In re Certificate of Need Granted to the Harborage

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

MICHELS, P.J.A.D.

Appellant Bergen Pines County Hospital (Bergen Pines) appeals from a final administrative action of respondent Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Health and Senior Services of the State of New Jersey1 that awarded a Certificate of Need (CON) to respondent The Harborage for the establishment of a thirteen long-term ventilator care bed unit at its facility in North Bergen, Hudson County, New Jersey, and denied Bergen Pines’ CON application for a similar thirteen-bed unit at its facility in Paramus, New Jersey.

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REGULATORY BACKGROUND

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