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    EXHIBIT
10.2

     

    MEDICAL DIRECTOR SERVICES AGREEMENT

    

     

    This
Medical Director Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) is
made effective as of the 1st day of September 2005, by and between WellQuest Medical & Wellness
Centers of Northwest Arkansas, Ltd. d/b/a WellQuest – Northwest Arkansas
(“WellQuest”) and C.
Wade Fox, M.D. (the
“Physician”).

     

    I.  BACKGROUND

     

    WellQuest
operates or intends to operate centers (the “WellQuest Centers”) in Northwest
Arkansas that provide one-stop primary healthcare and wellness
services.  The WellQuest Centers include medical spa services, retail
health and wellness shops, laboratories and imaging centers. A physician
practice (each practice being hereinafter referred to as a “Practice”) is
located in space adjacent to each WellQuest Center, so that a patient who visits
a WellQuest Center has a full-service primary care health and wellness center
available to him or her.  Pursuant to a Management and Physician
Services Agreement between WellQuest and each Practice, WellQuest provides a
full range of management services to the Practices, and the Practices provide
certain physician supervisory and other medical services to the WellQuest
Centers.

     

    WellQuest
has identified a need for a physician to serve as a medical director (the
“Medical Director”) to advise WellQuest on the operations of WellQuest’s
Northwest Arkansas Centers and to provide medical services to patients of the
Northwest Arkansas WellQuest Centers.

     

    Physician
is qualified by virtue of training and experience in the practice of medicine
and otherwise meets WellQuest’s requirements for the position of Northwest
Arkansas Medical Director.  Moreover, Physician is or intends to
become the sole shareholder of the Practices located adjacent to the WellQuest
Centers in Northwest Arkansas, so Physician is uniquely situated to provide
medical direction to the WellQuest Centers.  WellQuest desires to
contract with Physician, and Physician desires to contract with WellQuest to
provide the Medical Director services upon the terms and conditions as set forth
in this Agreement.

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     

    II.  ENGAGEMENT

     

    WellQuest
hereby engages Physician to perform the administrative services described in
this Agreement and set forth on Schedule 3.2 attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference, including primarily serving as the
Medical Director of the Northwest Arkansas WellQuest Centers.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    III.  OBLIGATIONS
OF PHYSICIAN

     

    3.1           Qualifications
and Membership.  Physician shall
remain in full compliance with all of the following conditions continuously
during the entire term of this Agreement.  Failure of Physician to
satisfy any or all of the following conditions shall constitute grounds for
automatic termination of this Agreement as set forth in Section 7.3
below.

     

    (a)           Physician
shall be licensed to practice medicine in the state of Arkansas (the “State”)
without restriction or subject to any disciplinary or corrective
action;

     

    (b)           Physician
shall have all customary narcotics and controlled substances numbers and
licenses;

     

    (c)           Physician
shall be a member in good standing of the medical staff of an area hospital
specified by WellQuest without restriction or subject to any disciplinary or
corrective action and with clinical privileges sufficient to permit Physician to
perform all services required of Physician under this Agreement;

     

    (d)           Physician
shall be board certified in the specialty of family practice medicine;
and

     

    (e)           Physician
shall act at all times in a professional manner, and refrain from any action or
conduct that is disruptive, unprofessional, or harassing, including, but not
limited to, conduct which is sexual in content or orientation, or of any other
unprofessional conduct in the performance of services under or in connection
with this Agreement.

     

    3.2           Duties
and Responsibilities.  Physician agrees to serve as the Medical
Director of the Northwest Arkansas WellQuest Centers.  In this
position, Physician shall be responsible for all medico-administrative matters
involving the Northwest Arkansas WellQuest Centers, including, but not limited
to, those duties and responsibilities set forth on Schedule 3.2 and the
following (collectively, such duties and responsibilities, the “Administrative
Services”):

     

    (a)           Physician
shall supervise the Northwest Arkansas WellQuest Centers in conformance with
WellQuest policies and procedures established from time to time by WellQuest,
and shall perform all services and duties under this Agreement in strict
accordance with applicable standards of third-payor reimbursement bodies, and
all federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, and judicial
and administrative interpretations thereof.  Physician shall also
comply with all laws governing the practice of medicine in the State and all
rules and regulations of the State’s Board of Medical Examiners, or other
applicable regulatory authority, and shall do everything necessary to maintain
in effect Physician’s license to practice medicine in the
State.  Periodic medical reviews of the clinical aspects of the
WellQuest Northwest Arkansas Centers shall be conducted by Physician to ensure
compliance with the foregoing and with quality assurance and medical audit
programs of the WellQuest Arkansas Centers and its medical
staff.  Physician shall work collaboratively with the chief executive
officer of WellQuest (the “CEO”) to ensure compliance with all standards
specifically related to the medical staff, patient care services, and related
areas.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (b)           Physician
shall be available at reasonable times for consultation with WellQuest and its
officers and directors.

     

    (c)           Physician
shall assist WellQuest in the training of any WellQuest personnel required for
operation of the WellQuest Arkansas Centers.

     

    (d)           Physician
or a designee acceptable to Physician and to WellQuest shall be available
twenty-four (24) hours a day for on-call consultation, assistance and decisions
regarding patient care or emergency issues at the Arkansas WellQuest
Centers.

     

    (e)           Physician
shall have the title of “Medical Director/WellQuest-Northwest
Arkansas.”

     

    3.3           Time
Required.

     

    (a)           Administrative
Services.  Physician shall devote such amount of time as is
necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of Physician as the
Medical Director of the WellQuest Centers and to provide the Administrative
Services to the Arkansas WellQuest Centers as set forth in this
Agreement.  It is anticipated that generally the amount of time
required for Physician to adequately perform the Administrative Services and act
as the Medical Director of the Arkansas WellQuest Centers will be a minimum of
five (5) hours per week.  Physician and WellQuest agree that one
hundred percent (100%) of Physician’s working hours covered by this Section
3.3(a) will be spent providing the Administrative Services to
WellQuest.

     

    (b)           Time
Reports.  Physician agrees to follow WellQuest policies and
procedures for the submission of project status updates or records outlining
services performed as Medical Director for WellQuest.  Within ten (10)
days following the end of each month, Physician shall deliver to WellQuest
CEO  a written status report (or other records as required by and in
the format approved by the CEO), which report shall specifically identify the
time spent providing the Administrative Services during the month just
ended.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    3.4           Location
of Administrative Services.  Physician shall
perform the obligations of Physician under this Agreement at WellQuest’s
Northwest Arkansas Centers.

