AMERICAN MEDICAL ALERT CORP
POS AM, 1997-02-27
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS SERVICES
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 1997

                                                Registration No. 333-6159
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

   
                         POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       To
                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
    


                          AMERICAN MEDICAL ALERT CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           New York                                               11-2571221
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)


                              3265 Lawson Boulevard
                               Oceanside, NY 11572
                                 (516) 536-5850
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)


                                Howard M. Siegel
                Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
                          American Medical Alert Corp.
                              3265 Lawson Boulevard
                               Oceanside, NY 11572
                                 (516) 536-5850
                (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
               number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:

                              James Alterbaum, Esq.
                       Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP
                           1211 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10036
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     APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: From
time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.



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                  Subject to Completion Dated February 27, 1997
    

PROSPECTUS
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                                 850,000 Shares

                          AMERICAN MEDICAL ALERT CORP.

                                  Common Stock
                           (par value $.01 per share)

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           This  Prospectus  relates to the offer and sale by  American  Medical
Alert Corp.  (the  "Company") of 850,000 shares (the "Common  Shares") of common
stock,  $.01 par value per share  ("Common  Stock"),  of the  Company  which are
issuable  upon the  exercise  of Warrants  to  purchase  the Common  Shares (the
"Warrants").  The  Warrants  were  issued by the  Company  as part of its public
offering in  December  1983 (the "1983  Offering").  In the 1983  Offering,  the
Company  offered and sold a total of 850,000 Units,  each Unit consisting of one
share of Common Stock and one Warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock.

           The price at which the Common Shares are purchasable upon exercise of
the  Warrants  (the  "Warrant  Price")  is $3.50 per  share.  The  Warrants  are
exercisable at any time until 5:00 p.m.,  Eastern Standard Time, on December 26,
1997,  or such later date as the Company in its sole  discretion  may  determine
(the "Expiration  Date"). The price per Common Share and the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment in
certain  instances.  The  Company  may,  except  as  limited  by  law  or  other
agreements, purchase or otherwise acquire the Warrants at such time and for such
consideration as it may determine.  In addition, the Warrants may be terminated,
at the option of the Company,  upon not less than 90 days written  notice to the
holders thereof if the market price of the securities  issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants  shall exceed  $7.00 per share during any 20  consecutive  business
days. See "Description of Securities".

   
           AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY'S  SECURITIES  INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF
RISK. SEE "RISK FACTORS" ON PAGE 4.
    

           Warrants  may only be  exercised  if,  at the time of  exercise,  the
Common  Shares are  registered  (and the  Registration  Statement  of which this
Prospectus forms a part is current) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act") and  registered  or qualified for sale under  applicable  state
securities laws, or the issuance of such Shares is exempt from such registration
and/or qualification.

           The Company will receive the exercise price of $3.50 for each Warrant
exercised.  The Company will bear all expenses in connection  with the filing of
the  Registration  Statement of which this Prospectus  forms a part. See "Use of
Proceeds".

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           A copy of this  Prospectus,  accompanied  by a copy of the  Company's
latest  Annual Report to  Shareholders  and Proxy  Statement,  will be sent to a
Warrantholder  prior to the  effectiveness of such  Warrantholder's  election to
exercise Warrants.

   
           The Common  Stock of the  Company  is traded on the Nasdaq  under the
symbol  "AMAC".  On February 26, 1997,  the closing price of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq was $2.9375 per share.
    



THESE  SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR  DISAPPROVED  BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND  EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION  PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.



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                               February [ ], 1997


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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

           The  Company  is  subject to the  informational  requirements  of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act") and the rules
and  regulations  promulgated  thereunder,  and in  accordance  therewith  files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  (the  "Commission").   Such  reports,  proxy  statements  and  other
information  filed by the  Company  may be  inspected  and  copied at the public
reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza,
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's regional
offices  located at 7 World Trade Center,  Suite 1300,  New York, New York 10048
and Citicorp  Center,  500 West Madison Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,  Illinois
60661.  Copies of such  material  may be obtained at  prescribed  rates from the
Public  Reference  Section  of  the  Commission  at  450  Fifth  Street,   N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. The Commission maintains a Web site (http://www.sec.gov)
that contains  reports,  proxy and information  statements and other information
regarding registrants that file electronically.

