(a) Activities conducted pursuant to a cooperative agreement for which a certificate of public advantage has been issued are immunized from challenge or scrutiny under State antitrust laws. In addition, conduct in negotiating and entering into a cooperative agreement for which an application for a certificate of public advantage is filed in good faith shall be immune from challenge or scrutiny under State antitrust laws, regardless of whether a certificate is issued. It is the intention of the General Assembly that this Article shall also immunize covered activities from challenge or scrutiny under any noncompetition provisions of the federal antitrust law.
(b) Nothing in this Article shall exempt physicians or others from compliance with State or federal laws governing certificate of need, licensure, or other regulatory requirements.
(c) Any dispute among the parties to cooperative agreement concerning its meaning or terms is governed by normal principles of contract law. (1995, c. 395, s. 2.)
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