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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>American HomePatient, Inc.</B>
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5200 Maryland Way, Suite&nbsp;400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
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(Zip Code)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated
American HomePatient, Inc.<BR>
1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Name of the Plan)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Marilyn A. O&#146;Hara, 5200 Maryland Way, Suite&nbsp;400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(615)&nbsp;221-8884
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>to be Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price Per Share (2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock
$.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">1,300,000 shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.15</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,495,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">190</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457, the offering price is calculated on the basis of the
average of the bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the Over the
Counter Bulletin Board on July&nbsp;27, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 1,300,000
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 Board of Directors on February&nbsp;25, 2004. 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 4,500,000 shares, and the
adoption of the amended and restated Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;10. This
Registration Statement was previously filed on April&nbsp;5, 2004 under the file
type S-8 POS, and is being re-filed under the file type S-8.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 July&nbsp;28, 2004.

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    <TD align="left" colspan="3" valign="top">AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Marilyn A. O&#146;Hara
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Marilyn A. O&#146;Hara<br>
Chief Accounting and Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Henry T. Blackstock
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
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Henry T. Blackstock</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph F. Furlong, III
<HR size="1" noshade>
Joseph F. Furlong, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President,
and Chief Executive
Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald R. Millard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
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<TR>
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Donald R. Millard</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W. Wayne Woody
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
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<TR>
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W. Wayne Woody</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William C. O&#146;Neil, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
William C. O&#146;Neil, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Marilyn A. O&#146;Hara
<HR size="1" noshade>
Marilyn A. O&#146;Hara
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial
and Accounting
Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-42777 on Form
S-1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company dated October&nbsp;31, 1991 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
to Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-42777 on
Form&nbsp;S-1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company Dated May&nbsp;14, 1992 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated February&nbsp;16, 1993).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Ownership and Merger merging American HomePatient, Inc.
into Diversicare Inc. dated May&nbsp;11, 1994 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.33-89568 on Form
S-2).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company dated July&nbsp;8, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to
the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30,
1996).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-42777 on Form&nbsp;S-1).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C. (including consent
of such counsel).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated American HomePatient, Inc. 1991 Non-Qualified Stock
Option Plan.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C. (see Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC. - FORM S-8
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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
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
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)
Marilyn A. O'Hara, 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)
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
1,300,000 shares
$
1.15
$
1,495,000
$
190
(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.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457, the offering price is calculated on the basis of the
average of the bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the Over the
Counter Bulletin Board on July 27, 2004.
EXHIBIT INDEX BEGINS ON PAGE 4
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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5 OPINION OF HARWELL HOWARD HYNE GABBERT & MANNER, P.C
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 1,300,000
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 Board of Directors on February 25, 2004. 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 4,500,000 shares, and the
adoption of the amended and restated Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit 10. This
Registration Statement was previously filed on April 5, 2004 under the file
type S-8 POS, and is being re-filed under the file type S-8.
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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 July 28, 2004.
AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
By:
/s/ Marilyn A. O'Hara
Marilyn A. O'Hara
Chief Accounting and 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/ Henry T. Blackstock
Director
July 28, 2004
Henry T. Blackstock
/s/ Joseph F. Furlong, III
Joseph F. Furlong, III
Director, President,
and Chief Executive
Officer
July 28, 2004
/s/ Donald R. Millard
Director
July 28, 2004
Donald R. Millard
/s/ W. Wayne Woody
Director
July 28, 2004
W. Wayne Woody
/s/ William C. O'Neil, Jr.
Director
July 28, 2004
William C. O'Neil, Jr.
/s/ Marilyn A. O'Hara
Marilyn A. O'Hara
Chief Financial
and Accounting
Officer
July 28, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-42777 on Form
S-1).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company dated October 31, 1991 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-42777 on
Form S-1).
3.3
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company Dated May 14, 1992 (incorporated by reference to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated February 16, 1993).
3.4
Certificate of Ownership and Merger merging American HomePatient, Inc.
into Diversicare Inc. dated May 11, 1994 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement No.33-89568 on Form
S-2).
3.5
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company dated July 8, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1996).
3.6
Bylaws of the Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.3 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-42777 on Form S-1).
5
Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C. (including consent
of such counsel).
10
Amended and Restated American HomePatient, Inc. 1991 Non-Qualified Stock
Option Plan.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.3
Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C. (see Exhibit 5).
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