Clay Cty. Manor v. State, D. of Health

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an agency action pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, T.C.A. § 4-5-101 et seq., involving the authority of the Commissioner of Health (“Commissioner”), the chief executive officer of the Department of Health, Defendant-Appellant, to suspend admissions to Clay County Manor, a nursing home, Plaintiff-Appellee. The primary question before the Court is whether there is substantial and material evidence in the record supporting the Commissioner’s decision of July 28, 1989, to suspend admissions. We answer in the affirmative and,…