Rapides General Hospital v. Robinson

GRANTING THE 1122 CERTIFICATES

Lifemark v. Guissinger, 416 So.2d 1279 (La.1982) considered and answered two questions. First, can opponents of an 1122 certificate recipient judicially oppose the issuance of that certificate (supposedly by either appeal or separate court action)? The answer was no. Secondly, can these same opponents, if they have also been denied a certificate, obtain judicial review of that denial without exhausting administrative remedies? The answer was also no.

The second question is not before this court in this case. These parties were denied 1122 certificates in April of…