WALTERBORO CMTY. HOSP. v. DHEC

Appellate Case No. 2020-001323 Opinion No. 28189.

442 S.C. 154 (2024)

898 S.E.2d 123

WALTERBORO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC., d/b/a Colleton Medical Center, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL and Medical University Hospital Authority, d/b/a MUHA Community Authority, Respondents, Trident Medical Center LLC, d/b/a Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center, Appellants, v. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and Medical University Hospital Authority, d/b/a MUHA Community Hospital, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed January 24, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Thomas, Faye Anne Flowers, and David Beam Summer, Jr., all of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Robert L. Widener, Mary Elizabeth Crum, Celeste Tiller Jones, and Pamela A. Baker, all of Burr & Forman LLP, of Columbia, for Respondent Medical University Hospital Authority; and Ashley Caroline Biggers and Vito Michael Wicevic, of Columbia, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.


Two hospitals appeal from an administrative law court (ALC) order approving a Certificate of Need (CON) for the Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA). The opposing hospitals raise four issues. First, they argue the ALC erred in holding certain errors in the review by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control...

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