LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
      KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Adam Logal and Steven D. Rubin, each acting individually, as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead
of the undersigned to:

(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of OPKO Health, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16 (a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as
amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the  undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney in
fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in
connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that:

(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney
in fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney in
fact without independent verification of such information;

(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney in fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in
such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney in
fact, in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3) neither the Company nor either of such attorneys in fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16 (b) of the Exchange Act;
and

(4) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

      The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys in
fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney in fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney
in fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed this 6th day of January, 2020.
/s/ Anthony J. Japour, M.D.
Anthony J. Japour, M.D.




STATE OF FLORIDA		)
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE	)

Before me personally appeared Anthony J. Japour, M.D., an individual personally
known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to and before me that he
executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.

WITNESS my hand and official seal, this 6th day of January, 2020.

My Commission Expires:	December 11, 2023

/s/ Diana M. Rosado
Diana M. Rosado
Notary Public in and for the
State of Florida

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