title: Local building ban is tossed. After an Indiana judge rejects a county CON ordinance, attention shifts to the state level in hospital construction battles.
abstract: In states without CON laws, some local governments have been instituting their own control over hospital construction. Now a federal judge has struck down a CON ordinance in Morgan County, Ind., clearing the way for a $40 million hospital expansion project. "This experiment of trying to do (CON) at the local level won't work," says Joseph Chappelle, left, the attorney for Morgan County.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D002567:Certificate of Need / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007196:Indiana; D009111:Local Government