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
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KING DAVID P (Last) (First) (Middle) 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET (Street) BURLINGTON NC 27215 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LABORATORY CORP OF AMERICA HOLDINGS [ LH ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President & CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/13/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 02/17/2009	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person 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(1)	02/13/2009		F(2)		1,861	D	$62.42	88,518.8645	D

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. This amendment is being filed to attach a Power of Attorney that was executed at the time the reporting person's Form 4 was filed on February 17, 2009.

2. Stock withholding to satisfy tax and withholding obligations.

Remarks:

Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney for David P. King, kingpoa.TXT

	/s/ F. Samuel Eberts III	02/18/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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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 his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent,
with full power of substitute for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, in connection with the filing for the undersigned on Form 3
and Form 4 under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, to sign the Form 3 and Form 4 in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned or on behalf of the undersigned as a
director or officer of the Corporation, and any amendments to the Form 3 or
Form 4, and any instrument, contract, document or other writing, of or in
connection with the Form 3 and Form 4 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.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed these presents this 16th
day of February, 2009.



                            /s/ David M. King
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				David P. King