EXHIBIT 31.2

                    Certification of Chief Financial Officer




I, Kent W. Stanger, certify that:

         1.   I have  reviewed  this Annual  Report on Form 10-K of Merit Medial
              Systems, Inc for the Year ended December 31, 2003;

         2.   Based on my knowledge,  this quarterly report does not contain any
              untrue  statement  of a material  fact or omit to state a material
              fact  necessary  to make  the  statements  made,  in  light of the
              circumstances   under  which  such   statements   were  made,  not
              misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

         3.   Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other
              financial  information  included in this quarterly report,  fairly
              present in all material respects the financial condition,  results
              of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
              periods presented in this report;

         4.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible
              for   establishing   and  maintaining   disclosure   controls  and
              procedures  (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and
              15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

                   a)   Designed such  disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or
                        caused such  disclosure  controls and  procedures  to be
                        designed under our supervision,  to ensure that material
                        information  relating to the  registrant,  including its
                        consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                        within those entities, particularly during the period in
                        which this report is being prepared;

                   b)   Evaluated   the   effectiveness   of  the   registrant's
                        disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
                        report our conclusions  about the  effectiveness  of the
                        disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
                        period covered by this report based on such  evaluation;
                        and

                   c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant's
                        internal control over financial  reporting that occurred
                        during the registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter (the
                        registrant's  fourth  fiscal  quarter  in the case of an
                        annual  report)  that  has  materially  affected,  or is
                        reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
                        internal control over financial reporting; and

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         5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
              based on our most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over
              financial  reporting,  to the registrant's  auditors and the audit
              committee  of the  registrant's  board of  directors  (or  persons
              performing the equivalent function):

                   a)   All significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                        the  design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over
                        financial  reporting  which  are  reasonably  likely  to
                        adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability to record,
                        process, summarize and report financial information; and

                   b)   Any  fraud,  whether  or  not  material,  that  involves
                        management  or other  employees  who have a  significant
                        role in the registrant's internal control over financial
                        reporting.


 Date:  March 10, 2004                /s/:KENT W. STANGER
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                                      Kent W. Stanger, Chief Financial Officer


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