District Court of Appeal of Florida November 17, 1986, Nos. BK-460, BL-50 (Medical Center Hospital v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services)

PER CURIAM.

This is a consolidated appeal of final orders denying appellants standing to intervene as parties in an administrative hearing to contest the issuance of a certificate of need (CON) to appellee. We find that appellants, licenced short-term psychiatric facilities, have standing to contest issuance of a CON for a long-term psychiatric facility. See Psychiatric Institutes of America, Inc.