                      INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   
           The following  documents filed by the Company with the Commission are
incorporated into this Prospectus by reference:

           1.         The  Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
                      ended December 31, 1995, as amended;
           2.         The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form  10-QSB  for the
                      quarterly period ended March 31, 1996.
           3.         The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form  10-QSB  for the
                      quarterly period ended June 30, 1996; and
           4.         The  Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form  10-QSB  for the
                      quarterly period ended September 30, 1996.
    

           All documents or reports  subsequently  filed by the Company pursuant
to  Section  13(a),  13(c),  14 or  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act  prior  to the
termination  of this offering  shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference
into this Prospectus and to be a part of this Prospectus from the date of filing
of such  document.  Any statement  contained  herein,  or in a document all or a
portion  of which is  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference
herein,  shall be deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of this
Prospectus  to the  extent  that a  statement  contained  herein or in any other
subsequently  filed  document which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein modifies or supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

   
           This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the
Registration Statement (No. 333-6159) on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement")
of which this Prospectus is a part,  including exhibits relating thereto,  which
has  been  filed  with  the  Commission  in  Washington,   D.C.  Copies  of  the
Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto may be obtained, upon payment of
the fee prescribed by the Commission, or may be examined, without charge, at the
office of the Commission.
    

           THE COMPANY WILL PROVIDE,  WITHOUT CHARGE,  TO EACH PERSON (INCLUDING
ANY BENEFICIAL  OWNER) TO WHOM A COPY OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS DELIVERED,  UPON THE
WRITTEN  OR  ORAL  REQUEST  OF ANY  SUCH  PERSON,  A COPY  OF ANY AND ALL OF THE
INFORMATION  THAT HAS BEEN  INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS  (OTHER
THAN EXHIBITS  UNLESS SUCH EXHIBITS ARE EXPRESSLY  INCORPORATED  BY REFERENCE IN
SUCH  DOCUMENTS).  REQUESTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AMERICAN  MEDICAL ALERT CORP.,
3265 LAWSON BOULEVARD,  OCEANSIDE,  NEW YORK 11572, ATTENTION:  MS. CATHY NELSON
(516) 536-5850.

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                                   THE COMPANY

   
           The Company is a  corporation,  formed under the laws of the State of
New York in 1981 and is  engaged  in the  business  of  designing,  engineering,
fabricating  and marketing  computerized  Personal  Emergency  Response  Systems
("PERS") using proprietary and commercially  available  technology.  The Company
markets  to  private-pay  clients,   institutional  customers,   long-term  care
providers,  retirement  communities,  hospitals  and  government  agencies.  The
Company's  strategy is to  capitalize  on  opportunities  created by new federal
policies affecting the delivery of home healthcare  services by HMOs and managed
care  groups.  In  order to  achieve  its  goals,  the  Company  has  agreed  to
participate  in a study to prove  the cost  effective  benefits  of PERS in home
healthcare programs. Additionally, during 1997, the Company expects that it will
finalize plans with a national provider of geriatric services to offer the VOICE
OF HELP(R)  Systems through their network of agencies,  begin  operations at its
recently  opened  Illinois  facility,   initiate  a  direct  marketing  campaign
targeting  consumer  sales and launch its Model 700, a more  efficient PERS that
will enhance the monitoring activities of a homecare patient.
    

           Several of the systems the Company markets enable PERS to be provided
to a wide range of individuals  including;  the medically at-risk,  isolated and
infirm,  the elderly,  the disabled and persons receiving home care services and
their families, retirement and college campus sites and security/staff personnel
who  maintain  health  facilities  and  places  of  internment.   The  Company's
monitoring  centers  are  designed to process  signals  from  different  systems
simultaneously.

           The Company's  principal  executive  office is located at 3265 Lawson
Boulevard, Oceanside, New York 11572 (telephone number (516) 536-5850).


