Exhibit 5.1
September 16, 2024
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Universal Corporate Center
367 South Gulph Road
P.O. Box 61558
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0958
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Universal Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto (the “DE Guarantors”) and the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule II hereto (the “Non-DE Guarantors” and, collectively with the DE Guarantors, the “Guarantors”), with respect to certain legal matters in connection with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ registration pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (such registration statement, as it may be amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the offer and sale from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, of (i) shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Shares”); (ii) debt securities of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) that may be issued, in one or more series, pursuant to an indenture, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as it may be amended, the “Indenture”), and resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or one or more indentures supplemental thereto (the “Supplemental Documents”), and (iii) guarantees of Debt Securities by the Guarantors (the ”Guarantees”) that may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, resolutions of the governing bodies of the Guarantors and Supplemental Documents, in each case on terms to be determined at the time of offering by the Company. The Common Shares, Debt Securities and the Guarantees are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.” The Securities will be offered in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in supplements (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”) to the base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”) contained in the Registration Statement.
We have examined such records of the Company and the DE Guarantors and other documents and questions of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion letter. In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
In addition, in connection with rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed that (i) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and bylaws of the Company and the organizational documents of the DE Guarantors will not have been amended in any manner that would affect any legal conclusion set forth herein; (ii) at the time of offer, issuance and sale of any Securities, the Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), will have
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