Charter Southland Hospital, Inc. v. Hospital Corp.

HOLMES, Judge.

This is a case arising under statutes pertaining to the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA).

Plaintiff filed suit pursuant to Ala.Code (1975), § 22-21-276(a), to enjoin defendant from offering to the public general psychiatric services allegedly in violation of SHPDA statutes. The trial court entered summary judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. We reverse and remand.

Sometime in 1984 defendant, Doctors Hospital of Mobile, Inc., “consolidated” approximately fourteen of its hospital beds into an identifiable unit within its hospital facility for the purpose of…