EXHIBIT 23.2
  
  
                      CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
  
   We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration 
Statement of Laboratory Specialists of America, Inc. on Form S-8 of our 
report dated March 7, 1997, on the statements of net assets of the Forensic 
Drug Testing Division of Pathology Laboratories, Ltd. as of December 31, 1996 
and 1995, and the related statements of divisional operations and divisional 
cash flows for the years then ended, appearing in the Prospectus and 
Registration Statement (No. 333-30997) of Laboratory Specialists of America, 
Inc. on Form SB-2.

                                      /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Jackson, Mississippi
January 30, 1998