Marlboro Park Hospital v. South Carolina Depatment of Health & Environmental Service

KITTREDGE, J.:

Marlboro Park Hospital and Chesterfield General Hospital (Hospitals) appeal the circuit court’s decision affirming the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Board’s (the DHEC Board) grant of a certifícate of need to Doctor’s Outpatient Surgical Clinic (DOSC), which reversed the decision of a South Carolina Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denying the certificate. On appeal, the Hospitals argue the circuit court erred in (1) affirming the DHEC Board’s de novo review of the ALJ’s decision; and (2) finding that the ALJ improperly considered evidence not…