Pepple v. Parkview Memorial Hospital, Inc.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The question presented on transfer is whether a private hospital’s decision to limit a doctor’s surgical privileges is subject to judicial review under an arbitrary and capricious standard.

Parkview Memorial Hospital, a private institution, granted Dr. David W. Pepple surgical privileges in 1973. The hospital reviewed and renewed those privileges in 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1980. In 1982, the executive committee of the hospital’s medical staff voted to limit Dr. Pepple’s surgical privileges, no longer permitting him to conduct certain types of surgery.