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# CERTIFICATION

I, John Q. Barnidge, Chief Financial Officer of Prime Medical Services, Inc., certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Prime Medical Services, Inc.;
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|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;
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|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;
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|4. | The registrants other certifying  officer(s) 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:
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| | (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 registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is
         made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | (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
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| | (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
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|5. | The registrants  other certifying  officer(s) 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 functions):
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| | (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
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| | (b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that  involves  management  or other  employees  who have a significant  role in the
         registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date:  February 26, 2004 |  | By: /s/ John Q. Barnidge               
       John Q. Barnidge
       Chief Financial Officer
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