Ryals v. St. Mary-Corwin Regional Medical Center

This case deals with the question of whether a physician is required to file a claim against a hospital that has denied him privileges with the Committee on Anticompetitive Conduct (CAC) rather than with the court. We hold that if the denial of privileges does not arise out of professional review committee activity at the hospital, then the physician need not seek review before the CAC. In this case, St. Mary-Corwin Regional Hospital (the Hospital) denied Dr. Jarvis D. Ryals, a neurologist, privileges to read MRIs at the Hospital based on a long-standing exclusive contract between the…