Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Inc. v. Fort Washington Community Hospital, Inc.

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

The Maryland Health Resources Planning Commission (Commission) granted a certificate of need to Southern Maryland Hospital Center (Southern) to add thirty-seven medical/surgical beds to its existing 308-bed hospital. The *325certificate contained four “conditions” that required the hospital to submit additional information to the Commission. We must decide whether the Commission exceeded its authority in this case by granting a certificate of need subject to the stated conditions.

I

A. Regulatory Framework

The National Health Planning and Development Act of 1974 (Federal Act), as…