     

    3.5           Limitation.  Physician agrees,
during the term of this Agreement, not to accept similar responsibilities as the
medical director of, or serve in a similar capacity with, any other concern
which is, at such time, engaged in a business of a like or similar nature to the
business being conducted by WellQuest that would interfere with Physician’s
ability to perform his or her duties under this Agreement.  Any such
additional appointment or employment will require the prior written consent of
the WellQuest CEO.

     

    3.6           Insurance.  Physician
will at all times throughout the term of this Agreement maintain general and
professional liability insurance, including malpractice insurance, in an amount
no less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) for each claim and three
million dollars ($3,000,000.00) for aggregate claims for one
occurrence.  Such insurance shall be obtained from a reputable
insurance company authorized to sell liability insurance policies in the State,
rated A or better and reasonably satisfactory to WellQuest.  Such
insurance may be in a combination of primary and excess
amounts.  Moreover, in the event that Physician ceases to provide
services hereunder, or upon the termination or expiration of this Agreement, if
Physician’s insurance is “claims made” insurance rather than “occurrence”
insurance, Physician will either (i) purchase “tail” coverage to continue the
liability insurance coverage for the period during which Physician rendered
services hereunder or (ii) continue in full force and effect the same level of
liability insurance coverage on a claims made basis until the longest statute of
limitations for professional liability has expired (recognizing that the statute
of limitations for minors is tolled until they reach the age of
majority).  This requirement shall be deemed continuing and shall
survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement.  Said
insurance shall cover all of Physician’s professional services provided to
patients and Physician’s private medical practice.  On or before the
effective date of this Agreement and thereafter on the first day of each year of
the term of this Agreement, Physician and each physician will deliver to
WellQuest a certificate of insurance evidencing the required coverage and the
payment of premiums by Physician for the ensuing year.  Physician’s
insurer or insurers shall provide written notice to WellQuest of the
cancellation or proposed cancellation of any such liability insurance
policy.

     

    3.7           Disclosure
of Information.  Physician
recognizes and acknowledges that Physician will have access to certain
confidential information of WellQuest and that such information constitutes
valuable, special and unique property of WellQuest.  Physician will
not, during or after the term of this Agreement, without the consent of
WellQuest, disclose any such confidential information to any other person, firm,
corporation, association, or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever
except as may be ordered by a court or governmental agency or as may otherwise
be required by law.  In the event of a breach or a threatened breach
by Physician of the provisions of this paragraph, WellQuest shall be entitled to
an injunction restraining Physician from disclosing in whole or in part any
confidential information.  Nothing herein shall be construed as
prohibiting WellQuest from pursuing any other remedies available to it for such
breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from
Physician.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    3.8           Financial
Obligation.  Physician shall
incur no financial obligation on behalf of WellQuest or the WellQuest Centers or
for which WellQuest shall be responsible without prior approval of WellQuest’s
CEO.

     

    3.9           Notification
of Change in Representations.  Physician shall
notify WellQuest immediately in writing if any of the representations made by
Physician in Article IV are no longer true and correct. 

     

    IV.  PHYSICIAN’S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     

    Physician
makes the following representations and warranties to WellQuest:

     

    4.1           Physician’s
Qualifications.  Physician is, and
for the term of this Agreement will remain, fully qualified as described in
Section 3.1 above.

     

    4.2           Prior
Actions.  Except to the
extent set forth in Schedule 4.2 attached
hereto, (a) Physician’s license to practice medicine in any state has never been
suspended or revoked; (b) Physician has never been reprimanded, sanctioned or
disciplined by any licensing board or state or local medical society or
specialty board; (c) there has never been entered against Physician a final
judgment in a malpractice action having an aggregate award to the plaintiff in
excess of $10,000, and no action, based on an allegation of malpractice by
Physician, has ever been settled by payment to the plaintiff of an aggregate of
more than $10,000; (d) Physician has never been denied membership or
reappointment of membership on the medical staff of any hospital and no hospital
medical staff membership or clinical privileges of Physician have ever been
suspended, curtailed or revoked; (e) Physician is not in breach of any other
contract, obligation, or covenant that would affect his ability to perform
hereunder and, as a result of entering into this Agreement, will not breach any
such contract, obligation or covenant; (f) Physician has never been suspended,
excluded, barred or sanctioned by Medicare, Medicaid, CHAMPUS, or any other
state or federal healthcare program; and (g) Physician has never been convicted
of a criminal offense related to healthcare.

     

    V.  OBLIGATIONS
AND COVENANTS OF HEALTHQUEST

     

    5.1           Space,
Equipment, and Supplies.  During the term
of this Agreement, WellQuest will make available the space, utilities,
equipment, supplies, and services, including housekeeping and laundry,
reasonably necessary for the proper operation of the WellQuest Centers and for
Physician to fulfill Physician’s administrative responsibilities as the Medical
Director of the WellQuest Centers.  WellQuest will maintain all such
equipment in good order and repair.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    5.2           Other
Personnel.  In consultation
with Physician, WellQuest will employ or assign all non-physician personnel
reasonably necessary for the proper operation of the WellQuest
Centers.  All salaries, wages, taxes, insurance, workers’ compensation
insurance, and other expenses and benefits incidental to the employment of such
non-physician personnel by WellQuest will be the responsibility and obligation
of WellQuest.

     

    5.3           Policies.  WellQuest shall
adopt such policies, rules, and regulations, which may be modified from time to
time by WellQuest in its sole discretion, affecting the business of the
WellQuest Centers and WellQuest.  The WellQuest Centers shall comply
with federal, state, and local law, rules, and regulations and record keeping
and reporting requirements.

     

    VI.  FINANCIAL
INFORMATION

     

    6.1           Administrative
Services.  In consideration of the provision of Administrative
Services by Physician to WellQuest under this Agreement, WellQuest agrees to pay
to Physician an annual fee of twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000).  Such fee is deemed earned on a monthly basis during the
term and payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each month in which
services were provided.

     

    6.2           Billing.  Physician shall
not charge patients for the Administrative Services rendered as the Medical
Director of the WellQuest Centers.

     

    6.3           Taxes.  Physician, as an
independent contractor, agrees to pay in a timely manner, all social security
and other payroll taxes relating to such compensation and Physician shall have
no claim against WellQuest for vacation pay, sick leave, retirement benefits,
Social Security, workers’ compensation, disability or unemployment insurance
benefits or other employee benefits of any kind.

