Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Aug. 14, 2002
Whether the certificate of need (CON) applications filed by New Port Richey Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Community Hospital of New Port Richey (Community Hospital) (CON No. 9539), and Morton Plant Hospital Association, Inc., d/b/a North Bay Hospital (North Bay) (CON No. 9538), each seeking to replace and relocate their respective general acute care hospital, satisfy, on balance, the applicable statutory and rule criteria.Respondent`s application to relocate its hospital five miles away satisfies, on balance, the rule and statutory criteria. Petitioner`s application does not.