State Health Planning Agency v. Mobile Infirmary Ass'n

Mobile Infirmary Association (the Infirmary) appealed to the trial court from an unfavorable declaratory ruling by the State Health Planning Agency Certificate of Need Review Board which held that the Infirmary's offering of rehabilitative services as a distinct unit was subject to certificate of need review and approval by the State Health Planning Agency (SHPA). The trial court subsequently reversed the SHPA ruling on the grounds that the SHPA erroneously interpreted and misapplied the law to the facts and thereby acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Defendants State Health Planning…