     

    6.4           Performance
Bonus Related to Medical Spa Services. In recognition that the
professional oversight of Physician may contribute to the overall quality,
service, efficiency, effectiveness and performance of the non-governmental payor
revenue of the medical spa services of the Northwest Arkansas WellQuest Centers,
WellQuest will develop specific performance measures and a commensurate bonus
plan related to these areas of performance during the term of the
Agreement.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    VII.  TERM
AND TERMINATION

     

    7.1           Term.  The
term of this Agreement will be for three (3) years and shall begin on the 1st
day of September, 2005, and end on the 31st day of August, 2008, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with the terms hereof.  Thereafter, this
Agreement shall automatically renew for successive two (2) year terms unless
either party gives notice of its intent not to renew at least 90 days prior to
the expiration of the then current term.

     

    7.2           Termination
With Cause.  If Physician fails to comply with any or all of
the requirements set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement at any time during
the Agreement, WellQuest shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement effective
immediately.

     

    7.3           Termination
Option Upon Termination of Other Agreements.  WellQuest, at its
sole option, may terminate this Agreement upon notice to Physician in the event
i) Physician ceases to own or provide services to the Practice; or ii) upon the
termination or expiration of the Management and Medical Services Agreement
between the Practice and WellQuest.

     

    7.4           Modification
or Renewal.  The payment provisions of this Agreement may not
be altered or modified during the initial term of this Agreement or any renewal
thereof.  Moreover, following termination without cause, the parties
shall not enter into the same or a similar contract with each other unless the
new contract does not have the effect of altering or modifying the previous
Agreement’s payment provisions within a 12-month period.  The intent
of this provision is to prohibit the parties from terminating this Agreement
without cause and then entering into a new contract in order to alter or modify
the payment provisions within a period of less than one (1) year.

     

    VIII.  INDEMNIFICATION

     

    Physician
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless WellQuest from and against any
claim, loss, damage, cost, expense or liability arising out of or related to the
performance or nonperformance by Physician, or such other physicians as he or
she employs or contracts with to provide coverage on his behalf, of any services
(including supervision), to be performed or provided by Physician under this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, the practice of the profession of
medicine by Physician or such other physicians.  This covenant shall
be deemed continuing and shall survive any termination or expiration of this
Agreement.

     

    IX.  HIPAA
BUSINESS ASSOCIATE RELATIONSHIP

     

    Because
Physician provides administrative services for the WellQuest Centers that
involve the use and/or disclosure of individually identifiable health
information relating to the WellQuest Centers” patients (“Protected Health
Information” or “PHI”), Physician is deemed to be a business associate of
WellQuest under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(“HIPAA”), including the federal privacy regulations (“Privacy Regulations”) set
forth at 45 CFR Part 160 and Part 164 and the federal security regulations
(“Security Regulations”) set forth at 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and
164.  Physician agrees to comply with the following:

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    9.1           Permitted
Uses and Disclosures. Physician shall not use or
disclose any Protected Health Information other than as permitted by this
Agreement in order to perform Physician’s obligations hereunder or as required
by law.  Physician shall not use or disclose the PHI in any way that
would be prohibited if used or disclosed in such a way by
WellQuest.

     

    9.2           Minimum
Necessary Information.  Physician shall
only request from WellQuest, and shall only use and disclose, the minimum amount
of PHI necessary to carry out the Physician’s responsibilities under this
Agreement.

     

    9.3           Reporting. If Physician becomes aware
of any use or disclosure of PHI in violation of this Agreement, including any
“security incident” as defined by the Security Regulations, Physician shall
immediately report such information to WellQuest.  Physician shall
also require its employees, agents, and subcontractors to immediately report any
use or disclosure of PHI in violation of this Agreement or any security
incident.  Physician shall cooperate with, and take any action
required by, WellQuest to mitigate any harm caused by such improper
disclosure.

     

    9.4           Agents
and Subcontractors.  Physician shall
require his or her employees, agents, and subcontractors to agree not to use or
disclose PHI in any manner except as specifically allowed herein, and shall take
appropriate disciplinary action against any employee or other agent who uses or
discloses PHI in violation of this Agreement.  Physician shall require
any agent or subcontractor that carries out any duties for Physician involving
the use, custody, disclosure, creation of, or access to PHI to enter into a
written contract with Physician containing provisions substantially identical to
the restrictions and conditions set forth in this Section.

     

    9.5           WellQuest
Policies, Privacy Practices, and Restrictions.  Physician shall
comply with all WellQuest notices, policies, and procedures, including updates
thereto provided from time to time by WellQuest, and shall assure that each of
Physician’s agents and employees has received appropriate training regarding
HIPAA confidentiality and patient privacy compliance issues.

     

    9.6           Patient
Rights.  Physician
acknowledges that the Privacy Regulations require WellQuest to provide patients
with a number of privacy rights, including (a) the right to inspect PHI within
the possession or control of WellQuest, its business associates, and their
subcontractors, (b) the right to amend such PHI, and (c) the right to obtain an
accounting of certain disclosures of their PHI to third
parties.  Physician shall establish and maintain adequate internal
controls and procedures allowing it to readily assist WellQuest in complying
with patient requests to exercise any patient rights granted by the Privacy
Regulations, and shall, at no additional cost to WellQuest, immediately comply
with all WellQuest requests to amend, provide access to, or create an accounting
of disclosures of the PHI in the possession of Physician or its agents and
subcontractors.  If Physician receives a request directly from a
patient to exercise any patient rights granted by the Privacy Regulations,
Physician shall immediately forward the request to WellQuest.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    9.7           Safeguards. Physician shall use
appropriate physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to prevent the
use or disclosure of PHI other than as provided for by this Agreement and by
WellQuest’s privacy and security policies, including implementing security
processes for the protection of electronic PHI during transmission and storage
consistent with the requirements of the Security Regulations. Upon request,
Physician shall allow WellQuest to review such safeguards.

     

    9.8           Disclosure
to DHHS.
Physician shall make Physician’s internal practices, books, and records relating
to the use and disclosure of PHI available to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services to the extent required for determining WellQuest’s compliance with the
Privacy Regulations.  Notwithstanding the above, no attorney-client,
accountant-client, or other legal privilege shall be deemed waived by WellQuest
or Physician by virtue of this provision.

