1 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K/A1 Amendment No. 1 to Application or Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): FEBRUARY 24, 1998 MEDICAL SCIENCE SYSTEMS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) TEXAS 333-37441 94-3123681 (State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction File Number) Identification No.) of incorporation) 4400 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 980 Newport Beach, California 92660 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (714) 440-9730 ================================================================================ 2 ITEM 4 CHANGE IN REGISTRANTS'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNT Effective February 24, 1998 the Company's Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved the engagement of Singer Lewak Greenbaum & Goldstein LLP ("Singer Lewak") to serve as the Company's independent public accountants and to conduct the audit of the Company's financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997. Singer Lewak also served as the Company's independent public accountants to conduct the audit for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996. The Company previously announced that it had selected Deloitte & Touche LLP to perform the audit for 1997. However, Deloitte and Touche LLP declined to accept an appointment as the Company's independent public accountants for reasons unrelated to any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing, scope or procedure. 3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. MEDICAL SCIENCE SYSTEMS, INC. Date: February 24, 1998 By: /s/ U. Spencer Allen ------------------------------------- U. Spencer Allen Chief Financial Officer