Document:

Unassociated Document

    
      Exhibit
10.09

    

    

    

    February
25, 2008

    

    Rost
Ginevich

    

    Dear
Rost:

    

    American
CareSource is pleased to offer you the position of Chief Information Officer. In
this position you will be reporting to me.

    

    The
following are the compensation and benefit components of our offer:

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
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              The
      salary offered for this position is $175,000 annually, paid
      bi-monthly.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              You
      will be eligible for our standard employee benefit package as outlined in
      our employee handbook.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              50%
      bonus potential based on the achievement of Board approved Company goals
      and personal goals set by you and me shortly after your start
      date.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              Your
      equity participation is 110,000 stock options with a strike price at the
      closing price on the day the grant is approved by the Board of
      Directors.  The details are outlined below in a separate
      paragraph.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
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              Four
      weeks of vacation accrued per year.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
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              In
      the event of a termination resulting from a Change of Control, the Company
      will pay employee a lump sum equal to three (3) months of compensation as
      well as any pro rata bonus earned for the current year, within 30 days
      following a Change of Control. In addition, the employee will continue all
      benefits for a period of three (3) months under the current
      plan.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              ·

            	
              The
      Company will reimburse reasonable expenses associated with a health club
      membership.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
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              You
      will be reimbursed for normal and customary business expenses as allowed
      in our employee handbook.

            

    

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
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              The
      company will reimburse reasonable and customary expenses associated with a
      mobile phone used for business purposes according to our
      policy.

            

    

    

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

       

    

    
    

    
      	
               
      

            	
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              Employee
      will be reimbursed for the COBRA ADD and LTD payments for 90
      days.

            

    

    

    Your
start date for work with American CareSource will be March 10, 2008, at our
Dallas office (5429 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, Suite 700, Dallas, TX
75040).  This offer is contingent on you successfully passing a
background check and is not to be considered a contract guaranteeing employment
for any specific duration.  As an at-will employee, both you and the
company have the right to terminate your employment at any time.

    

    As part
of your compensation, you will be offered the opportunity to participate in the
Company’s Stock Option Plan subject to plan guidelines and Board of Director’s
approval.  We have targeted your participation of 110,000 options with
a strike price at the closing price of the next Board of Directors meeting or
formal Board approval, whichever occurs first.  This grant will vest
25% on your first anniversary, with the balance vesting monthly over 36 months
beginning in the 13th month
of service.  In the event of a change in control, your options will
vest 100%.

    

    On your
first day of employment, American CareSource will provide additional information
about the objectives, policies, benefit programs, general employment conditions
and completion of employment and benefit forms.  You will be eligible
to enroll in medical, dental, vision, and other benefits on the first of the
month following 90 days of employment with American CareSource Holdings,
Inc.

    

    To
fulfill federal identification requirements, you should bring documentation to
support your identity and eligibility to work in the United States. The types of
acceptable documentation are listed on the Form I-9 of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service. Please contact me if you have any questions about which
documents are acceptable to verify your identity and eligibility to work in the
United States.

    

    We are
pleased to have you join our organization as a member of what we feel is a
company that offers each employee an opportunity for personal and professional
development.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact me at 972.308.6842.  I look forward to working with you in the
future and hope you will find your employment a rewarding
experience.

    

    Sincerely,

    

    /s/David
S. Boone

    

    David S.
Boone

    President
and Chief Executive Officer

    

    

    Please
indicate your acceptance by your signature, and return this offer letter to
me.  Thank you.

    

    
       

      
        	/s/ Rost A.
      Ginevich    	 	March 6,
    2008	 
	Signature  	 	DateUnassociated Document

                                                                                                    

      
        	ATTACHMENT
      B1 	
                PROMISSORY
      NOTE 

              
	 	
                BioForce
      Nanosciences 

              

      

       

    

    IOWA
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    PIAP
PROGRAM

    

    PROMISSORY
NOTE

    

    Loan
Number:  03-PIAP-04

    
       

      
        	 	
                Des
      Moines, Iowa 

              
	$69,999  	 
	 	
                November 5, 2007 

              

      

       

    

    FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned (hereafter called the “Maker”) promises to pay to the
order of the State of Iowa, Department of Economic Development (hereafter called
the “Payee”) at its office at 200 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, or
upon notice to the Maker, at such other place as may be designated from time to
time by the holder, the principal sum, as of November 5, 2007, of sixty nine
thousand nine hundred and ninety nine dollars ($69,999) to be paid as
follows:

    

    The loan
shall be made with an interest rate of Zero (0%) for a period of SIX (6) years,
which started on 5/1/06. Equal monthly payments of ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
SIXTY-SIX AND 67/100 Dollars ($1,666.67) and a FINAL PAYMENT of ONE THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX AND 47/100 Dollars ($1,666.47).

    

    1. Payments. All payments under
the Note shall be applied in this order: (1) to interest, and (2) to
principal.

    

    2. Loan Agreement; Acceleration Upon
Default. This note is issued to Maker to evidence an obligation to repay
a loan according to the terms of the Loan Agreement

    03-PIAP-04
of March 14, 2003 between the Payee and Maker, and at the election of the holder
without notice to the Maker, shall become immediately due and payable in the
event any payment is not made when due or upon the occurrence of any event of
default under the terms of the Loan Agreement.

    

    3. Reduced Amount. In the
event the Maker fails to requisition and spend the full face amount of the Note
as set out above, then the amount of each installment payment shall be reduced
accordingly in equal amounts.

    

    4. Security. Payment of this
note is secured by a Uniform Commercial Code
(UCC-1) on specific equipment. Equipment that IDED will have a 1st   position
to include Dimension 3150 microscope, Epilog laser system, and Nikon LV-150
wafer inspection microscope.

    

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

       

    

    In the
case of a decline in the market value of the collateral, or any part thereof,
the Payee may demand that additional collateral of quality and value
satisfactory to holder be delivered, pledged, and transferred to
holder.

    

    5. Waiver.  No delay
or omission on the part of the holder in exercising any right under this Note
shall operate as a waiver of that right or of any other right under this
Note.  A waive on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to
or waiver of any right and/or remedy on any future occasion.

    

    6. Waiver of
Protest.  Each maker, surety, endorser and guarantor of this
Note, expressly waives presentment, protest, demand, notice of dishonor or
default, and notice of any kind with respect to this Note.

    

    7. Costs of
Collection.  The Maker will pay on demand all costs of
collection, maintenance of collateral, legal expenses, and attorney’s fees
incurred or paid by the holder in collecting and/ or enforcing this Note on
default.

    

    8. Meaning of
Terms.  As used in this Note, “holder” shall mean the Payee or
other endorsee of this Note, who is in possession of it, or the bearer hereof,
if this Note is at the time payable to the bearer.  The word “Maker”
shall mean each of the undersigned. If this Note is signed by more than one
person, it shall be the joint and several liabilities of such
persons.

    

    9.
Miscellaneous.  The captions of paragraphs in this Promissory
Note are for the convenience of reference only, shall not define or limit the
provisions hereof and shall not have any legal or other significance
whatsoever.

    

    

    ADDRESS:

     

    
      	 	 	 	 
	

              BioForce Nanosciences,
      Inc.

            	 	 	 
	1615 Golden Aspen Dr.,
      Suite 101	
              BY: 

            	/s/ Gregory D.
      Brown	 
	

              Ames, Iowa
      50010 

            	 	Gregory D.
      Brown 	 
	 	 	Chief Financial
      Officer

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