RIH Medical Foundation, Inc. v. Nolan

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal by the plaintiff, RIH Medical Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation) from a grant of summary judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the defendant, Patricia A. Nolan in her capacity as Director of the Department of Health of the State of Rhode Island (DOH), and from the denial of plaintiffs motion for declaratory judgment. The Foundation sought a ruling that since it operates as a nonprofit “organization or association” under the Rhode Island Health Care Facility Licen-sure Act, G.L.1956 chapter 17 of title 23, it is…