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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Ron Lipstein, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Ortec International,
Inc.;

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)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) for the small
business issuer and we have:

     (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
          disclosure controls 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;

     (b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
          such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
          our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
          reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
          statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
          accounting principles;

     (c)  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 report based on such
          evaluation; and

     (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
          internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
          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 functions):

     (a)  A1l significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
          operation 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 information; 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: March 31, 2005


                                      /s/ Ron Lipstein
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                                      Ron Lipstein
                                      Principal Executive Officer