Brandt v. St. Vincent Infirmary

Steele Hays, Justice.

In this case of first impression we are asked to decide whether a private hospital has the right to set its own policies regarding medical treatment, against an assertion by one of its staff physicians that those policies are arbitrary.

Appellant invoked the jurisdiction of this court pursuant to Rule 29(1) (a), alleging her constitutional rights were violated by certain hospital restrictions and the Court of Appeals certified the appeal to us on the basis of Rule 29 (4) (b).

Appellant, Dr. Rosemary Brandt, is a licensed physician on the medical staff of appellee, St.…