Bouquett v. St. Elizabeth Corp.

The board of trustees of a private hospital has broad discretion in determining who shall be permitted to have staff privileges. Courts should not interfere with the exercise of this discretion unless the hospital has acted in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner or, in other words, has abused its discretion. Khan v. Suburban Community Hospital (1976), 45 Ohio St. 2d 39, 44-45, 74 O.O. 2d 56, 59, 340 N.E. 2d 398, 402.

Appellee does not claim that his staff privileges could not have been suspended due to his felony conviction. Rather, appellee simply asserts that the summary…