER v. DEP'T OF HEALTH

No. 61197-1.

125 Wn.2d 733 (1995)

887 P.2d 891

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE CENTER, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and William L. Williams, Senior Assistant; Foster Pepper & Shefelman and Paul L. Ahern, Jr., for appellants.

Vandeberg & Johnson, by Elvin J. Vandeberg and Mark R. Patterson, for respondent.


JOHNSON, J.

This case requires us to analyze the administrative procedure act, RCW 34.05, along with the certificate of need statute, RCW 70.38, to determine the scope of statutory standing. Specifically, we must decide whether a competing health care provider has standing to seek review of a Department of Health (Department) decision granting a certificate of need, and if so, whether the Department followed proper procedures in granting the certificate.

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