                                  RISK FACTORS

           Warrantholders   should   review  the  entire   Prospectus   and  the
information incorporated herein by reference and carefully consider, among other
things,  the  following  risk factors  prior to  exercising  their  Warrants and
purchasing the Common Shares offered hereby.

           Certain  statements in this Prospectus that are not historical  facts
constitute  "forward-looking  statements"  within  the  meaning  of the  Private
Securities  Litigation  Reform  Act of  1995.  Such  forward-looking  statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical
results  or from any  results,  expressed  or  implied  by such  forward-looking
statements.  Such risks,  uncertainties  and other factors include,  but are not
limited to, the following risks:

           HEALTH  CARE  REFORM.  As a result of the  escalation  of health care
costs and the inability of many  individuals and employers to obtain  affordable
health  insurance,  numerous  proposals  have been or may be  introduced  in the
United States  Congress and state  legislatures,  and other  proposals are being
considered,  relating to health care reform. Such proposals have included, among
other things,

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provision of universal access to health care,  reforming the payment methodology
for health care goods and services by both the public  (Medicare  and  Medicaid)
and  private  sectors,  and  methods  to control  or reduce  public and  private
spending on health care. The ultimate  timing or effect such reforms may have on
the Company  cannot be  predicted  and no  assurance  can be given that any such
reforms will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's revenues and/or
earnings.  Short-term cost containment  initiatives may vary  substantially from
long-term reforms and may impact the Company in different ways.

           REGULATORY  ENVIRONMENT.  There are  increasing  pressures  from many
payor sources to control  health care costs.  In addition,  there are increasing
pressures  from public and private  payors to limit  increases in  reimbursement
rates for medical  services.  The levels of revenues  and  profitability  of the
Company  will be subject to the effect of  possible  reductions  in  coverage or
payment rates by third-party  payors. Such changes could have a material adverse
effect on the business and results of operations  of the Company.  As a provider
of services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs,  the Company is subject to
the  federal  fraud and  abuse and the  so-called  "Stark"  anti-referral  laws,
violations  of which may result in civil and criminal  penalties  and  exclusion
from participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.  In addition,  several
states have enacted their own  statutory  analogs of the federal fraud and abuse
and  anti-referral  laws.  The Company at all times  attempts to comply with the
applicable  federal and state fraud and abuse and anti-referral  laws;  however,
there can be no assurance that  administrative  or judicial  interpretations  of
existing  statutes or regulations or enactments of new laws or regulations  will
not have a material  adverse  effect on the  Company's  operations  or financial
condition.

           Health care is subject to laws and regulations of federal,  state and
local governments.  The failure to obtain, renew or maintain any of the required
regulatory  approvals  or licenses  could  adversely  affect the business of the
Company and could prevent it from offering products or services to patients.

           COMPETITION.  The Company operates in a highly  competitive  business
environment.  Certain  of the  Company's  competitors  are  larger and have more
extensive  manufacturing  and  marketing   capabilities,   as  well  as  greater
financial, technological and personnel resources than the Company.

           LACK OF DIVIDENDS.  The Company has not previously paid any dividends
on its Common Stock and intends,  in the foreseeable  future, to follow a policy
of retaining all of its earnings to finance the development and expansion of its
business.  Accordingly,  an  investment in the Common Shares may not be suitable
for those  investors who anticipate the need for immediate  dividend income from
their investment.

           TRADEMARKS.  The Company  considers its trademarks to be an important
element of its marketing  program.  The Company's  trademarks  include "VOICE OF
HELP(R)," "THE VOICE OF HELP(R),"  "ACCUTROL(R)," "MED PASS(R)," "ROOM MATE(R),"
"VOICECARE(R),"  "SYSTEM-ONE(R)"  and "HELPING  PEOPLE LIVE  BETTER(R)"  and are
registered  with the United  States  Patent and  Trademark  Office.  The Company
believes  that its  inability to maintain its  trademarks  would have a material
adverse impact on its business.


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           DEPENDENCE  UPON KEY MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL.  The Company is highly
dependent upon certain of its key management personnel.  The loss of one or more
of these individuals could have a material adverse impact on the Company.  There
can be no  assurance  that  the  Company  will be able to  retain  its  existing
personnel or attract new  employees  necessary  for the growth of the  Company's
operations.