     

    9.9           Termination
and Return of PHI. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, WellQuest may terminate this Agreement
immediately if, in WellQuest’s reasonable opinion, Physician breaches any
provision of this Section.  Upon termination of this Agreement for any
reason, Physician shall, if feasible, return or destroy all PHI received from
WellQuest or created by Physician on behalf of WellQuest.  If such
return or destruction is not feasible, the parties agree that the requirements
of this Section shall survive termination of this Agreement and that Physician
shall limit all further uses and disclosures of  PHI to those purposes
that make the return or destruction of such information infeasible.

     

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    10.1         Parties’
Relationship.  In the
performance of the Administrative Services required to be provided by Physician
under this Agreement, Physician at all times will be acting as an independent
contractor engaged in the profession and practice of medicine. Physician shall
employ his or her own means and methods and exercise his or her own professional
judgment in the performance of the Administrative Services, and WellQuest shall
have no right of control or direction with respect to such means, methods or
judgments, or with respect to the details of such services.  The only
concern of WellQuest under this Agreement or otherwise is that, irrespective of
the means selected, such Administrative Services shall be provided in a
competent, efficient and satisfactory manner.  It is expressly agreed
that Physician shall not for any purpose be deemed to be an employee, agent,
partner, joint venturer, ostensible or apparent agent, servant, or borrowed
servant of WellQuest.

     

     

    10.2         Non-Discrimination.  Physician will
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national
origin, or handicap in providing services under this Agreement or in the
selection of employees or independent contractors.  This Agreement
incorporates by reference the contract clauses of Executive Order 11246, as
amended, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended, 38 U.S.C. Section
4212.

     

    10.3         Fraud and
Abuse.  The parties enter
into this Agreement with the intent of conducting their relationship in full
compliance with applicable state, local, and federal law including the
Medicare/Medicaid Anti-fraud and Abuse Amendments. Notwithstanding any
unanticipated effect of any of the provisions herein, neither party will
intentionally conduct itself under the terms of this Agreement in a manner to
constitute a violation of the Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse provisions,
and nothing contained in this Agreement shall require Physician or any physician
to admit or refer any patients to the WellQuest Centers or otherwise to use
WellQuest’s facilities as a precondition to receiving the benefits set forth
herein.  Further, if legislation is passed, the effect of which would
be to hinder WellQuest’s ability to obtain reimbursement from Medicare or
Medicaid due to the existence of this Agreement, then WellQuest may, at its
option, terminate this Agreement.

     

    10.4         Notices. Any notices or payments
required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be deemed given
when in writing and hand delivered or deposited in the United States mail,
certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the other
party at the address set forth below or as the party may designate in
writing:

     

    
      	
               
      To WellQuest:    

            	
              WellQuest
      Medical & Wellness Centers of Arkansas,
Ltd.

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              5158
      Oak Leaf Drive,

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Tulsa,
      Oklahoma 74131-2653

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Attn:  Steve
      Swift

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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              Newton
      O’Connor Turner & Ketchum

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Bank
      of America Center

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              15
      West Sixth Street, Suite 2700

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Tulsa,
      Oklahoma  74119-5423

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Attn:  John
      O’Connor, Esq.

            

    

    
       

      
        	
                      
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      Practice:      
       

                

              	
                C.
      Wade Fox, M.D., P.A.

              

      

      
      

      
      

      
      

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              602
      SW Sims

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Bentonville,
      AR 72712

            

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              Attn:  C
      Wade Fox, M.D.

            

    

    
       

      
        	
                      
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    All
notices shall be deemed to have been given on the date of actual delivery, as
evidenced by the return receipt or courier record.

     

    10.5         Duty to
Cooperate.  Each party agrees
to cooperate with the other fully in formulating and implementing the goals and
objectives which are in the best interests of WellQuest and its
patients.

     

    10.6         Severability.  In the event that
any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, the
unenforceability of that provision shall not affect the remainder of this
Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its
terms.

     

    10.7         Captions.  The captions for
each Section of this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only
and are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall not be deemed to modify,
restrict or enlarge any of the terms of provisions of this
Agreement.

     

    10.8         Governing
Law.  This Agreement
shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the State of Arkansas, without
regard to any conflicts of law provisions therein contained.

     

    10.9         Assignment.  WellQuest may
assign this Agreement to any entity which owns or operates WellQuest or any
entity that is under common control with WellQuest without Physician’s
consent.  Physician may not assign his or her rights or obligations
under this Agreement other than to a professional corporation owned entirely by
Physician.  Further, Physician may not subcontract or otherwise
arrange for another individual or entity to perform his or her duties under this
Agreement.

     

    10.10      
Force
Majeure.  Either party
shall be excused for failures and delays in performance of its respective
obligations under this Agreement due to any cause beyond the control and without
the fault of such party, including without limitation, any act of God, war, riot
or insurrection, law or regulation, strike, flood, fire, explosion or inability
due to any of the aforementioned causes to obtain labor, materials or
facilities.  Nevertheless, each party shall use its best efforts to
avoid or remove such causes and to continue performance whenever such causes are
removed, and shall notify the other party of the problem.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    10.11       No
Waiver.  No waiver of a
breach of any provision of this Agreement will be construed to be a waiver of
this Agreement, whether of a similar or different nature, and no delay in acting
with regard to a breach shall be construed as a waiver of that
breach.

     

    10.12     
Survival.  Any provisions of
this Agreement creating obligations extending beyond the term of this Agreement
will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement, regardless of the
reason for such termination.

     

    10.13       Amendment.  No amendment or
variation of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and
signed by both parties.

     

    10.14       Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersedes any and all other agreements, understandings,
negotiations, or representations, oral or written, between them.

     

    10.15      Remedies.  All rights,
powers and remedies granted to either party by any particular term of this
Agreement are in addition to, and not in limitation of, any rights, powers or
remedies which it has under any other term of this Agreement, at common law, in
equity, by statute, or otherwise.  All such rights powers and remedies
may be exercised separately or concurrently, in such order and as often as may
be deemed expedient by either party.

     

    10.16       Execution
in Counterparts.  This Agreement and any amendments hereto may
be executed in multiple counterparts by Physician and by an appropriate officer
of WellQuest.  Each counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     

    10.17       Authorization
for Agreement.  The execution and performance of this Agreement
by WellQuest and Physician have been duly authorized by all necessary laws,
resolutions, and corporate or partnership action, and this Agreement constitutes
the valid and enforceable obligations of Physician and WellQuest in accordance
with its terms.

