After further investigation, it appears that an administrative law judge's decision that St. Vincent's Hospital could build a hopsital in Middleburg is premature.
Both Michael Mayo, chief executive officer of Orange Park Medical Center, and a spokeswoman for the state agency involved in the case said the judge's decision is not final. 
Shelisha Durden of the Agency for Health Care Administration said that agency will decide who builds a hopsital in Clay County and that no decision has been made.
St. Vincent's issued a press release Tuesday based on the judge's decision of Monday, proclaiming its right to build a hospital in Clay County. 
Orange Park, St. Vincent's and Baptist Medical Center have all filed requests to build another hopsital in Clay County. The latter two had appealed ACHA's 2005 decision granting OPMC the right to build the hospital. 
St. Vincent's interpreted the judge's order as giving them the right to built and issued the press release. St. Vincent's could not be reached for comment about the release.