Legal Opinion
Commissioner of Public Health v. Bessie M. Burke Memorial Hospital
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 5, 1975PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
To prevent unnecessary expansion of health care facilities in the Commonwealth and encourage appropriate allocation of resources for health care purposes, legislation was passed forbidding substantial new ' construction of such facilities except upon application to the Department of Public Health and administrative “determination” of “need.” The two hospitals involved in the present case each applied for a determination with respect to a desired construction project; the determination was unfavorable as to one hospital, and as to the other was favorable only in part. The Legislature then in…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Sciuto v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
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