     

    

     

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    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto or their duly authorized representatives have executed this
Agreement on the day and year first written above.

    

     

     

    
      
        	 	      
                WELLQUEST:

                WellQuest
      Medical & Wellness Centers of Northwest Arkansas,
      Ltd.

              	 
	 	d/b/a
      WellQuest Northwest Arkansas	 
	 	 	 
	
                 

              	
                By:
      

              	/s/ 	 
	 	Its:	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	PHYSICIAN:	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

      

    

    
      
         

      

      
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    SCHEDULE
3.2

     

    RESPONSIBILITIES OF
PHYSICIAN

     

    Physician
shall:

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              1.

            	
              Devote
      his or her best ability to the proper medical management of the WellQuest
      Northwest Arkansas Centers.

            

    

    
       

      
        	
                 
      

              	
                2.

              	
                Establish
      and continually review policies and procedures related to medical
      education at the WellQuest Arkansas
Centers

              

      

      
         

        
          	
                   
      

                	
                  3.

                	
                  Serve
      as Laboratory Director of any WellQuest clinical laboratories in
      Arkansas.

                

        

         

      

    

    
      	
               
      

            	
              4.

            	
              Be
      responsible for assuring that established policies, bylaws, rules and
      regulations of WellQuest are followed in the WellQuest Arkansas
      Centers.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              5.

            	
              Provide
      overall medical direction to the WellQuest Arkansas
    Centers.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              6.

            	
              Design,
      develop, review, evaluate and implement administrative and patient care
      policies and procedures that promote the quality, service, efficiency,
      cost-effectiveness and overall success of the WellQuest Arkansas
      Centers.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              7.

            	
              Supervise
      and coordinate the delivery of patient care by WellQuest and its employees
      in the WellQuest Arkansas Centers, including any laboratories and imaging
      centers operated by WellQuest.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              8.

            	
              Meet
      regularly with WellQuest employees and quality assurance staff for
      discussion of clinical issues to ensure proper
  treatment.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              9.

            	
              Assist
      WellQuest in ensuring that the WellQuest Centers, including any
      laboratories and or imaging centers, meet all requirements, terms and
      conditions required by Medicare Conditions of Participation and federal
      and state statutes governing the provision of such
    services.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              10.

            	
              Propose
      programs to address WellQuest and WellQuest Arkansas Centers needs (with
      the assistance and input of consultants of the specialties where medical
      education needs are identified).

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              11.

            	
              Work
      with the Director of Quality Assurance, after implementation of the
      programs at the WellQuest Arkansas Centers, to determine the impact of
      said programs on the quality of care at the WellQuest Arkansas
      Centers.

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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              12.

            	
              Assist
      in consumer and patient education, marketing and
    recruitment

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              13.

            	
              Review
      employees’ pre-employment and annual health examination
      reports.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              14.

            	
              Make
      recommendations at least annually to WellQuest administration regarding
      WellQuest Arkansas Centers staffing, equipment and facility needs, quality
      standards, quality assurance indicators, and WellQuest Arkansas Centers
      personnel’s adherence to WellQuest policies and
  procedures.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              15.

            	
              Assist
      WellQuest in identifying new markets for Arkansas WellQuest Centers, and
      in recruiting and staffing Practices to serve the new
    markets.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              16.

            	
              From
      time to time, attend conferences and educational meetings that further the
      quality services and business goals of
  WellQuest.

            

    

     

    
      	
               
      

            	
              17.

            	
              Represent
      WellQuest in the community and media in a manner that furthers WellQuest’s
      goals.

            

    

     

    

     

    

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SCHEDULE
4.2

     

    Reportable
Events

     

    (If there
are no reportable events, list “NONE”)

     

    

    

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    17Unassociated Document

    HQHealthQuest
Medical & Wellness Centers, Ltd.

    

    STEPHEN H. M. SWIFT EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT

    

    
      
        

      

    

     

               THIS
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is entered to be effective as of
the 1st day of January, 2005, (the "Effective Date"), by and
between HQHealthQuest
Medical & Wellness Centers, Ltd. , an Oklahoma corporation (the
"Company"), and Stephen H. M. Swift (the
"Employee").

    

    For valuable consideration,
the Company and the Employee agree as follows:

    

    
      1.             
Employment;
Offices.

    

    

    (A)           Employment.  The
Company hereby employs the Employee and the Employee hereby accepts employment
with the Company for the period and upon the terms and conditions contained in
this Agreement.  The
Employee hereby expressly acknowledges that the ownership of stock in the
Company is not a guaranty of employment or continued employment with the
Company.

    

    (B)           Duties;
Authority.  The Employee shall have the title of AChairman
of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President@
of the Company and shall have those duties, responsibilities and authority set
forth in respect to these positions in the By-Laws of the Company adopted on
November 8, 2004, and such additional duties, responsibilities and authority as
may from time to time be mutually agreed between the Employee and the
Company.  Further, whenever a subsidiary of the Company is formed or
acquired, the Employee shall have the same title, duties, responsibilities and
authority in the subsidiary, unless otherwise agreed between the Company and the
Employee, and this Agreement shall govern the Employee’s employment under any
such subsidiary unless otherwise determined by the Company and the
Employee.  When applicable, the term “Company” shall include any
subsidiary of the Company.

    

    (C)           Performance.  During
the term of employment under this Agreement, the Employee shall devote on a
full-time basis his time, energy, skill and best efforts to the performance of
his duties hereunder in a manner that will faithfully and diligently further the
business and interests of the Company.  The Employee shall comply with
the employee policies or written manuals of the Company as they exist from time
to time as applicable generally to the Company=s
CEO or employees.

    

    (D)           Resignation from
Office.  The Employee hereby irrevocably resigns from every
position the Employee holds in the Company or any subsidiary controlled by the
Company, including directorships and offices in the Company or any subsidiary
controlled by the Company, on the date of the involuntary termination of the
Employee’s employment with the Company for cause.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    2.             
Term.

    

    Unless
otherwise terminated in accordance with Sections 4, 6 or 7 of this Agreement,
the term of employment hereunder (the AInitial
Term@)
shall be for a period of five (5) years from the Effective Date of this
Agreement, and thereafter will automatically renew for successive two year
terms (the@Renewal
Terms@)
unless either party serves notice in writing upon the other party, at least 180
days prior to the expiration of a Term, that such party elects not to renew the
Employee=s
employment under this Agreement for the next succeeding term.  If the
Employee=s
employment is terminated as set forth herein, the Term shall end on the
effective date of such termination of employment.  The AInitial
Term@
and ARenewal
Terms,@
if any, are also sometimes collectively referenced herein as the ATerm@.

