ORDERS:
CONSENT ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Whereas this proceeding was initiated by North Trident Regional Hospital to contest the
determination by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
in In Re: E-98-62 ("the determination") that the proposal of Respondent HealthSouth to replace
the MRI unit at the HealthSouth Diagnostic Center of Charleston is exempt from Certificate of
Need review under the provisions of S.C. DHEC Regulation 61-15, Section 104(2)(h), and other
relevant provisions of South Carolina law ("the exemption request"); and
Whereas HealthSouth Diagnostic Center of Charleston hereby stipulates to the
withdrawal of its exemption request, and further stipulates that it shall not act upon or rely upon
DHEC's determination in In Re: E-98-62 and that such determination is of no further force or
effect; and
Whereas each of the undersigned parties joins in the foregoing stipulation and further
stipulates their agreement to the dismissal of this action with prejudice;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, upon the stipulation and consent of the parties hereto, that
the foregoing action be dismissed with prejudice, each party to bear its own costs and expenses.
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Ralph K. Anderson, III
Administrative Law Judge
February 8, 1999
Columbia, South Carolina |