For the third time in three years, lawyers at Spell Pless Davis Saurol worked up the sale of Rockdale Medical Center of Conyers to a private company-and on Jan. 30, a deal finally closed, as it was taken over by LifePoint Hospitals Inc. of Brentwood, Tenn.

The deal probably took its toll on the copy machines and printers at nine-lawyer Spell Pless because of the Georgia Hospital Acquisition Act. The 1997 law requires the state attorney general to approve all sales of nonprofit hospitals to private entities after making sure the new owner has committed to, among other things, provide care to disadvantaged patients.

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