           DEPENDENCE ON MAJOR  CUSTOMERS.  The Company is an approved  Medicaid
Provider in the states of New York and Georgia.  During the years ended December
31,  1995,  1994 and 1993,  the Company had revenues  from one  contract  with a
municipality  located  in New York  which  represented  44, 37 and 11 percent of
total revenues,  respectively.  This contract expires on June 30, 1997 and there
can be no assurance  that the Company will be able to renew this contract or, if
it is able to renew  this  contract,  that the terms will be  acceptable  to the
Company.

           The loss of a major customer would have a material  adverse impact on
the Company's operations and prospects.  Furthermore,  government  reimbursement
programs are subject to  statutory  and  regulatory  changes,  retroactive  rate
adjustments,  administrative rulings and governmental funding restrictions,  all
of which may materially increase or decrease the rate of payments to the Company
for its services. There can be no assurance that payments under governmental and
private  third-party  payor programs will remain at levels comparable to present
levels or will, in the future,  be  sufficient  to cover the costs  allocable to
patients eligible for reimbursement pursuant to such programs.

           PRICING  PRESSURES.  Certain  proposals by state  legislatures and by
Congress  to contain  health  care  costs,  such as  proposals  for  cutbacks in
Medicare and Medicaid  reimbursement levels,  governmentally-imposed  freezes of
prices charged by  physicians,  hospitals and other health care  providers,  and
greater state  flexibility in the  administration  of Medicaid,  could adversely
affect the  Company.  A number of states  have  reduced  funding for health care
services or have placed certain limits on reimbursable expenses. There can be no
assurances  that  additional  state  legislatures  and Congress will not further
reduce funding or impose additional limits on reimbursements,  particularly with
respect to  expenses to be  reimbursed  through  Medicaid.  Such  reductions  in
funding and limits on reimbursement,  if enacted,  could have a material adverse
effect on the Company's operating results.

           RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL  CHANGES.  The  telecommunications  industry,  on
which the Company's  business is dependent,  is subject to rapid and significant
changes in technology.  While the Company  believes  that,  for the  foreseeable
future,  these changes will not  materially  impact its business,  the effect of
technological  changes,  including  changes  relating to emerging  wireline  and
wireless  transmission  technologies,  on the  Company's  businesses  cannot  be
predicted.

   
           POTENTIAL  FUTURE  SALES  PURSUANT TO RULE 144.  Sale of  substantial
amounts of Common Stock in the public market could  adversely  affect the market
price for the Common  Stock.  As of  February 1, 1997,  1,218,530  shares of the
Company's  Common Stock were held by officers,  directors and certain  principal
shareholders  of the Company and an additional  270,342  shares of the Company's
Common  Stock will be held by such  persons  upon their  exercise  of  currently
exercisable stock options and a currently exercisable warrant. Such Common Stock
may not be freely resold, as they are
    

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"restricted  securities"  under  Rule  144,  as  promulgated  by the  Commission
pursuant to the 1933 Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations  thereunder.
Rule 144 provides,  in essence,  that a  shareholder  who is an affiliate of the
Company,  after holding restricted securities for a period of one year, may sell
them in an unsolicited  brokerage  transaction within a three month period in an
amount  which does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then  outstanding  Common
Stock or the average  weekly trading volume during the four calendar weeks prior
to such sale. Non-affiliated shareholders holding restricted securities for more
than two years are not subject to volume limitations and may sell under Rule 144
unlimited amounts of Common Stock. The price of the Company's Common Stock might
be  adversely  affected if a  substantial  portion of the Common  Shares held by
affiliates of the Company are sold pursuant to Rule 144.
    


                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

           The Company will  receive  $3.50 for each  Warrant  exercised,  or an
aggregate of $2,975,000 if all Warrants are  exercised.  The proceeds of any and
all Warrants  exercised will be used for working  capital and general  corporate
purposes.


