Saint Peter's University Hospital v. Lacy

This appeal requires the Court to decide the validity of regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (Department) that require all children’s hospitals to offer a Regional Perinatal Center (RPC) without first obtaining a certificate of need (CN). The Appellate Division held that “the Legislature has clearly expressed its intent that the CN mechanism be retained as an integral part of the process for approving undertakings such as RPCs, and that the challenged regulations are invalid because they contravene that legislative requirement.” *18Saint Peter’s…