Doctors'hosp. of Prince George's Cty. v. Md. Health Resources Planning Com'n

ADKINS, Judge.

Appellant Doctors’ Hospital of Prince George’s County (Doctors’ Hospital) applied to appellee Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission (Commission) for a certificate of need (CON) to permit an increase in its bed capacity. The Commission denied the application, an action affirmed when Doctors’ Hospital appealed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. 1 Doctors’ Hospital now appeals to us raising, as we see it, four issues:

1. Whether the Commission’s decision is supported by substantial evidence;

2. Whether the Commission imposed an illegal moratorium on the issuance of CONs…