CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC /DE/
S-3, 1994-02-23
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES
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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 1994.

                                                 Registration No. 33-    
                                        Exhibit Index follows signature page.

                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                                       FORM S-3
                                REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        UNDER
                              THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                 Delaware                          51-0287965      
     (State or other jurisdiction               (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or organization)           Identification No.)

     600 Wilson Lane                                 717-790-8300              
     Post Office Box 715                        (Registrant's telephone number)
     Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055
     (Address of principal executive offices)

     David G. Nation, Esq.
     Senior Vice President and General Counsel
     Continental Medical Systems, Inc.               717-790-8300              
     600 Wilson Lane                            (Agent's telephone number)
     Post Office Box 715                         
     Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055
          (Agent for Service)


     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time
     to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as
     determined by market conditions and other factors.

          If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
     pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
     following box.  [  ]

          If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be
     offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
     Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection
     with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  [x]

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                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE 

                                                     Proposed
                                      Proposed        Maximum
                                      Maximum        Aggregate      Amount of 
       Title of shares   Amount to    Offering    Offering Price   Registration
      to be registered      be       Price Per          (1)            Fee
                        Registered   Share (1)

        Common Stock     1,268,331    $11.875     $15,061,430.63      $5,195

     (1)  Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c).

          The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date
     or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
     registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that
     this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance
     with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration
     statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
     pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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                    SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY 23, 1994

                         1,268,331 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF
                          CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

          This Prospectus relates to 1,268,331 shares of Common Stock, par value
     $.01 per share (the "Shares"), of Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the
     "Company") that are being offered for sale, from time to time, by or for
     the account of the stockholders named herein (the "Selling Stockholders"). 
     See "Selling Stockholders."  The Company has been advised that the Selling
     Stockholders expect to offer the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange
     ("NYSE") through certain broker-dealers.  See "Plan of Distribution."  The
     Company will not receive any of the proceeds of the offering.

          The Selling Stockholders will bear all discounts and commissions paid
     to broker-dealers in connection with the sale of the Shares and the fees
     and expenses of any counsel and other advisers that the Selling
     Stockholders may employ to represent them in this offering.  Other offering
     expenses, estimated at approximately $8,800, will be borne by the Company. 
     See "Selling Stockholders."

          The closing price of the Company's shares of Common Stock on February
     22, 1994 on the NYSE was $11.875 per share.

          The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against
     certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
     1933.  See "Selling Stockholders."

                                                          

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

     INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT.  A
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR
     MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
     BECOMES EFFECTIVE.  THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL
     OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
     SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE
     WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE
     SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION.

                                                          

               The date of this Prospectus is _____________, 1994.


     <PAGE>
                                AVAILABLE INFORMATION


          The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and in accordance
     therewith files reports and other information with the Securities and
     Exchange Commission ("SEC").  Such reports, proxy statements and other
     information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public
     reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza,
     450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, as well as at the following
     SEC Regional Offices: 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York
     10048; and Northwestern Atrium Center, Suite 1400, 500 West Madison Street,
     Chicago, Illinois 60621-2511.  Copies can be obtained from the SEC by mail
     at prescribed rates.  Requests should be directed to the Public Reference
     Section of the SEC, Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
     Washington, D.C. 20549.  The Common Stock of the Company is listed on the
     New York Stock Exchange, and such material should also be available for
     inspection at the library of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street,
     New York, New York 10005.

          The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
     beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus has been delivered, on
     the request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents
     referred to under "Documents Incorporated by Reference" which have been
     incorporated in this Prospectus by reference, other than exhibits to such
     documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference
     into the information that this Prospectus incorporates).  Requests for such
     copies should be directed to the Vice President - Public Affairs of
     Continental Medical Systems, Inc., 600 Wilson Lane, Post Office Box 715,
     Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.  Telephone requests may be directed to
     (717) 790-8300.

     <PAGE>
                                     THE COMPANY 

          Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (together with its various direct
     and indirect subsidiaries, the "Company") provides comprehensive medical
     rehabilitation programs and services.  The Company has a significant
     presence in each of the rehabilitation industry's three principal sectors -
     inpatient rehabilitation care, outpatient rehabilitation care and contract
     services.  The Company has developed and provides comprehensive inpatient
     and outpatient rehabilitation programs and services for patients suffering
     from stroke and other neurological and cardiac disorders, orthopedic
     problems, head injuries, spinal cord injuries, work-related disabilities
     and multiple trauma.  The Company's inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation
     programs and services are delivered to patients through a plan of treatment
     developed by an interdisciplinary team that includes physician specialists,
     therapists and other medical personnel as determined by the individual
     patient's needs.

