EXHIBIT 31.1

                                302 Certification



I, H. Craig Dees, Ph.D., certify that:

1)  I  have   reviewed   this  annual   report  on  Form  10-KSB  of   Provectus
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Small Business Issuer");

2) Based on my  knowledge,  this  annual  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 annual
report;

3)  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information  included  in this annual  report,  fairly  present in all  material
respects the financial  condition,  results of operations  and cash flows of the
Small  Business  Issuer as of, and for,  the  periods  presented  in this annual
report;

4) The Small Business  Issuer's other  certifying  officer 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 Small Business Issuer and
we have:

     a)  designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused  such
     disclosure control and procedures to be designed under our supervision,  to
     ensure that material  information  relating to the Small  Business  Issuer,
     including  its  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made  known to us by others
     within those entities,  particularly during the period in which this annual
     report is being prepared; and

     b) evaluated the  effectiveness of the Small Business  Issuer'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  annual  report  based on such  evaluation,
     disclosed in this report any change in the Small Business Issuer's internal
     control over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the Small Business
     Issuer's most recent fiscal  quarter (the Small  Business  Issuer's  fourth
     fiscal  quarter  in the  case of an  annual  report)  that  has  materially
     affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Small Business
     Issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

5) The Small Business  Issuer's other  certifying  officer and I have disclosed,
based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to the Small Business  Issuer's  auditors and the audit committee of
the Small  Business  Issuer's  board of  directors  (or persons  performing  the
equivalent function):

     a) all  significant  deficiencies  in the design or  operation  of internal
     control over financial  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely
     affect the Small Business  Issuer's ability to record,  process,  summarize
     and report financial data; and

     b) any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves  management or other
     employees  who  have a  significant  role in the  Small  Business  Issuer's
     internal controls over financial reporting.


Date:   July 19, 2004                  /s/ H. Craig Dees, Ph.D.
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                                       H. Craig Dees
                                       Chief Executive Officer