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# CERTIFICATION

I, Brad A. Hummel, President and Chief Executive Officer
 of Prime Medical Services, Inc., certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Prime Medical Services, Inc.;
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report;
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
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|4. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
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| | (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and
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| | (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5. | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
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| | (a) All  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses  in the design or operation  of internal  control over  financial
         reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants  ability to record,  process,  summarize and report
         financial information; and
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| | (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date: May 5, 2004 |  | By: /s/ Brad A. Hummel         Brad A. Hummel        President and Chief Executive Officer
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