Monmouth Medical Center v. State Department of Health

The opinion of the court was delivered by

SKILLMAN, J.A.D.

These appeals involve the validity of the Department of Health’s recently adopted regulations which impose moratoria upon the consideration of certifícate of need applications for cardiac services pending the completion of studies relating to the need for those services. Appellants are hospitals which filed certificate of need applications for cardiac services that are now subject to these moratoria.

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center (Englewood) filed a certificate of need application on March 1, 1993 for a cardiac surgery program.…