Beecher Medical Center, Inc. v. Turnock

The defendants, the Director of Public Health and the Illinois Department of Public Health (Director and Department, respectively), appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County on administrative review that reversed the Director’s “Final Order and Decision,” finding the plaintiff, Beecher Medical Center, Inc. (Beecher), a long-term nursing care facility, in violation of the Nursing Home Care Reform Act of 1979 (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. IIIV2, par. 4151 — 101 et seq.). The reversal of the circuit court was predicated on the procedural ground that the attorney appointed…