Sanders v. Novick

OPINION

SHELLEY, Acting Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment affirming a decision of the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) ordering Ms. Tommy Sanders to cease operation of an unlicensed health care facility. The primary issue on this appeal is whether by virtue of Sanders’ co-guardianships over residents in that facility, the facility was exempt from regulation by DHS. We hold that the facility was not exempt and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

During October 1984, Sanders operated a licensed supervisory care facility in Peoria, Arizona. At the same time she also…