          The Company currently operates 37 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals,
     provides outpatient rehabilitation services at more than 135 locations and
     manages 11 inpatient rehabilitation units for general acute care hospitals.
     These services are provided in 21 states.  In addition, the Company's
     Contract Services Group provides physical, occupational, respiratory and
     speech therapy services in 33 states and physician/locum tenens services in
     all 50 states.

          The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1985 and commenced
     operations in March 1986.  The address of its principal executive office is
     600 Wilson Lane, Post Office Box 715, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055. 
     Its telephone number is (717) 790-8300.


                                   USE OF PROCEEDS

          The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the
     Shares offered by this Prospectus.

                                 SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

          One of the Selling Stockholders, Alan K. Kronhaus, M.D. ("Dr.
     Kronhaus"), acquired all of the Shares being registered hereunder in
     February 1993 in connection with the acquisition by the Company of all of
     the stock of KRON Medical Corporation ("KRON") from Dr. Kronhaus, the sole
     stockholder of KRON, pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement
     (the "Agreement") dated as of February 12, 1993 among the Company, Dr.
     Kronhaus and KRON.  Subsequent to the KRON acquisition, Dr. Kronhaus
     transferred some of the shares by gift to the other two Selling
     Stockholders.  The Company is registering the Shares offered hereby under
     the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), pursuant to
     its obligation to do so under the Agreement.  

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          The following table sets forth, as of February 23, 1994 certain
     information with respect to the Selling Stockholders.

                                        Number of 
                                        Shares Owned        Number of
     Name and address of                Prior to the        Shares being
     Selling Stockholders               Offering            Offered     

     Alan K. Kronhaus, M.D.             1,068,331           1,068,331
     201 Sierra Drive
     Chapel Hill, NC  27514

     Alan K. Kronhaus and Merrill         100,000             100,000
     Lynch Trust Company (Florida),
     Trustee U/A dated December 23, 
     1993 with Alan K. Kronhaus, Grantor
     Merrill Lynch
     3201 Glenwood Avenue, Third Floor
     Raleigh, NC  27612

     Alan K. Kronhaus and First Union     100,000             100,000
     National Bank of North Carolina,
     Trustees U/A dated December 23, 
     1993 with Alan K. Kronhaus, Grantor
     First Union National Bank
     Post Office Box 3008
     150 Fayetteville Street Mall
     Raleigh, NC  27602


          
          Assuming that all Shares registered hereunder are sold in the
     offering, the Selling Stockholders will not, based on their respective
     holdings as of the date of this Prospectus, own any shares of the Company's
     Common Stock following the completion of the offering.

          Under the Agreement, all offering expenses are borne by the Company,
     except the fees and expenses of any counsel and other advisers that the
     Selling Stockholders may employ to represent them in connection with the
     offering and all brokerage discounts or commissions paid to broker-dealers
     in connection with the sale of the Shares.

          The Company and the Selling Stockholders have agreed to indemnify each
     other against certain liabilities in connection with the offering of the
     Shares, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

                                 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

          The Shares are being offered by the Selling Stockholders acting as
     principals for their own accounts.  Pursuant to the Agreement, the Selling
     Stockholders will offer the Shares from time to time on the NYSE through
     broker-dealer firms.  Such broker-dealers may receive compensation in the
     form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Stockholders
     for whom they may act as agent in such transactions.  The Selling
     Stockholders will bear all discounts, concessions and commissions incurred
     by them in the sale of the Shares.  The Selling Stockholders and any
     broker-dealers that participate in the distribution of Shares offered 
     hereby may be deemed to be underwriters under the Securities Act, and any
     profit on the sale of such securities by them, and any discounts,
     concessions or commissions received by any such broker-dealers might be
     deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities
     Act.

                                       EXPERTS

          The financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by reference
     to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
     30, 1993, have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Price
     Waterhouse, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as
     experts in auditing and accounting.