                            DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

           DESCRIPTION  OF  WARRANTS.  The  following  is a summary  of  certain
provisions  contained in a Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant  Agreement") dated as
of  December  22,  1983,  as  subsequently  amended,  between  the  Company  and
Continental  Stock  Transfer & Trust Company,  as Warrant  Agent,  which Warrant
Agreement  sets  forth all of the terms and  provisions  of the  Warrants.  This
summary  does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the
terms of the  Warrant  Agreement,  a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

           WARRANT PRICE AND TERM.  Warrantholders  are entitled to purchase one
Common Share for each Warrant held at an exercise price of $3.50 for each Common
Share, subject to certain adjustments  described below. Warrants are exercisable
at any time until 5:00 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time on December 26, 1997, or such
later date as the Company in its sole discretion may determine.

           TRANSFERABILITY.  The Warrants are  transferable  only on the Warrant
Register of the Company  maintained at the principal office of the Warrant Agent
in New York, New York, upon delivery thereof duly endorsed by the  Warrantholder
or by his duly authorized  attorney or representative,  or accompanied by proper
evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer.

           EXCHANGE  OF  WARRANTS.  Each  Warrant may be  exchanged  for another
Warrant or Warrants  entitling the  Warrantholder  to purchase a like  aggregate
number  of  Common  Shares  as the  Warrant  surrendered  then  entitled  him to
purchase.


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           PURCHASE OF WARRANTS. The Company has the right, except as limited by
law or other agreement,  to purchase or otherwise  acquire Warrants at such time
and for such consideration as it may determine.

           ADJUSTMENT OF WARRANT PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES. The number and kind
of  securities  purchasable  upon the  exercise of each  Warrant and the Warrant
Price are subject to adjustment  from time to time upon the happening of certain
events as follows:

                     (a) In case the Company  shall (i) pay a dividend in Common
           Stock or make a  distribution  in Common  Stock,  (ii)  subdivide its
           outstanding  Common  Stock  into a larger  number of shares of Common
           Stock,  (iii)  combine its  outstanding  Common  Stock into a smaller
           number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issue any shares of capital
           stock by  reclassification  of its Common Stock, the number of shares
           of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant immediately
           prior  thereto  shall be adjusted so that the holder of each  Warrant
           shall be  entitled to receive the kind and number of shares of Common
           Shares or other  securities  of the Company which he would have owned
           or have been  entitled to receive  after the  happening of any of the
           events described  above, had such Warrant been exercised  immediately
           prior to the  happening of such event or any record date with respect
           thereto.  An  adjustment  made  pursuant to this  paragraph (a) shall
           become effective  immediately  after the effective date of such event
           retroactive to the record date for such event.

                     (b)   Whenever   the  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock
           purchasable  upon  the  exercise  of each  Warrant  is  adjusted,  as
           provided,  the Warrant  Price per share of Common Stock  payable upon
           exercise of each Warrant  shall be adjusted (to the nearest  cent) by
           multiplying such Warrant Price  immediately  prior to such adjustment
           by a fraction,  of which the numerator  shall be the number of shares
           of  Common  Stock  purchasable  upon  the  exercise  of each  Warrant
           immediately  prior to such  adjustment,  and of which the denominator
           shall  be the  number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  so  purchasable
           immediately thereafter.

           NO  ADJUSTMENT  FOR  DIVIDENDS.  Except  as  otherwise  provided,  no
adjustments  in  respect  of any  dividends  shall be made  during the term of a
Warrant or upon the exercise of a Warrant.

           NO RIGHTS AS  SHAREHOLDERS.  Prior to exercise of the  Warrants,  the
holders  thereof will not be deemed to have any of the rights of shareholders of
the Company.

           TERMINATION.  The  Warrants  may be  terminated  at the option of the
Company,  upon not less  than 90 days  written  notice to the  holders  thereof,
without  payment,  provided the market price of the securities  receivable  upon
exercise of such  Warrants  exceeds  $7.00 per share  during any 20  consecutive
business days.

           WARRANT  AGENT.  The Warrant Agent is  Continental  Stock  Transfer &
Trust Company, 2 Broadway, New York, New York 10004.


