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                            INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP.
                           1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                         NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

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                            INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP.
                           1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                         NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

    THIS AGREEMENT is made as of            ("Grant Date") by and between
INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Corporation") and 
                     ("Optionee").

                                      WITNESSETH

RECITALS

    A. The stockholders and the Board of Directors of the Corporation ("Board")
have adopted the 1996 Employee Stock Option Plan ("Plan") of the Corporation for
the purpose of advancing the interests of the Corporation by providing eligible
individuals with an opportunity to develop a proprietary interest in the
Corporation, which will thereby create strong performance incentives for such
individuals to maximize the growth and success of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries and will encourage such eligible individuals to remain in the
employ of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

    B. The Optionee is a full-time employee of the Corporation or its
subsidiaries, and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to
carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the grant by the
Corporation of a nonstatutory stock option to the Optionee.

         NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:

     1.    GRANT OF OPTION. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set 
forth in this Agreement and the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto, the
Corporation hereby grants to the Optionee, as of the Grant Date, a nonstatutory
stock option to purchase up to (    ) shares ("Option Shares") of the common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation ("Common Stock") from time
to time during the Option Period (as defined below) at the price of $   per 
share ("Option Price").

     2.    OPTION PERIOD. This option shall be exercisable only during the 
Option Period. Subject to Paragraph 5, upon the termination of the Optionee's
employment, this option shall terminate three (3) months after the date of such
termination of employment. In addition, upon the Expiration Date, this option
shall cease to be exercisable and have no further force or effect whatsoever.
    
     3.    VESTING AND EARLY TERMINATION. The Option Shares shall vest at the 
rate of 25% each year following the Grant Date for a period of four (4) years 
and until fully vested, so long as continuously during such time period the 
Optionee remains an employee or independent contractor of the Corporation or any
of its subsidiaries.

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    If the Optionee's employment terminates prior to the end of such four (4) 
year period, then the vested Option Shares shall be fixed at such time, and 
should the calculation result in a fractional share, it shall be rounded 
down to the nearest whole number of shares.

     4.    DEATH OR DISABILITY OF AN OPTIONEE.  If the Optionee's services to 
the Corporation are terminated as a result of the Optionee's death or 
"permanent or total disability" (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), then the Optionee, or the 
executors or administrators of the Optionee's estate or the Optionee's heirs 
or legatees (as the case may be) shall have the right to exercise this option 
with respect to all options theretofore granted to such Optionee, unless 
earlier terminated in accordance with their terms.  In the event of such 
termination, the period for exercising this option shall be a period of 
twelve (12) months commencing with the date of such termination of services, 
provided that in no event shall this option be exercisable at any time after 
the Expiration Date.

     5.    TIMING AND METHOD OF EXERCISE.  In order to exercise this option 
with respect to all or any part of the Option Shares for which this option is 
at the time exercisable, the Optionee (or in the case of exercise after the 
Optionee's death, the Optionee's executor, administrator, heir or legatee, as 
the case may be) must comply with the provisions of Section 10 (c) of the 
Plan.  A form of exercise notice is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

     6.    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.  Except to the extent otherwise provided 
in Paragraph 4, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit 
of, and be binding upon, the successors, administrators, heirs, devisees, 
legal representatives and assigns of the Optionee and the successors and 
assigns of the Corporation.

     7.    LIABILITY OF CORPORATION.  The inability of the Corporation to 
obtain approval from any regulatory body having authority deemed by the 
Corporation to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Common 
Stock pursuant to this option shall relieve the Corporation of any liability 
in respect of the non-issuance or sale of the Common Stock as to which such 
approval shall not have been obtained.

     8.    CONSTRUCTION.  This Agreement and the option evidenced hereby are 
made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and 
subject to the express terms and provisions of the Plan.

     9.    GOVERNING LAW.  The interpretation, performance and enforcement of 
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Delaware.

     10.  WARRANTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE OPTIONEE.

          (a)    The Optionee represents, warrants and agrees that the 
Optionee will acquire and hold the Option Shares for the Optionee's own 
account for investment and not with the view to the resale or distribution 
thereof, except for resales or distributions in accordance with federal and 
state securities laws, and that the Optionee will not, at any time or times,


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directly or indirectly, offer, sell, distribute, pledge or otherwise grant a 
security interest in or otherwise dispose of or transfer all, any portion of 
or any interest in, any Option Shares (or solicit an offer to buy, take in 
pledge or otherwise acquire or receive, allow all or any portion thereof), 
except pursuant to either (i) a Registration Statement on an appropriate form
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"), which Registration 
Statement has become effective and is current with respect to the shares 
being offered or sold, or (ii) a specific exemption from the registration 
requirements of the Act, the availability of which exemption shall be the 
subject matter of an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the 
Corporation that no registration under the Act is required with respect to 
such offer, sale, distribution, pledge, grant or other disposition or 
transfer.

