SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Christensen Christopher R. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 (Street) MISSION VIEJO CA 92691 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ENSIGN GROUP, INC [ ENSG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President & CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/20/2007
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/20/2007		S		160,000	D	$14.88	3,729,000	I(1)	By the Christensen Family Trust dated October 24, 2005
Common Stock								4,000	I(2)	By Terri M. Christensen as UTMA custodian for their four minor children

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Christensen Christopher R. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 (Street) MISSION VIEJO CA 92691 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President & CEO

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Christensen Family Trust dated 10/24/05 (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 (Street) MISSION VIEJO CA 92691 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Christensen Terri M. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 (Street) MISSION VIEJO CA 92691 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares are directly owned by the Christensen Family Trust dated October 24, 2005, a ten percent owner of the issuer, and indirectly by Christopher R. Christensen, a ten percent owner, director and officer of the issuer, and indirectly by Terri M. Christensen, a ten percent owner of the issuer

2. These shares are indirectly owned by Terri M. Christensen as UTMA custodian for and mother of the four minor children, and indirectly owned by Christopher R. Christensen as father of the four minor children

	/s/ Daniel Walker, as attorney-in-fact	11/20/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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