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EXHIBIT 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I, the undersigned officer of Specialty Laboratories, Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby severally constitute and appoint James B. Peter and Paul
F. Beyer, and each of them individually, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, my true and lawful attorneys, with full powers to them and
each of them to sign for me, in my name and in the capacities indicated
below, the registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said registration
statement (including post-effective amendments), and any registration
statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, of equity securities of the Company, and to file or cause
to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following person in the
capacities indicated below:
NAME TITLE DATE
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/s/ FRANK SPINA Chief Financial Officer October 18, 2000
---------------------- (Principal Financial and
Frank Spina Accounting Officer)
