S-4: Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 3.90

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CORPORATION BUREAU

Certificate of Amendment—Domestic
(15 Pa.C.S.)

Entity Number
682514

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Limited Partnership (§ 8512)



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Limited Liability Company (§ 8951)

        In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to certificate of amendment), the undersigned, desiring to amend its Certificate of Limited Partnership/Organization, hereby certifies that:

1.

The name of the limited partnership/limited liability company is:

Pavillion North, a Limited Partnership

2.

The date of filing of the original Certificate of Limited Partnership/Organization:

February 9, 1972

3.

Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following:

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The amendment adopted by the limited partnership/limited liability company, set forth in full, is as follows:

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The amendment adopted by the limited partnership/limited liability company is set forth in full in Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.

4.

Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following:

5.

Check if the amendment restates the Certificate of Limited Partnership/Organization:

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The restated Certificate of Limited Partnership/Organization supersedes the original Certificate of Limited Partnership/Organization and all previous amendments thereto.

"EXHIBIT A"

        The name and business address of the General Partner of the Partnership are as follows:

        Pavillion Nursing Center North, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, with its principal place of business at 9800 Old Perry Highway, Wexford, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 15090.

FIRST
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF PAVILLION NORTH, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

        We, the undersigned, desiring to continue a limited partnership pursuant to the Pennsylvania Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act ("Act"), state as follows:

        WHEREAS, the General and Limited Partners of Pavillion North, a Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") organized pursuant to the Pennsylvania Limited Partnership Act of April 12, 1917, P.L. 55, as amended ("Prior Act") having executed an original Certificate of Limited Partnership on January 27, 1972 and having caused same to be filed with the Recorder of Deeds of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on February 9, 1972, recorded in Limited Partnership Volume 15, Page 423; and

        WHEREAS, on August 22, 1978, a First Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership was executed by the then current Partners of the Partnership and duly recorded; and

        WHEREAS, on July 20, 1979, a Second Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership was executed by the then current Partners of the Partnership and duly recorded; and

        WHEREAS, on November 3, 1980, a Third Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership was executed by the then current Partners of the Partnership and duly recorded; and

        WHEREAS, on March 30, 1984, a Fourth Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership was executed by the then current Partners of the Partnership and duly recorded; and

        WHEREAS, the Partners now desire to file a First Amended and Restated Certificate of Limited Partnership to reflect the terms and provisions of the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of December 13, 1993;

        NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby certify as follows:

        1.     The name of the Partnership shall remain as Pavillion North, a Limited Partnership.

        2.     The registered office of the Partnership shall be 9800 Old Perry Highway, Wexford, Pennsylvania 15090.

        3.     The names and business addresses of each General Partner of the Partnership are as follows:

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of the dates set opposite their signatures below.

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