Articles of Incorporation of Premier


 Exhibit 10.9 
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 
 OF 
 PREMIER MEDICAL CONSULTANTS, INC. 
 ARTICLE 1: NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS

 The name of this corporation is PREMIER MEDICAL CONSULTANTS, INC., and its principal office or mailing address is: 12295 Oakwind Place, Seminole, FL
33772. 
 ARTICLE 2: DURATION 
 This
Corporation shall exist perpetually, commencing as of the date of acceptance and filing of these Articles by the Secretary of State of the State of Florida. 
 ARTICLE 3: PURPOSE 
 This Corporation is organized for the purpose of transacting
any and all lawful business. 
 ARTICLE 4: CAPITAL STOCK 
 This Corporation is authorized to issue 10,000 shares of $0.10 par value common stock. 
 ARTICLE 5: INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT 
 The
street address of the initial registered office is this Corporation is 12295 Oakwind Place, Seminole, FL 33772, and the name of the initial registered agent is JON TREZONA. 
 ARTICLE 6: INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
 This Corporation initially shall have 1 director. The
number of directors may be either increased or diminished from time to time as provided in the Bylaws but shall never be less than one. The names and addresses of the initial directors of this Corporation are: 
  

			
	 NAME
	  	 ADDRESS

	JON TREZONA	  	 12295 Oakwind Place
 Seminole, Florida 33772


  

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 ARTICLE 7: INCORPORATOR 
 The name and address of each person signing these Articles is: 
  

			
	 NAME
	    	 ADDRESS

	JON TREZONA	    	 12295 Oakwind Place
 Seminole, Florida 33772


 ARTICLE 8: CUMULATIVE VOTING 
 At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of directors to be elected at that time
multiplied by the number of his shares, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of such candidates. 
 ARTICLE
9: PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS 
 Each holder of the common stock of this Corporation shall have the first right (subject to adjustments to avoid the issuance of
fractional shares) to purchase shares of any other securities that this Corporation may issue from time to time, whether or not such shares are presently authorized, including shares from the treasury of this Corporation, in the ratio that the
number of shares of common stock held by such shareholder at the time of issue then bears to the total number of shares of common stock then outstanding. This right is waived by any holder of the common stock who does not exercise it and pay for the
stock available for purchase pursuant to such preemptive rights, within 30 days of his receipt of a written notice from this Corporation inviting him to exercise such right. 
 ARTICLE 10: INDEMNIFICATION 
 The Corporation shall indemnify any officer or director, or any
former officer or director, to the full extent permitted by law. 
 ARTICLE 11: BYLAWS 
 The initial Bylaws shall be adopted by the Board of Directors. The power to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws is vested in the Board of Directors,
subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders. 
  

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 ARTICLE 12: AMENDMENT 
 This Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation, or any amendment thereto, and any right conferred upon the shareholders is subject to this
reservation. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Incorporation this 22nd day of January, 1997. 
  

	
	  

	JON TREZONA
	“Incorporator”


 ACCEPTANCE OF REGISTERED AGENT 
 Having been named to accept service of process for the above-named corporation at a place designated in these Articles of Incorporation, I hereby accept to act in this
capacity, and agree to comply with the provisions of Chapter 48.091, Florida Statutes, relative to keeping open said office for service of process. 
 Dated this 22nd day of January, 1997. 
  

	
	  

	JON TREZONA, Registered agent


  

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