EXHIBIT 3.8
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
BOUNTIFUL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, INC.
We, the undersigned natural persons of the age of twenty-one years or
more, acting as incorporators of a corporation under the Utah Business
Corporation Act, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such
corporation:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is
BOUNTIFUL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, INC.
SECOND: The period of its duration is Perpetual.
THIRD: The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized
are:
The corporation is organized for the purpose of engaging in
the development and operation of a free standing treatment facility for
the treatment of adult, adolescent and child psychiatry and for the
treatment of alcohol and substance abuse and any lawful act or
activity.
FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall
have authority to issue is Fifty Thousand Dollars (50,000.00) of the par value
of One Dollar ($1.00) each.
FIFTH: The corporation will not commence business until consideration
of the value of at least $1,000 has been received for the issuance of shares.
SIXTH: Provisions limiting or denying to shareholders the preemptive
right to acquire additional or treasury shares of the corporation are:
No shareholder shall be entitled as a matter of right to
subscribe for or receive additional shares of any class of stock of the
corporation, whether now or hereafter authorized, or any bonds,
debentures or other securities convertible into stock, but such
additional shares of stock or other securities convertible into stock
may be issued or disposed of by the board of directors to such persons
and on such terms as in its discretion it shall deem advisable.
SEVENTH: The post office address of its initial registered office is
170 South Main Street, c/o C T Corporation System, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101,
and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is C T Corporation
System.
EIGHTH: The number of directors constituting the initial board of
directors of the corporation is four (4), and the names and addresses of the
persons who are to serve as directors until the first annual meeting of
shareholders or until their successors are elected and shall qualify are:
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NAME ADDRESS
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Charles A. Speir 2000 Southbridge Parkway
Suite 200
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
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Kerry G. Teel 2000 Southbridge Parkway
Suite 200
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
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Carl M. Holden, Jr. 2000 Southbridge Parkway
Suite 200
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
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Arthur P. Bolton, III 2000 Southbridge Parkway
Suite 200
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
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NINTH: The name and address of each incorporator is:
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NAME ADDRESS
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M. E. Kraemer 2 Peachtree St., N. W.
Atlanta, GA 30383
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T. S. Merker 2 Peachtree St., N. W.
Atlanta, GA 30383
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G. F. Robinson 2 Peachtree St., N. W.
Atlanta, GA 30383
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Dated March 6, 1985.
/s/ M. E. Kraemer
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M. E. Kraemer
/s/ T. S. Merker
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T. S. Merker
/s/ G. F. Robinson
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G. F. Robinson
STATE OF GEORGIA)
) SS.
COUNTY OF FULTON)
I, Kathy L. Slayman, a notary public, hereby certify that on
the 6th day of March, 1985, personally appeared before me M. E. Kraemer. T. S.
Merker, and G. F. Robinson, who being by me first duly sworn, severally declared
that they are the persons who signed the foregoing document as incorporators and
that the statements therein contained are true.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
6th day of March, A.D. 1985.
My Commission expires : Notary Public, Georgia State at Large
My Commission Expires March 30, 1988
/s/ Kathy L. Slayman
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Notary Public