MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ:FONRD), The Inventor of MR Scanning™, announced today that on April 25, 2007, the Tennessee Certificate of Need (CON) Board, despite opposition testimony from a competitor, approved Next Generation MRI's application to purchase and install FONAR's UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™ MRI in Nashville by an 8-0 vote. David McCord, M.D., president of Next Generation MRI, is a specialist in orthopedic spine surgery and spearheaded the presentation to the CON board.
