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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                                Amendment to the
                     AmeriPath, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan

     This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment") to the AmeriPath, Inc. 2001 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan") is made and executed this 2nd day of August, 2001, to be
effective as of August 2, 2001.

     Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company dated
August 2, 2001, in accordance with Section 16 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby
amended as follows:

     1.  Amendment to Section 16 of the Plan.  Section 16 of the Plan be and
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hereby is deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted therefor:

     "16.  Amendment and Discontinuation of the Plan.  Either the Board or the
     Committee may from time to time amend the Plan or any Option; provided,
     however, that, except to the extent provided in Section 10, no such
     amendment may, without approval by the stockholders of the Company, (a)
     materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under the
     Plan, or (b) materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for
     participation in the Plan, or  (c) permit decreasing the option price on
     any outstanding option; and provided further, that, except to the extent
     provided in Section 9, no amendment or suspension of the Plan or any Option
     issued hereunder shall substantially impair any Option previously granted
     to any Optionee without the consent of such Optionee.  Shareholder approval
     also shall be required for any amendment to the Plan if and to the extent
     such approval is required by any federal or state law or regulation or the
     rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the
     Common Stock may then be listed or quoted.

     2.  Effect of Amendment.  As modified hereby, the provisions of the Plan
shall remain in full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.

                                    AMERIPATH, INC.


                                    By: /s/ Gregory A. Marsh
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                                    Name: Gregory A. Marsh
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                                    Title: Secretary
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