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           DESCRIPTION  OF  COMMON  STOCK.  The  Company's   authorized  capital
consists of 10 million  shares of Common  Stock.  All shares of Common Stock are
entitled to share equally in dividends from sources legally  available  therefor
when, as and, if declared by the Board of Directors,  and, upon  liquidation  or
dissolution of the Company,  whether voluntary or involuntary,  to share equally
in the assets of the Company  available for distribution to  shareholders.  Each
holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share of Common Stock for all
purposes.  The shareholders  have no preemptive  rights.  There is no cumulative
voting, redemption right or right of conversion in existence with respect to the
Common Stock. All outstanding  Common Stock is, and all Common Shares to be sold
and issued as contemplated  hereby will be, fully-paid and non-assessable by the
Company.  The Board of Directors is authorized to issue additional  Common Stock
within the limits  authorized by the Company's  charter and without  shareholder
action.

           The Transfer  Agent for the  Company's  Common  Stock is  Continental
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 2 Broadway, New York, New York 10004.


                                  LEGAL MATTERS

           The  validity  of the Shares  offered  hereby  will be passed upon by
Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP, 1211 Avenue of the Americas,  New York, New
York 10036.


                                     EXPERTS

           The financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by reference
from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB (for the year ended December 31,
1995) as of December  31, 1995 and for the year then ended have been  audited by
Margolin,  Winer & Evens LLP,  independent  auditors and as of December 31, 1994
and for the two years in the period ended December 31, 1994 by Deloitte & Touche
LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated by
reference,  and have been so  incorporated  herein in reliance  upon such firms,
reports  and upon the  authority  of such  firms as experts  in  accounting  and
auditing.


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   No person has been authorized to
give any information or to make any
representation  in connection  with
this  offering   other  than  those
contained in this  Prospectus  or a
supplement to this Prospectus, and,
if  given  or  made,   such   other
information or representations must
not be relied  upon as having  been
authorized  by the  Company  or any
other    person.    Neither    this
Prospectus  nor any  supplement  to
this   Prospectus   constitutes  an
offer  to sell or the  solicitation
of an offer  to buy any  securities
other than the  securities to which
it  relates  or an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy
such      securities     in     any
jurisdictions   where,  or  to  any
person to whom,  it is  unlawful to
make  such  offer or  solicitation.
Neither   the   delivery   of  this
Prospectus  or a supplement to this
Prospectus   nor  any   sale   made
hereunder  or   thereunder   shall,
under any circumstances, create any
implication  that there has been no
change  in  the   affairs   of  the                     850,000 Shares       
Company  since  the date  hereof or                      Common Stock        
thereof  or  that  the  information                                          
contained   herein  or  therein  is              AMERICAN MEDICAL ALERT CORP.
correct  as of any time  subsequent                                          
to its date.                                                                 
                                                                             
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TABLE OF CONTENTS              PAGE                                          
                                             
Available Information.......... 3
Information Incorporated by
   Reference................... 3
The Company.................... 4
Risk Factors................... 4
Use of Proceeds................ 7
Description of Securities...... 7
Legal Matters.................. 9
Experts........................ 9



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                                    PART II.

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 16.               EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number                                      Description
- ------                                      -----------

   
4(a)           Articles   of   Incorporation   of  the   Company,   as  amended.
               (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  3(a) to the  Company's
               Registration Statement on Form S-1 File No. 2- 86862).

*4(b)          Amended and Restated By-Laws of Company, as amended May 1, 1996.

4(c)           Warrant  Agreement  between  the Company  and  Continental  Stock
               Transfer & Trust Company,  the Company's transfer agent, with the
               Company's   form  of  Warrant   Certificate   attached   thereto.
               (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4(c) to the  Company's
               Registration Statement on Form S-1- File No. 2-86862).

4(d)           Amendment,  dated  December  22, 1988,  to the Warrant  Agreement
               between  the  Company  and  Continental  Stock  Transfer  & Trust
               Company.  (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4(c)  to the
               Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
               31, 1988).

4(e)           Amendment,  dated  October 26,  1990,  to the  Warrant  Agreement
               between  the  Company  and  Continental  Stock  Transfer  & Trust
               Company.  (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4(c)  to the
               Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
               31, 1990).

