MRI at Belfair, LLC v. South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control

In this appeal, Appellants challenge a determination by the Department of Health and Environmental Control (“DHEC”) that the total project cost of Respondent Southern MRI’s purchase of magnetic resonance imaging equipment was less than $600,000. If the total project cost exceeded $600,000, Southern MRI should have applied to DHEC for a Certificate of Need (“CON”). If the total project cost did not exceed $600,000, Southern MRI did not need to apply for a CON. We reverse in part, vacate in part, and remand for further proceedings.

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The State Certification of Need and Health Facility Licensure…