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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.2

                       AMENDMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

         This AMENDMENT, dated December 19, 2000 ("Amendment"), to that certain
STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT, dated as of October 8, 1999, as amended (the
"Stockholders Agreement"), by and among IASIS Healthcare Corporation ("IASIS"),
JLL Healthcare, LLC ("JLL"), BTIP/BERENSON MINELLA ("BTIP"), and BERENSON
MINELLA INVESTMENTS LLC ("BMI") (BTIP and BMI hereinafter referred to
individually as a "BMC Party" and collectively as the "BMC Parties" and the BMC
Parties and JLL hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Stockholders").

         WHEREAS, PHC/CHC Holdings, Inc. ("Holdings") owned 80,000 shares of
Common Stock of IASIS as of October 8, 1999 (the "IASIS Shares");

         WHEREAS, Holdings is (and was as of October 8, 1999) the direct or
indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Paracelsus Healthcare Corporation ("PHC");

         WHEREAS, the Stockholders Agreement was originally signed by PHC and
was not signed by Holdings;

         WHEREAS, PHC subsequently assigned to Holdings (i) all of PHC's right,
title and interest in the Stockholders Agreement and (ii) any interest in the
IASIS Shares that PHC may have been deemed to have as a result of its being a
party to the Stockholders Agreement;

         WHEREAS, on or before the date hereof, Holdings (i) sold 40,000 of the
Iasis Shares to the BMC Parties and (ii) granted to the BMC Parties an option to
purchase the remaining 40,000 Iasis Shares under certain circumstances (the
Iasis Shares that were purchased by the BMC Parties on or before the date hereof
and any Iasis Shares that the BMC Parties purchase hereafter are referred to
herein as the "BMC Shares"), in each case pursuant to a certain Stock Purchase
Agreement among Holdings and the BMC Parties (the "Sale");

         WHEREAS, as a condition of the closing of the Sale, Holdings and the
BMC Parties executed that certain Counterpart Signature Page to the Stockholders
Agreement pursuant to which the BMC Parties became parties thereto; and

         WHEREAS, the BMC Parties, JLL and Iasis wish to amend the Stockholders
Agreement to address certain issues described below;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

                               W I T N E S S E T H
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         1) IASIS and the Stockholders agree that effective as of the date
hereof, (i) each BMC Party who has become a party to the Stockholders Agreement
pursuant to the Counterpart Signature Page shall be deemed a Stockholder
thereunder and succeed to all of the rights and obligations of PHC and Holdings
thereunder with respect to the BMC Shares (ii) the BMC Shares shall continue to
be Registrable Securities following the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment; and (iii) for purposes of Section 5.01 of the Stockholders Agreement,
the shares of IASIS Common Stock held

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by the BMC Parties collectively shall be used in calculating percentage
ownership of the BMC Parties and the number of Demand Registrations to which the
BMC Parties are entitled.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby agree to be bound by the
terms and provisions of this Amendment as of the date first above written.

                                    IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Wayne Gower
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                                       Name:  C. Wayne Gower
                                       Title: President and Chief Operating
                                              Officer

                                    JLL HEALTHCARE, LLC

                                    By: /s/ Jeffrey C. Lightcap
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                                       Name:  Jeffrey C. Lightcap
                                       Title: Senior Managing Director

                                    BTIP/BERENSON MINELLA

                                    By:    Berenson Minella & Company, Inc.
                                    Title: General Partner

                                    By: /s/ Gregg Feinstein
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                                        Gregg Feinstein, Managing Director
                                        & Chief Operating Officer

                                    BERENSON MINELLA INVESTMENTS LLC

                                    By:    Berenson Minella & Company, Inc.
                                    Title: Senior Managing Member

                                    By: /s/ Gregg Feinstein
                                       ---------------------------------------
                                        Gregg Feinstein, Managing Director
                                        & Chief Operating Officer

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

COMMON STOCK                                                        COMMON STOCK

                                (PICTURE OF MAN)

                                                                   ______ SHARES

NUMBER IH _________                          THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN
                                            CHARLOTTE, N.C. OR IN NEW YORK, N.Y.
[IASIS Healthcare
Corporation Logo]

                                                               CUSIP 000000 00 0
                                             SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

                          IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

IS THE OWNER OF

           FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK,
                        PAR VALUE OF $.01 PER SHARE, OF

IASIS Healthcare Corporation transferable on the books of the Corporation by the
holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate
properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued
and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation and of the Bylaws of the Corporation and all amendments and
supplements thereto, copies of which are on file with the Corporation to all of
which the holder by acceptance of this Certificate assents. This Certificate is
not valid until countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and
Registrar.

     Witness the facsimile signatures of the Corporation's duly authorized
officers.

Dated:

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:

          FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
         (Charlotte, North Carolina)           TRANSFER AGENT
                                               AND REGISTRAR

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AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE    /S/ FRANK A. COYLE             /S/ DAVID R. WHITE

                        SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL    CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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                          IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

     THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH TO ANY STOCKHOLDER UPON REQUEST AND WITHOUT
CHARGE A FULL STATEMENT OF THE DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS AND
RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE SHARES OF EACH CLASS AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED. SUCH
REQUEST MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL
OFFICE OR TO ITS TRANSFER AGENT.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.

TEN COM - as tenants in common            UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-     Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties                      ____________________
JT TEN  - as joint tenants with rights                      (Cust)       (Minor)
          of survivorship and not as
          tenants in common                                 under Uniform Gifts
                                                                to Minors
                                                            Act ________________
                                                                   (State)

    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

For value received, ___________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
   IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
______________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
             PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________ Shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated

                         _______________________________________________________

                         NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST
                         CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF
                         THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION
                         OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED: _______________________________________________________
                         THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE
                         GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND
                         LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN
                         AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
                         PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17 Ad-15.

          KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN,
          MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF
          INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.

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