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                                  EXHIBIT 31.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14 AND 15D-14
              UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED

         I, Bruce Mogel, Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Healthcare
Holdings, Inc., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Integrated Healthcare
Holdings, Inc.;

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;

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;

4. The registrant'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 registrant and have: (a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated, or caused
such disclosure controls and procedure to be designed under our supervision,
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

        (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

        (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;

5. The registrant's other certifying officer 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 function):

        (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

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




Dated: November 13, 2006                        By:  /s/ Bruce Mogel
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                                                     Bruce Mogel
                                                     Chief Executive Officer