AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

Exhibit 10.2

AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY’S OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK
AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

RECITALS:

      WHEREAS, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the “Company”) established the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) effective May 11, 1999 in order to encourage equity ownership in the Company among its executives and to align the financial interests of such executives and the Company’s stockholders;

      WHEREAS, the Company amended and restated the Plan effective May 14, 2008, without the need for approval from the Company’s stockholders

      WHEREAS, the Plan provides for a ten year term;

      WHEREAS, Section 14 of the Plan provides that the board of directors of the Company may amend the Plan at any time, subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders where necessary;

      WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company has authorized the amendment of the Plan to extend its term indefinitely, provided that the Company shall not grant