[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 10861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4864]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Docket No. C-3558]
Charter Medical Corporation; Prohibited Trade Practices, and
Affirmative Corrective Actions
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Consent orders.
SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this
consent order requires, among other things, Charter Medical Corporation
(Charter), a Georgia-based chain of psychiatric hospitals, to modify
its agreement to purchase certain National Medical Enterprises (NME)
facilities to rescind Charter's acquisitions of NME psychiatric
facilities in four specified localities. In addition, the consent order
requires Charter, for ten years, to secure Commission approval before
acquiring or divesting psychiatric facilities in those localities.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued February 14, 1995.\1\
\1\Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and Order are
available from the Commission's Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th
Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert W. Doyle, Jr. or Ronald B.
Rowe, FTC/S-2105, Washington, DC 20580, (202) 326-2819 or 326-2610.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Monday, November 28, 1994, there was
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 60804, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Charter Medical Corporation,
for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested parties were
given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments, suggestions or
objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement,
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order, as set forth in
the proposed consent agreement, in disposition of this proceeding.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38
Stat. 719, as amended; sec. 7, 38 Stat. 731, as amended; 15 U.S.C.
45, 18)
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-4864 Filed 2-27-95; 8:45 am]
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