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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><U>American HomePatient, Inc.</U></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><u>Delaware</u>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><u>62-1474680</u></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>5200 Maryland Way, Suite&nbsp;400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027</U><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)<BR>
(Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Amended and Restated American HomePatient, Inc.<BR>
<U>1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan </U><BR>
(Full Name of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>Stephen L. Clanton, 5200 Maryland Way, Suite&nbsp;400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027</U><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>(615)&nbsp;221-8884</U><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by checkmark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of &#147;accelerated filer, large
accelerated filer, and smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Smaller Reporting Company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock
$.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">0.19</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
stock option plan described herein, as well as an indeterminate number of additional shares that
may become issuable pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;This estimate is solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules
457 (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;and is based on 500,000 shares of common stock being offered at an exercise price
of $0.19 based upon of the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock on the Over the
Counter Bulletin Board on October&nbsp;27, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 500,000 additional shares of
American HomePatient, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) Common Stock authorized for issuance by the Amended
and Restated American HomePatient, Inc. 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as
approved by the Registrant&#146;s Compensation Committee on February&nbsp;26, 2008. The Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form S-8 relating to 500,000 shares of Common Stock (file number
33-64292), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;9, 1993, as amended, is
hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety and is modified only in respect to the number of
shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, which is now 5,500,000 shares
(pursuant to Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Plan attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on October&nbsp;30, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Stephen L. Clanton
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephen L. Clanton&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President &#038;<br>
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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<TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph F. Furlong, III
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Joseph F. Furlong, III</DIV></TD>
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Director, President,
and Chief Executive
Officer
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Henry T. Blackstock
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Henry T. Blackstock</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Donald R. Millard
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald R. Millard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W. Wayne Woody
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Wayne Woody</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 30, 2008</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William C. O&#146;Neil, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. O&#146;Neil, Jr.</TD>
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Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen L. Clanton
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Stephen L. Clanton</TD>
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Executive
Vice President &#038;
Chief Financial
Officer
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert L. Fringer
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Robert L. Fringer</TD>
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Senior
Vice President,
Controller &#038;
Principal Accounting
Officer
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 30, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Amended and Restated American HomePatient, Inc. 1991 Nonqualified Stock
Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K dated March&nbsp;3, 2008).</DIV></TD>
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AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC. - FORM S-8
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
American HomePatient, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
62-1474680
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
5200 Maryland Way, Suite 400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Amended and Restated American HomePatient, Inc.
1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
(Full Name of the Plan)
Stephen L. Clanton, 5200 Maryland Way, Suite 400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Name and address of agent for service)
(615) 221-8884
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by checkmark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of "accelerated filer, large
accelerated filer, and smaller reporting company" in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller Reporting Company
x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
price per share (2)
aggregate offering price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock
$.01 par value
500,000 shares
$
0.19
$
95,000
$
3.73
(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
stock option plan described herein, as well as an indeterminate number of additional shares that
may become issuable pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the plan.
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(2) This estimate is solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules
457 (c) and (h) and is based on 500,000 shares of common stock being offered at an exercise price
of $0.19 based upon of the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock on the Over the
Counter Bulletin Board on October 27, 2008.
EXHIBIT INDEX BEGINS ON PAGE 6
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The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 500,000 additional shares of
American HomePatient, Inc. (the "Registrant") Common Stock authorized for issuance by the Amended
and Restated American HomePatient, Inc. 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") as
approved by the Registrant's Compensation Committee on February 26, 2008. The Registrant's
registration statement on Form S-8 relating to 500,000 shares of Common Stock (file number
33-64292), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 1993, as amended, is
hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety and is modified only in respect to the number of
shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, which is now 5,500,000 shares
(pursuant to Amendment No. 2 to the Plan attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on October 30, 2008.
AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
By:
/s/ Stephen L. Clanton
Stephen L. Clanton
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ Joseph F. Furlong, III
Joseph F. Furlong, III
Director, President,
and Chief Executive
Officer
October 30, 2008
/s/ Henry T. Blackstock
Henry T. Blackstock
Director
October 30, 2008
/s/ Donald R. Millard
Donald R. Millard
Director
October 30, 2008
/s/ W. Wayne Woody
W. Wayne Woody
Director
October 30, 2008
/s/ William C. O'Neil, Jr.
William C. O'Neil, Jr.
Director
October 30, 2008
/s/ Stephen L. Clanton
Stephen L. Clanton
Executive
Vice President &
Chief Financial
Officer
October 30, 2008
/s/ Robert L. Fringer
Robert L. Fringer
Senior
Vice President,
Controller &
Principal Accounting
Officer
October 30, 2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
10.1
Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated American HomePatient, Inc. 1991 Nonqualified Stock
Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K dated March 3, 2008).
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Consent of KPMG LLP.
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