Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

August 20, 2015

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) pertaining to the 2003 Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan of Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. of our reports dated February 27, 2015, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of OPKO Health, Inc. and subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

                                          /s/  Ernst & Young LLP         

Certified Public Accountants

Miami, Florida

August 18, 2015