    

    
      3.            
 Compensation for
Employment.

    

    

    (A)           During
the term of this Agreement and until the date when the first clinic opens for
business, the Company shall provide and pay the following benefits and
compensation to the Employee:

    

    (i)           Base
Salary.  The initial base annual compensation of the Employee
for his services as an employee of the Company under this Agreement shall be
$180,000 and shall commence on the Effective Date, which the Company shall pay
to the Employee in equal installments and in accordance with the normal payroll
policies of the Company; and

    

    (ii)          Insurance.  The
Company shall pay to the Employee=s
health insurance carrier an amount sufficient to pay the premium (standard
premium not increased or rated for any reason) for the Employee and his
dependents for health and dental insurance with the same coverage offered to the
other employees of the Company.  The Company shall not be obligated to
provide the benefits provided under the terms of this Section 3(a)(ii) after the
termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder if the Employee is terminated
for cause; and

    

    (iii)         Payment and Reimbursement of
Expenses.  The Company shall pay or reimburse the Employee for
all reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the Employee in the
organization of the Company or in the performance of his obligations under this
Agreement, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the
Company.  Such expenses shall include, but not be limited to, expenses
incurred before the Effective Date and expenses for attendance at medical/spa
and related seminars, conferences and continuing education meetings and trade
shows, as well as expenses related to the organization of the Company, provided
that the Employee properly accounts for such expenses in accordance with the
regular policies of the Company.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (B)           During
the term of this Agreement and from and after the date when the first clinic
opens for business, the Company shall provide and pay the following benefits and
compensation to the Employee:

    

    (i)           Base
Salary.  The base annual compensation of the Employee for his
services as an employee of the Company under this Agreement shall be $250,000,
which the Company shall pay to the Employee in equal installments and in
accordance with the normal payroll policies of the Company.  The base
salary shall be reviewed at least annually by the Company, and the salary may be
increased, but not decreased, during the Term;

    

    (ii)          Incentive
Compensation.  The Employee shall be eligible to receive
incentive bonuses and other compensation on terms and conditions to be
determined by the Board of Directors each year based upon the performance of the
Company and the Employee=s
contribution to such performance.   The incentive compensation
shall be reviewed at least annually by the Company;

    

    (iii)         401(k)
Plan.  The Company shall institute a 401(k) Plan or similar
benefit to take effect at some time during the first two years of operation of
the first clinic to be operated by the Company and shall match the Employee=s
contribution, within the contribution schedule set by the Company, during each
year of operation of the Company during the Term; any such plan or arrangement
shall be revocable and subject to termination or amendment at any
time;

    

    (iv
         Payment and Reimbursement of
Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Employee for all
reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by the Employee in the
organization of the Company or in the performance of his obligations under this
Agreement, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the
Company.  Such expenses shall include, but not be limited to,
attendance at medical/spa and related seminars, conferences and continuing
education meetings and trade shows, provided that the Employee properly accounts
for such expenses in accordance with the regular policies of the
Company;

    

    (v)         Insurance.  During
the Term, the Company shall pay to the Employee=s
group health insurance carrier an amount sufficient to pay the premium (standard
premium not increased or rated for any reason) for the Employee and his
dependents for health and dental insurance with the same coverage offered to the
other employees of the Company, disability insurance in the amount of two times
the Employee=s
annual base compensation under such terms and conditions as the Company shall
determine,  and life insurance with a death benefit of not less than
two times the Employee=s
annual base compensation. Further, during the Term, the Company shall provide
the Employee at the Company=s
expense, an annual physical examination.  The Company shall not be
obligated to provide the benefits provided under the terms of this Section 3(b)
after the termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder if the Employee is
terminated for cause; provided, that, in the event the Employee disputes the
grounds given for the termination, the benefits provided under the terms of this
Section 3(b)(v) after the termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder
shall be provided until the grounds are established in an arbitration,
litigation or mutually agreed resolution, but under no circumstances shall such
benefits be provided for more than one year from the date of termination
regardless of the existence of a dispute regarding the grounds or justification
for termination;

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (vi)       
Other
Benefits.  During the Term, the Employee shall be entitled to
participate in or receive benefits under any plan or arrangement made available
by the Company to its employees generally (including any health, dental,
disability, and life insurance programs), subject to and on a basis consistent
with the terms, conditions and overall administration of such plans and
arrangements.  Any such plan or arrangement shall be revocable and
subject to termination or amendment at any time; and

    

    (vii)       Vacation.  The
Employee shall be entitled to four (4) weeks paid vacation during each year of
the Term.  Such vacation shall be taken at times consistent with the
effective discharge of the Employee=s
duties.  Such vacation shall be deemed fully earned at the beginning
of each year of the Term.  For purposes of vacation, the Employee’s
employment shall be determined to have commenced on the Effective
Date.

    

    4.            
 Termination.

    

    
      (A)          
Termination Without
Cause.

    

    

    
      (i)          
Termination By the
Company.

    

     

    (a)           The
Company may terminate the employment of the Employee at any time without Cause
for any reason whatsoever and without prior notice.  The reduction, in
any manner or to any extent, of any of the duties, responsibilities, authority
or compensation of the Employee, or the alteration of the title of the Employee,
without the Employee’s consent, shall constitute termination without
cause.

    

    (b)           Upon
termination of the employment of the Employee without Cause, whether during or
at the end of a Term, the Company shall pay and provide, and the Employee shall
be entitled to receive:  (i) within thirty (30) days following the
termination, a lump sum payment of any unpaid salary and unused vacation accrued
through the date of termination; (ii) within thirty (30) days following the
termination, a lump sum payment of any unreimbursed business expenses properly
incurred prior to the date of termination; (iii) a severance in the amount of
the salary and paid in installments and the continuation of the payment for the
insurance coverages in effect on the date of the termination of the employment
under Sections 3(b)(i) and (v) of this Agreement for a period of two years from
the date of termination of employment; and  (iv) all rights granted to
the Employee under applicable law or any employee benefit plan in effect on the
date of termination (in accordance with the terms of any such
plan).

    

    
      
         

      

      
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      (ii)         
Termination By the
Employee.

    

    

    (a)           The
Employee may voluntarily terminate his employment at any time upon not less than
thirty (30) days written notice.

