EXHIBIT 24


                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints F. Samuel Eberts III attorney-in-fact and agent, in connection
with the filing for the undersigned on Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5 under the
Securities Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, to sign the Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Laboratory
Corporation of America Holdings, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned
as a director of Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, and any amendments
to the Form 3, Form 4, or Form 5 and any instrument, contract, document or
ther writing, of or in connection with the Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5 or
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, including this power of attorney, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, each acting
alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall become effective immediately, and
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by Laboratory Corporation of America
Holdings, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed these presents this 16th day
of June, 2014.



                                  /s/ Glenn A. Eisenberg
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                                  Glenn A. Eisenberg