**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**Certification**

 

I, David M. Daniels, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of National HealthPartners, Inc. (the “company”);

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statementof a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly present in all material respectsthe financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company asof, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       The company’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

 

(a)                                  Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)                                 Designed suchinternal control over financial reporting or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

 

(c)                                  Evaluated theeffectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this reportbased on such evaluation; and

 

(d)                                 Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the company’s most recent fiscalquarter (the company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, thecompany’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

 

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5.                                       The company’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based onour most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to thecompany’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)                                  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and

 

(b)                                 Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control overfinancial reporting.

 

|   |   | /s/ David M. Daniels    |
|--------|--------|-------------------------|
|   |   | David M. Daniels        |
|   |   | Chief Executive Officer |

 

Date:  March 23,2009

 

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