    

    (b)           Upon
termination of the employment by the Employee without cause, the Company shall
have no further liability or obligation to the Employee under this Agreement or
otherwise in connection with his employment hereunder, except for: (i) any
unpaid salary and  unused vacation accrued through the date of
termination, and (ii) any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred prior
to the date of termination, and (iii) rights granted to the Employee under
applicable law or any employee benefit plan in effect on the date of termination
(in accordance with the terms of any such plan); and

    

    (B)       
    Termination for
Cause.

    

    
      (i)          
Termination By the
Company.

    

    

    (a)           The
Company may terminate the employment of the Employee at any time for
Cause.  Cause must be found to exist by a majority of the members of
the Company’s board of directors before a termination for cause may
occur.  For purposes hereof, ACause@
means any of the following:

    

    
      (1)           the
Employee=s
engagement in fraud, misappropriation of Company property, embezzlement or any
similar action or conduct which would constitute a felony or a basis for
suspension from the Medicare of Medicaid programs; or

    

    

    (2)           the
commission by the Employee of a crime involving moral turpitude; or

    

    (3)           the
Employee=s
failure, within thirty (30) days after the Employee shall have been given a
written notice, to cure a breach of a material term or condition of the
Employee=s
duties or responsibilities under this Agreement, which breach does not involve
the commission of one of the other grounds for termination for
cause.

    

    (b)           Upon
termination of the Employee’s employment hereunder for Cause, the Company shall
have no further liability or obligation to the Employee under this Agreement or
otherwise in connection with his employment hereunder, except for: (i) any
unpaid salary and unused vacation accrued through the date of termination,
(ii) any unreimbursed expenses properly incurred prior to the date of
termination, and (iii) all rights granted to the Employee under applicable
law or any employee benefit plan in effect on the date of termination (in
accordance with the terms of any such plan).  Any financial obligation
of the Company to the Employee referenced under this paragraph shall be subject
to offset in the amount owed by the Employee to the Company.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (ii)          Termination By the
Employee.

    

    (a)           The
Employee may terminate his employment with the Company at any time for
Cause.  For purposes hereof, ACause@
means the Company=s
failure, within thirty (30) days after the Company shall have been given a
written notice from the Employee, to cure a breach of a material term or
condition of the Company=s
duties or responsibilities under this Agreement.

    

    (b)           Upon
termination by the Employee of the Employee’s employment hereunder for Cause,
the Company shall have no further liability or obligation to the Employee under
this Agreement or otherwise in connection with his employment hereunder, except
that the Company shall pay and provide, and the Employee shall be entitled to
receive:  (i) within thirty (30) days following the termination, a
lump sum payment of any unpaid salary and unused vacation accrued through the
date of termination; (ii) within thirty (30) days following the
termination, a lump sum payment of any unreimbursed business expenses properly
incurred prior to the date of termination; (iii) a severance in the amount of
the salary and paid in installments and the continuation of the payment for the
insurance coverages in effect on the date of the termination of the employment
under Sections 3(b)(i) and (v) of this Agreement for a period of two years from
the date of termination of employment; and  (iv) all rights granted to
the Employee under applicable law or any employee benefit plan in effect on the
date of termination (in accordance with the terms of any such plan). Any
financial obligation of the Company to the Employee referenced under this
section shall be subject to offset in the amount owed by the Employee to the
Company.

    

    (C)           In
the event that the Company terminates the Employee’s employment with the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company, with or without cause, and at the time of the
termination, the Employee is a personal guarantor of any  indebtedness
or obligation of the Company, or has personally become a co-maker on any notes
or contracted to become an obligor on any contractual obligations of the
Company, then the Company shall utilize its best efforts to secure the release
of the Employee from liability for any of said guarantees, notes, contracts or
obligations, and failing to accomplish the foregoing after a good faith effort
shall have been made, the Company shall:  (i) execute a written
document holding the Employee harmless from and agreeing to indemnify the
Employee against any and all demands, costs, expenses, damages, losses,
judgments , defense costs, including attorneys’ fees, liabilities, actions,
causes and claims arising from or related to any of said guarantees, notes,
contracts or obligations; and (ii) continue, until such releases are secured, to
pay to the Employee an amount equal to the salary in effect on the date of the
termination of the employment under Section 3(b)(i) of this Agreement and to
provide, at the Company’s expense, to the Employee the insurance coverage
(health, life and disability) provided by the Company to the Employee under
Section 3(b)(v) of this Agreement at the time his employment was terminated;
provided, that the payments and insurance provided to the Employee under this
Section 4(C) shall be in addition to and shall precede the commencement of any
severance  payments and payments for insurance otherwise due to the
Employee under this Agreement.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    5.             
Indemnification.  The
Employee is hereby indemnified by the Company upon the terms, conditions and in
the manner and to the extent of the indemnification provided in the Certificate
of Incorporation adopted by the Company on November 8, 2004, or upon such other
terms as the Employee and the Company may mutually adopt in writing;
and

    

    6.        
      Disability.  In
the event the Employee becomes disabled during the Term, the Company shall
continue the salary, insurance and other benefits under Section 3 of this
Agreement during the disability of the Employee for a period of up to twelve
(12) months following the date on which the disability commenced; provided, that
after three months of continuous disability, the Company may employ another
person in the position of the Employee.  After twelve months of
continuous disability, the Company may terminate the employment of the Employee
under this Agreement.  ADisability,@
for purposes of this section, shall mean one or more mental or physical
conditions, confirmed by a certificate of a physician or psychiatrist, which
prevents the Employee from regularly performing the normal duties of his office
under this Agreement.  The end of the period of disability shall
likewise be certified by a physician of psychiatrist.  Termination as
a consequence of disability shall be treated as a termination without cause
under Section 4 of this Agreement; and the Company may apply the disability
insurance payments received under the disability insurance carried by the
Company hereunder against the monetary obligation of the Company under the
severance payment obligation in section 4(A)(i)(b).

    

    7.        
     Cancellation.  In
the event that the Company is for any reason unable to commence operations of a
medical clinic and spa on or before October 1, 2005, this Agreement shall
terminate on such date and the rights of the Employee and obligations of the
Company shall be the same as are provided in Section 4(A)(ii)(b) of this
Agreement.

