In Re Christian Care Home of Cincinnati, Inc.

Peggy L. Bryant, Judge.

Appellant, a nursing home in Hamilton County consisting of thirty-three “long-term care facility” beds, filed a certificate of need (“CON”) application with appellee, the Ohio Department of Health (“ODH”), on July 2, 1984. Appellant’s CON application originally proposed to replace its facility with a facility consisting of eighty-four long-term care facility beds and sixteen “rest home beds.”

In November 1985, appellee denied appellant’s application. Appellant moved for reconsideration, modifying its initial request to thirty-three replacement and seventeen new long-term…