          (b)    The Optionee acknowledges that the Optionee understands that 
(i) the option has been granted and the shares to be sold to the Optionee 
upon exercise of the option will be sold to the Optionee pursuant exemptions 
from the registration requirements in the Act until such time as the 
Corporation shall file a Registration Statement under the Act which has 
become effective and is current with respect to the shares being offered or 
sold and in this connection the Corporation is relying in part on the 
representations set forth in this Agreement; (ii) such shares must be held 
indefinitely unless they are registered or an exemption from registration 
becomes available under the Act and the securities laws of any state; (iii) 
the Corporation is under no obligation to register such shares or to comply 
with any exemption from such registration, including those portions of Rule 
144 under the Act to be complied with by the Corporation; (iv) if Rule 144 is 
available for sales of such shares, and there is no assurance that the 
Optionee will ever be able to sell under Rule 144, such sales in reliance 
upon Rule 144 may be made only after the shares have been held for the 
requisite holding period and then only in limited amounts in accordance with 
the conditions of that Rule, all of which must be met; and (v) the Optionee 
must, therefore, continue to bear the economic risks of the investment in 
such shares for an indefinite period of time after the exercise of the 
option.

          (c)    The Optionee acknowledges that the Optionee has had the 
opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the officers and 
representatives of the Corporation concerning all material information 
concerning the Corporation and the terms and conditions of the transactions 
in which the Optionee is acquiring the option and may subsequently acquire 
Option Shares.  The Optionee further acknowledges that the Optionee 
understands that the Corporation may use the proceeds from the exercise of 
the option for general corporate purposes.

          (d)    Immediately prior to the exercise of all or any portion of 
the option, the Optionee shall deliver to the Corporation a signed statement, 
in a form satisfactory to the Corporation, confirming that each of the 
representations, warranties, acknowledgments and agreements contained in this 
Paragraph is true as to the Optionee as of the date of such exercise.

          (e)    The Optionee understands that all certificates representing 
shares transferred pursuant to this Agreement, unless made pursuant to an 
appropriate Registration Statement under the Act, will bear the following 
restrictive legend:


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          "The shares represented by this certificate have not been 
     registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be 
     transferred or hypothecated without prior registration under said Act or 
     an exemption therefrom established to the satisfaction of the issuer."

          (f)    If the legal counsel of the Corporation, at the request of 
the Corporation, advises it that registration under the Act of the shares 
deliverable upon the exercise of the option is required prior to delivery 
thereof, or that listing of such shares on any exchange is required prior to
delivery thereof, the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver 
such shares unless and until such legal counsel shall advise that such 
registration and/or listing has been completed and is then effective, or is 
not required.

     11.   SEVERABILITY.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement 
is found to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable under any applicable law, 
such invalidity or unenforceability shall not be construed as rendering any 
other provisions contained herein invalid or unenforceable, and all such 
other provisions shall be given full force and effect to the same extent as 
though the invalid and unenforceable provision was not contained herein.

     12.   DEFINITIONS.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall 
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.  For purposes of interpreting 
this Agreement, the following definitions shall also apply:

          (a)    "Exercise Date" means the date on which the Corporation 
receives written notice of the exercise of this option together with payment 
of the Option Price for the purchased shares.

          (b)    "Exercise Price" means the Option Price multiplied by the 
number of purchased shares.

          (c)    "Expiration Date" means, unless earlier terminated pursuant 
to the terms of this Agreement or the Plan, the day immediately preceding the 
tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.

          (d)    "Option Date" means the period commencing on the Grant Date 
and, unless earlier termined in accordance with Paragraph 4, ending on the 
close of business on the Expiration Date.

      13.   HOLDING PERIOD FOR OPTIONEES.  Because the grant of this option 
has been approved in advance by the Board, the requirement set forth in 
Section 15 (c) of the Plan is hereby eliminated as no longer necessary for 
compliance with Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, as amended.


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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Agreement to be
executed in duplicate on its behalf and the Optionee has also executed this
Agreement in duplicate, all as of the date first above written.

OPTIONEE                                INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES CORP.


                                        By:
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