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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001562762-25-000142
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250522
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250522
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250522

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEMED CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000019584
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES [8082]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				310791746
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-287421
		FILM NUMBER:		25976316

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 2600
		STREET 2:		255 E FIFTH ST
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(513)762-6690

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUITE 2600
		STREET 2:		255 E FIFTH STREET
		CITY:			CINCINNATI
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			45202-4726

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROTO-ROOTER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030613

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHEMED CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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			20250519 S8 POS
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			<font style="display: inline;">Chemed is filing this </font><font style="display: inline;">Form </font><font style="display: inline;">S-8 POS due to a clerical error on Exhibit 23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (the &#x201C;Consent&#x201D;) in our </font><font style="display: inline;">Form S-8 </font><font style="display: inline;">filing of May 20, 2025</font><font style="display: inline;"> (the &#x201C;Original&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The signature line was inadvertently left off the Consent. </font><font style="display: inline;">The updated Consent is filed herewith and listed as Exhibit 23</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Except as described above, th</font><font style="display: inline;">is </font><font style="display: inline;">Form </font><font style="display: inline;">S-8 POS</font><font style="display: inline;"> does not amend, modify, or otherwise update any other information in the Original </font><font style="display: inline;">Form S-8</font><font style="display: inline;">. Accordingly, this </font><font style="display: inline;">Form </font><font style="display: inline;">S-8 POS</font><font style="display: inline;"> should be read in conjunction with the Original Form </font><font style="display: inline;">S-8 </font><font style="display: inline;">and the Company&#x2019;s other filings with the SEC.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Exhibit&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filing Date</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;23&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(23)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Independent Registered Public&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"></font>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on May 20, 2025.</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Ron DeLyons*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Eileen P. McCarthy*</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DIRECTORS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Christopher J. Heaney*</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">John M. Mount Jr.*</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">/s/ Brian C. Judkins</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;May 20, 2025</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Chemed Corporation of our report dated February 28, 2025 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Chemed Corporation&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.</font>
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