SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

DATE/TIME February 22, 2019, 10:00 a.m. DEPT. NO 25 JUDGE HON. LAURIE EARL CLERK D. BEAROR

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES – SHASTA, Case No.: 34-2018-80002787 LLC d.b.a. SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL

CENTER,

Petitioner,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBIC

HEALTH, et al.,

Respondents.

Nature of Proceedings: PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE

Following is the court’s tentative ruling denying the petition for writ of mandate.

INTRODUCTION

Petitioner Prime Healthcare Services-Shasta LLC dba Shasta Regional Medical Center (“SRMC”) challenges a decision by Respondent Department of Public Health (“the Department”) finding it unlawfully disclosed a patient’s medical information, and imposing an $80,000 penalty. For the re