EXHIBIT NO. 5

                  OPINION OF COUNSEL RE LEGALITY

                                       July 11, 1997

Fonar Corporation
110 Marcus Drive
Melville, NY  11747

Dear Sirs:

         I refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to 
which this opinion is an Exhibit being filed by Fonar Corporation, 
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 
relating to 2,340,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's 
Common Stock held by Fanavle Partnership.

         As counsel for the Company, I have examined the originals 
or photostatic or certified copies of such records, certificates 
and instruments of the Company, certificates of officers of the 
Company and of public officials and such other instruments and 
documents as I have deemed relevant and necessary for the purposes 
of rendering the opinions set forth below.  In such examination, I 
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity 
of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to 
original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified 
or photostatic  copies and the authenticity of the originals of 
such copies and the correctness of all statements of fact 
contained therein.

         Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the 
Shares have been duly and validly authorized and legally issued, 
and are fully paid and non-assessable.

         I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement and to the reference to me in Item 5 of
the Registration Statement.


                                       Very truly yours,


                                       /s/ Henry T. Meyer, Esq.
                                       Henry T. Meyer, Esq.
                                       General Counsel