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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Christensen Christopher R.   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 (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC, 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/20/2007 (Street) MISSION VIEJO, CA 92691 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Christensen Christopher R. C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 MISSION VIEJO, CA 92691	X	X	President & CEO
Christensen Family Trust dated 10/24/05 C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 MISSION VIEJO, CA 92691		X
Christensen Terri M. C/O THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC 27101 PUERTA REAL, SUITE 450 MISSION VIEJO, CA 92691		X

Signatures

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

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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

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