Central Kansas Medical Center v. Hatesohl

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS Nos. 113,675 113,834 CENTRAL KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER, d/b/a St. Rose Ambulatory and Surgery Center, Appellant, v. STANLEY M. HATESOHL, M.D.; GREAT BEND REGIONAL HOSPITAL, L.L.C.; and CENTRAL KANSAS FAMILY PRACTICE, P.C., Appellees. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The corporate practice of medicine doctrine forbids a corporation from hiring a physician to practice medicine that the corporation itself is not licensed to provide. Contracts in violation of this doctrine are illegal and unenforceable. 2. The Legislature created an exception to the corporate…