Alaska Spine Institute Surgery Center, LLC, Appellant v. State of Alaska, Department of Health & Social Services…

Summary

The court dismissed Alaska Spine's appeal as moot because the surgery center authorized by the certificate of need had been completed, leaving no effective remedy from a hearing challenging the certificate's issuance. The court held that the facility's relocation within the same service area did not invalidate the certificate and that any post-construction challenge must proceed through the statutory revocation process. It also declined to apply the public-interest exception because the governing regulation had changed and the circumstances were unlikely to recur.