In re Southern New Hampshire Medical Center

In this petition for original jurisdiction, see SUP. Ct. R. 11, the defendants, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (SNHMC) and Bernard Bettencourt, Jr., D.O., seek review of the decision of the Superior Court {Nicolosi, J.) that three provisions of the statute governing medical injury screening panels, RSA 519-B:8-:10 (2007), violate the Separation of Powers Clause of the State Constitution, see N.H. CONST, pt. I, art. 37. We conclude that in so ruling, the trial court erred. *323Nonetheless, we affirm portions of the trial court’s decision, albeit on alternative grounds. See Sherryland v.…