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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: August 14, 2002
(Date of earliest event reported)

Commission file number: 1-7293

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	95-2557091
(State or Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3820 State Street
Santa Barbara, California 93105
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(805) 563-7000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

ITEM 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

        On August 14, 2002, each of Jeffrey C. Barbakow, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation ("Tenet"), and David L. Dennis, Vice Chairman, Chief Corporate Officer and Chief Financial Officer in the Office of the President of Tenet, furnished the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") written statements, under oath, in response to the June 27, 2002 order of the Commission pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEC File No. 4-460). Copies of the written statements are attached as exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
By:	/s/  RICHARD B. SILVER Richard B. Silver Senior Vice President and Secretary

Date: August 14, 2002

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

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ITEM 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
SIGNATURE
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EX-99.1

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Exhibit 99.1

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

        I, Jeffrey C. Barbakow, state and attest that:

(1)

To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:



•

no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



•

no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).




(2)

I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.



(3)

In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":



•

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2002 of Tenet Healthcare Corporation;



•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Tenet Healthcare Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  JEFFREY C. BARBAKOW Jeffrey C. Barbakow
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2002 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14^th day of August, 2002.

/s/  LINDA A. PERREAULT Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 9-23-04

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EX-99.2

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Exhibit 99.2

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

        I, David L. Dennis, state and attest that:

(1)

To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:



•

no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and



•

no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).




(2)

I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.



(3)

In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":



•

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2002 of Tenet Healthcare Corporation;



•

all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Tenet Healthcare Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and



•

any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  DAVID L. DENNIS David L. Dennis
Vice Chairman, Chief Corporate Officer
And Chief Financial Officer in the
Office of the President
August 14, 2002 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14^th day of August, 2002.

/s/  LINDA A. PERREAULT Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 9-23-04

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