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                                  EXHIBIT 31.1
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                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 AND 15d-14
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              UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED
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      I, Bruce Mogel, Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Healthcare Holdings,
Inc., certify that:

      1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K 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: July 28, 2006         By:  /s/ Bruce Mogel
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                                         Bruce Mogel
                                         Chief Executive Officer