                                    LEGAL MATTERS

          The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered
     hereby has been passed upon for the Company by Drinker Biddle & Reath,
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  William M. Goldstein, a director of the
     Company, is a partner of Drinker Biddle & Reath.  Mr. Goldstein holds of
     record 40,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock and options granted
     under the Company's 1989 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan to
     purchase an additional 11,250 shares.

                         DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

          There are hereby incorporated by reference into this Prospectus the
     following documents heretofore filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant
     to the Exchange Act: 

     1.   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
     June 30, 1993;

     2.   The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters
     ended September 30 and December 31, 1993;

     3.   A Current Report on Form 8-K, as amended by a Current Report on Form
     8-K/A, filed on January 25, 1994 and January 28, 1994, respectively
     (describing a change in the Company's independent accountants);

     4.   A Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 18, 1991 (containing a
     description of the Company's Shareholders' Rights Plan), as amended by Form
     8 filed on April 17, 1991 (further describing the Company's Shareholders'
     Rights Plan); and

     5.   The Form 8-A of the Company filed on June 17, 1991 (registering the
     Company's Common Stock and the rights issuable pursuant to the Company's
     Shareholders' Rights Plan and containing a description of the Company's
     Common Stock ).

          All documents hereafter filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
     13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of
     the offering of the Shares offered hereby shall be deemed to be
     incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from
     the date of filing of such reports.  Any statement contained in a document
     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 statement so modified or
     superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
     constitute a part of this Prospectus.
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                                       PART II

                        INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


     Item A.   Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

          SEC Registration Fee                   $5,195

          Legal Services*                           500

          Accounting Services*                    3,000

          Miscellaneous*                            105
                                                 ______
          TOTAL*                                 $8,800
          __________
          *Estimated

          All expenses of issuance and distribution listed above will be borne
     by the Company.  The costs of fees and expenses of legal counsel and other
     advisors, if any, that the Selling Stockholders employ in connection with
     the offering will be borne by the Selling Stockholders.

     Item B.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          Article NINTH of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
     as amended, provides as follows:

               A director of the Corporation shall have no personal liability to
          the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
          fiduciary duties as a director except to the extent that Section
          102(b)(7) (or any successor provision) of the Delaware General
          Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, expressly provides that
          the liability of a director may not be eliminated or limited.

          Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits
     indemnification of officers and directors in certain circumstances.

          Article 4 of the Company's by-laws, as amended, provides as follows:

               Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
          party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
          proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
          by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer
          of the Corporation, or is or was serving while a director or officer
          of the Corporation at the request of the Corporation as a director,
          officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or other representative of another
          corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
          or other enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against
          expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, excise taxes
          and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
          such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the
          full extent permissible under Delaware law.

     Item C.   Exhibits.

                       4.1    Rights agreement, dated     Incorporated by
                              as of March 11, 1991,       reference to
                              between Continental         Exhibit 4.1 of
                              Medical Systems, Inc. and   the Company's
                              Security Trust Company,     Current Report on
                              N.A.                        Form 8-K (File
                                                          No. 0-15088),
                                                          filed on
                                                          March 18, 1991,
                                                          as amended by
                                                          Form 8 filed on
                                                          April 17, 1991


                       4.2    Restated Certificate of     Incorporated by
                              Incorporation, as           reference from
                              amended.                    the Company's
                                                          Registration
                                                          Statement on Form
                                                          S-4 (File No. 33-
                                                          60004/22-23996),
                                                          filed with the
                                                          Commission on
                                                          March 24, 1993.

                       4.3    Certificate of Amendment    Incorporated by
                              of Restated Certificate     reference from
                              of Incorporation.           the Company's
                                                          Report on Form
                                                          10-K (File No.
                                                          0-15088), filed
                                                          with the
                                                          Commission on
                                                          September 25,
                                                          1992. 

                       4.4    By-Laws, as amended.        Incorporated by
                                                          reference from
                                                          the Company's
                                                          Report on Form
                                                          10-K (File No.
                                                          0-15088), filed
                                                          with the
                                                          Commission on
                                                          September 25,
                                                          1992.

                       5      Opinion of Counsel to the
                              Registrant

                       24.1   Consent of Price
                              Waterhouse, independent
                              accountants

                       24.2   Consent of Counsel to the   Included in
                              Registrant                  Opinion of
                                                          Counsel listed as
                                                          Exhibit 5 hereof

                       25     Powers of Attorney of
                              Directors

     Item D.   Undertakings.