4(f)           Amendment,  dated  November  30, 1994,  to the Warrant  Agreement
               between  the  Company  and  Continental  Stock  Transfer  & Trust
               Company.  (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4(d)  to the
               Company's  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-KSB  for the  year  ended
               December 31, 1994).

4(g)           Amendment,  dated  November  20, 1995,  to the Warrant  Agreement
               between  the  Company  and  Continental  Stock  Transfer  & Trust
               Company.  (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4(e)  to the
               Company's  Annual  Report  on  Form  10-KSB  for the  year  ended
               December 31, 1995).

**4(h)         Amendment,  dated  December  20, 1996,  to the Warrant  Agreement
               between  the  Company  and  Continental  Stock  Transfer  & Trust
               Company.

*5             Opinion of Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl, LLP.

**23(a)        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

**23(b)        Consent of Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP.

* 23(c)        Consent  of  Parker  Chapin  Flattau  &  Klimpl, LLP (included in
               Exhibit 5).

*24.01         Powers  of  Attorney  of  certain  officers  and directors of the
               registrant (included on signature page).
- ---------------
*   Previously filed.
** Filed herewith
    


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                                   SIGNATURES

           Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the  requirements  for  filing  on Form S-3 and has  duly  caused  this  Post
Effective Amendment to the Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oceanside,  State of
New York, on the 31st day of January, 1997.


                                         AMERICAN MEDICAL ALERT CORP.


                                         By:   /S/ HOWARD M. SIEGEL
                                            ----------------------------------
                                             Howard M. Siegel, Chairman of the
                                             Board and President


           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post
Effective  Amendment to the Registration  Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the 31st day of January, 1997.


       SIGNATURE                             TITLE

/S/ HOWARD M. SIEGEL          Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
- --------------------------    Executive Officer (Principal Executive
    Howard M. Siegel          Officer, Principal Financial Officer and
                              Principal Accounting Officer) and Director

/S/ PETER BREITSTONE          Director
- --------------------------    
    Peter Breitstone

/S/ ELI S. FELDMAN            Director
- --------------------------    
    Eli S. Feldman

/S/ LEONARD HERZ              Director
- --------------------------    
    Leonard Herz

                              Director
- --------------------------    
    Myron Segal, M.D.





                                                                    Exhibit 4(h)



                    [American Medical Alert Corp. Letterhead]


December 20, 1996


Mr. William F. Seegraber, Vice President                    VIA FAX 212 509-5150
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company                   HARD COPY TO FOLLOW
2 Broadway
New York, NY  10004

Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Warrant  Agreement  between  American  Medical
Alert Corp. (the "Company") and Continental  Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the
"Warrant Agreement"),  dated September 23, 1992, with regard to the Common Share
Purchase Warrants issued by the Company (the "Warrants").

The Warrant  Agreement is hereby amended to provide that the expiration  date of
the Warrants is extended from December 27, 1996 until December 26, 1997.


                                                    Very truly yours,
                                                    AMERICAN MEDICAL ALERT CORP.



                                                    By:/S/ HOWARD M. SIEGEL
                                                       -----------------------
                                                       Howard M. Siegel
                                                       President/CEO

Agreed to:

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO.



By:/S/ WILLIAM SEEGRABER
  ------------------------

cc:  Corey Aronin, AMAC
     Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl



                                                                   Exhibit 23(a)


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this  Registration  Statement of
American  Medical  Alert  Corp.  on Form S-3 of our report  dated March 3, 1995,
appearing in the Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB of American  Medical  Alert Corp.
for the year ended  December  31,  1994,  and to the  reference  to us under the
heading  "Experts"  in the  Prospectus,  which  is  part  of  this  Registration
Statement.




/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York
February 24, 1997






                                                                   Exhibit 23(b)


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT




We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the  Registration  Statement of
American  Medical Alert Corp. on Form S-3 of our report dated February 23, 1996,
appearing in the Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB of American  Medical  Alert Corp.
for the year ended  December 31, 1995 and to the reference to our firm under the
heading  "Experts"  in the  Prospectus,  which  is  part  of  this  Registration
Statement.




/s/ Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP
Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP
Garden City, New York
February 24, 1997




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