    

    8.     
        Non-Solicitation.  For
the longer of:  (i) the period while the Employee is receiving a
salary or severance payment from the Company, or (ii) one year following the
date of termination by the Company of the employment of the Employee with cause
or without cause, or following the voluntary termination by the Employee of the
employment of the Employee, the Employee will not, directly or indirectly: (i)
solicit any customer of the Company or any subsidiary owned by the Company, as
of the date of termination for the purpose of offering products or services to
such customer of the same type as are offered by the Company or such subsidiary
as of the date of termination; or (ii) solicit any Employees of the Company or
such subsidiary for purposes of offering such person(s) employment in a business
which competes with the Company or such subsidiary as of the date of
termination.

    

    9.              Non-Disclosure.  The
Employee will not, without first obtaining the Company=s
written consent, disclose to others, or use (except in the performance of his
duties for the Company), either during or after the term of employment, any
information or data which pertains to the Company=s
business, customers or interests and which is not freely available to persons
not employed by the Company. Upon termination of the Employee=s
employment, the Employee will promptly turn over to the Company all such
information or data, in every medium maintained by the Employee, as well as all
existing documents and all copies of such information or data made or acquired
by the Employee during his employment.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    10.    
       Notices.  All
notices, requests, demands, and other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given, made,
and received only when personally delivered, sent by electronically confirmed
e-mail, visual mail or facsimile transmission,  delivered by Federal
Express or other nationally recognized courier service, or two days after having
been deposited in the United States mail, certified mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, to the address set forth on the signature page
herein.  Either party may designate a different address by giving
notice of change of address in the manner provide above.

    

    11.        
   Waiver.  No
waiver or modification in whole or in part of this Agreement, or any term or
condition hereof, shall be effective against any party unless expressly
referenced in a writing which expressly states that it is a waiver or
modification of this Agreement and which is duly signed by the party sought to
be bound.  Any waiver or any breach of any provisions hereof or any
right or power by any party on one occasion shall not be construed as a waiver
of, or a bar to, the exercise of such right or power on any other occasion or as
a waiver of any subsequent breach.

    

    12.       
    Binding Effect;
Successors.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Employee and his executors,
administrators, heirs, and legal representatives.  This Agreement may
not be transferred, sold or assigned by the Company.  Because the
Employee's duties and services hereunder are special, personal, and unique in
nature, the Employee may not transfer, sell or otherwise assign his rights,
obligations, or benefits under this Agreement.

    

    13.        
   Controlling
Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Oklahoma applicable to
contracts made and to be performed therein, exclusive of the conflict of laws
provisions thereof or of any other State.

    

    14.        
   Severability.  If
any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable,
such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect or impair the validity or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which shall remain
in full force and effect and the parties hereto shall continue to be bound
thereby.

    

    15.       
    Actions; Injunctive Relief;
Fees.  The Employee and the Company shall be entitled to
injunctive relief from the courts or arbitrators to enforce their respective
rights hereunder.  In the event an action is brought to enjoin any
conduct, the defendant waives any requirement of the posting of a bond of any
type by the plaintiff in such action.  The Employee agrees that, in
the event he violates the terms of Sections 8 or 9 of this Agreement,
irreparable damage will be sustained by the Company.  In the event an
action is brought to enforce the terms of this Agreement or to resolve any
dispute or controversy arising among the parties hereto regarding the Employee’s
employment with the Company or any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement
or the breach thereof, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover his or
its reasonable attorney=s
fees and costs incurred in the prosecution or defense of said action from the
other party. A party that is forced to seek an order compelling arbitration and
that succeeds in enforcing this Agreement shall be awarded its attorney fees and
costs by the court compelling arbitration.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    16.           Arbitration of
Disputes.

    

    (A)         
 Any
dispute or controversy arising among the parties here­to regarding any term,
covenant or condition of this Agreement or the breach thereof shall, upon
written demand of any party hereto, be submitted to and determined by
arbi­tration before the American Arbitration Association, in Tulsa, OK, by a
single arbitrator, in accordance with the rules of the Association then in
effect in respect to the arbitration of employment disputes; provided, that any
party hereto may seek injunctive relief from a court and the proceeding for such
equitable relief shall not be subject to dismissal or stay as a result of a
request for arbitration under this section .  The arbitrator shall
have the authority to grant injunctive relief, but the seeking or obtaining of
injunctive relief from a court by any party shall not be deemed a waiver by that
party of the right to demand arbitration of any dispute arising
hereunder.

    

    (B)           The
arbitrators may not amend, vary or invalidate any provision of this
Agreement.  Any award or decision rendered shall be made by means of a
written opinion explaining the arbitrators' reasons for the award or decision,
and the award or decision shall be final and binding upon the parties
hereto.  Judgment upon the award or decision rendered by the
arbitrators may be entered in any court of competent
jurisdiction.  The
parties hereby waive the right to appeal the judgment, award or decision of the
arbitrator.

    

    (C)           In
any such proceeding, the arbitrator shall, after a separate hearing, grant, and
the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover, its costs of prosecuting or
defending (or both) the claims made, including its reasonable attorneys’ fees
and costs, as well as the costs and fees of the arbitration, from the other
party(s).

    

    (D)           THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE
WAIVING IMPORTANT RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO
THE RESOLUTION OF THEIR DISPUTES BY A COURT, BY ENTERING THIS
AGREEMENT.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    17.   
        Survival.  The
terms and conditions of sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 15 and 16 of this Agreement shall:
be construed and enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law; survive
termination of the employment relationship and of this Agreement; bind agents,
assigns, heirs, spouses, relatives, dependents, executors, guardians, and others
with legal standing to file suit for claims covered by or relating to this
Agreement, even in the absence of a signature by such potentially affected
parties.

    

    18.        
   Entire
Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement
between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede
all previous agreements between the parties, whether written or oral, with
respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may not be
modified, altered, or amended except by a writing signed by each of the parties
hereto.

    
 

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company and the Employee have executed this Agreement as of the Effective
Date.

     

    
      
        	HQHealthQuest
      Medical &	 	 	EMPLOYEE:	 
	Wellness
      Centers, Ltd.,	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 	
                /s/

              	 	 	
                /s/
      

              	 
	 	
                Lawrence
      D. Field

              	 	 	Stephen H. M.
      Swift	 
	 	
                Secretary

              	 	 	5158 Oak Leaf
      Drive	 
	 	 	 	 	Tulsa,
      OK 74131	 
	 	15
      W. 6th
      Street	 	 	 	 
	 	Suite
      2700	 	 	 	 
	 	Tulsa,
      OK 74119   	 	 	 	 

      

    

    
 

    

    
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