               (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                    (1)  to file, during any period in which offers or sales are
     being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:  (i)
     to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
     Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
     the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
     effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
     Registration Statement; (iii) to include any material information with
     respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
     Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
     Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
     (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
     post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
     reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
     the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
     Statement.

                    (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability
     under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
     deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
     offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
     deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.            

                    (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-
     effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
     unsold at the termination of the offering.

               (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
     purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
     of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
     15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
     Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
     relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
     securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
     offering thereof.

               (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
     Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
     persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
     otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
     policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
     In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
     (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
     director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
     defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
     officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
     registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
     matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
     appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
     against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
     governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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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 the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
     Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
     thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mechanicsburg, Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, on this 23rd day of February, 1994.

                                        CONTINENTAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

                                        By:/s/ Robert A. Ortenzio       
                                           Robert A. Ortenzio, President

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
     Registration Statement has been signed on February 23, 1994 by the
     following persons in the capacities indicated.

                                        /s/ Rocco A. Ortenzio               
                                        Rocco A. Ortenzio, Chairman
                                        and Chief Executive Officer
                                        (Principal Executive Officer)  

                                        /s/ Robert A. Ortenzio              
                                        Robert A. Ortenzio, Director, Chief 
                                        Operating Officer and President

                                        /s/ Kenneth F. Barber               
                                        Kenneth F. Barber, Senior Executive Vice
                                        President and Chief Development Officer

                                        /s/ Dennis L. Lehman                
                                        Dennis L. Lehman, Senior Vice
                                        President and Chief Financial
                                        Officer (Principal Financial and
                                        Accounting Officer)

                                        * Russell L. Carson                 
                                        Russell L. Carson, Director

                                        * Bryan C. Cressey                  
                                        Bryan C. Cressey, Director

                                        * Frank DeFazio                     
                                        Frank DeFazio, Director

                                        * William M. Goldstein              
                                        William M. Goldstein, Director

                                        *                                   
                                        LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Director

                                        * /s/ Robert A. Ortenzio            
                                        Robert A. Ortenzio, Attorney-in-Fact
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX


          Exhibit        Title                           Page No.
          No.

          4.1            Rights Agreement, dated as      Incorporated by
                         of March 11, 1991, between      reference to
                         Continental Medical             Exhibit 4.1 of the
                         Systems, Inc. and Security      Company's Current
                         Trust Company, N.A.             Report on Form 8-K
                                                         field on March 18,
                                                         1991, as amended
                                                         by Form 8 filed on
                                                         April 17, 1991

          4.2            Restated Certificate of         Incorporated by
                         Incorporation, as amended.      reference from the
                                                         Company's
                                                         Registration
                                                         Statement on Form
                                                         S-4 (File No. 33- 
                                                         60004/22-23996),
                                                         filed with the
                                                         Commission on
                                                         March 24, 1993.

          4.3            Certificate of Amendment        Incorporated by
                         of Restated Certificate of      reference from the
                         Incorporation.                  Company's Report
                                                         on Form 10-K (File
                                                         No. 0-15088),
                                                         filed with the
                                                         Commission on
                                                         September 25,
                                                         1992.

          4.4            By-Laws, as amended.            Incorporated by
                                                         reference from the
                                                         Company's Report
                                                         on Form 10-K (File
                                                         No. 0-15088),
                                                         filed with the
                                                         Commission on
                                                         September 25,
                                                         1992.


          5              Opinion of Counsel to the
                         Registrant

          24.1           Consent of Price
                         Waterhouse, independent
                         accountants

          24.2           Consent of Counsel to the       Included in
                         Registrant                      Opinion of Counsel
                                                         listed as Exhibit
                                                         5 hereof.

          25             Powers of Attorney of
                         Directors 



                                       EXHIBIT 5
                                   February 9, 1994


     Continental Medical Systems, Inc.
     600 Wilson Lane
     P.O. Box 715
     Mechanicsburg, PA  17055

     Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We have acted as counsel to Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the
     "Company") in connection with the preparation and filing with the
     Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form S-3
     (the "Registration Statement") registering 1,268,331 shares of Common Stock
     of the Company (the "Shares").  In that capacity, we have examined
     originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction,
     of certain documents relating to the transaction pursuant to which the
     Shares were issued, the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
     amended, resolutions of its Board of Directors, and such other documents
     and corporate records as we deemed relevant for the purposes of giving this
     opinion.

          Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have
     been validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable by the Company.

          We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
     Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the prospectus
     included in the Registration Statement.  This consent pertains solely to
     the filing of this opinion and does not constitute a consent under Section
     7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as we have not certified any
     part of the Registration Statement and do not otherwise come within the
     categories of persons whose consent is required under Section 7.

                              Very truly yours,

                              /s/ DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH 

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                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                          Consent of Independent Accountants

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
     constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report
     dated August 10, 1993, which appears on page 37 of the 1993 Annual Report
     to Shareholders of Continental Medical Systems, Inc., which is incorporated
     by reference in Continental Medical Systems, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form
     10-K for the year ended June 30,1993.  We also consent to the incorporation
     by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules, which
     appears on page 34 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.  We also consent to
     the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus.



     /s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE
     Philadelphia, PA
     February 18, 1994

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                                      EXHIBIT 25
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby
     constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A. Ortenzio, or either
     of them, his attorney to do any and all acts which said attorney may deem
     necessary or advisable to enable Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the
     "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Act"), and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Act of
     1,268,331 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered, from time to
     time, by or for the account of the former stockholder of KRON Medical
     Corporation, a North Carolina corporation, with, but not limited to, the
     power and authority to sign in the name and on the behalf of the
     undersigned, in any and all capacities in which the signature of the
     undersigned would be appropriate, a registration statement on Form S-3 and
     any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, for
     filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with
     respect to such shares, and generally to do and perform all things
     necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
     respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
     this 23rd day of February, 1994.



                                   /s/ Russell L. Carson  
                                   Russell L. Carson

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                                     EXHIBIT 25
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby
     constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A. Ortenzio, or either
     of them, his attorney to do any and all acts which said attorney may deem
     necessary or advisable to enable Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the
     "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Act"), and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Act of
     1,268,331 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered, from time to
     time, by or for the account of the former stockholder of KRON Medical
     Corporation, a North Carolina corporation, with, but not limited to, the
     power and authority to sign in the name and on the behalf of the
     undersigned, in any and all capacities in which the signature of the
     undersigned would be appropriate, a registration statement on Form S-3 and
     any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, for
     filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with
     respect to such shares, and generally to do and perform all things
     necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
     respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
     this 23rd day of February, 1994. 


                                   /s/ Bryan C. Cressey  
                                   Bryan C. Cressey

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																																						EXHIBIT 25
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby
     constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A. Ortenzio, or either
     of them, his attorney to do any and all acts which said attorney may deem
     necessary or advisable to enable Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the
     "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Act"), and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Act of
     1,268,331 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered, from time to
     time, by or for the account of the former stockholder of KRON Medical
     Corporation, a North Carolina corporation, with, but not limited to, the
     power and authority to sign in the name and on the behalf of the
     undersigned, in any and all capacities in which the signature of the
     undersigned would be appropriate, a registration statement on Form S-3 and
     any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, for
     filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with
     respect to such shares, and generally to do and perform all things
     necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
     respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
     this 23rd day of February, 1994.


                                   /s/ Frank DeFazio       
                                   Frank DeFazio

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																																						EXHIBIT 25
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY 

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby
     constitute and appoint Rocco A. Ortenzio and Robert A. Ortenzio, or either
     of them, his attorney to do any and all acts which said attorney may deem
     necessary or advisable to enable Continental Medical Systems, Inc. (the
     "Company") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
     "Act"), and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
     Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Act of
     1,268,331 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be offered, from time to
     time, by or for the account of the former stockholder of KRON Medical
     Corporation, a North Carolina corporation, with, but not limited to, the
     power and authority to sign in the name and on the behalf of the
     undersigned, in any and all capacities in which the signature of the
     undersigned would be appropriate, a registration statement on Form S-3 and
     any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, for
     filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act with
     respect to such shares, and generally to do and perform all things
     necessary to be done in the premises as fully and effectually in all
     respects as the undersigned could do if personally present.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
     this 23rd day of February, 1994.



                                   /s/ William M. Goldstein 
                                   William M. Goldstein




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