Noland Health Services, Inc., and Long Term Hospital of Huntsville, LLC v. State Health Planning and Development Agency

Summary

The court held that the certificate-of-need applications were denied by operation of law when SHPDA failed to decide them within the statutory review period. The 30-day period for seeking judicial review began when that denial became final, not when the circuit court later entered an order confirming the denial. The court affirmed the denial-by-operation-of-law ruling, reversed the circuit court’s ruling concerning the appeal deadline, and remanded.