The Supreme Court of South Carolina has decided the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control must continue to implement and enforce the state’s certificate of need program despite ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WPSA) -The South Carolina House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill that would repeal the state’s Certificate of Need program. The Senate had passed the bill earlier this ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Senators passed a bill Wednesday that would end the state's Certificate of Need program, which requires healthcare providers to get the state's approval before making ...

In its decision to recommend the repeal of certificate of need laws, a Georgia Senate committee made up of lawmakers, healthcare executives, and an insurance industry representative is looking to ...

COLUMBIA — Republican lawmakers are closer than ever in their effort to do away with a state regulatory process that controls where new hospitals can be built, who can own certain specialized medical ...

South Carolina may gradually do away with a complex set of rules that regulates its hospital industry, according to the Post and Courier. Palmetto State lawmakers are poised to pass a bill that ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster held a ceremonial signing on Oct. 3 to repeal the state’s certificate of need law, which has been on the books since the 1970s, according to an Oct. 3 report from ...

South Carolina is one of 35 states that institute certificate of need (CON) laws, which limit health care providers’ ability to expand services. CON programs require health care providers to receive ...