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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001022079-22-000163
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221116
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221122
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221122

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DELANEY MARK E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001955265

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12215
		FILM NUMBER:		221410962

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001022079
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		IRS NUMBER:				161387862
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9735202700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 PLAZA DRIVE
		CITY:			SECAUCUS
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07094

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CORNING CLINICAL LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960903
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    <periodOfReport>2022-11-16</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DGX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>DELANEY MARK E</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>500 PLAZA DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>C/O QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SECAUCUS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07094</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP &amp; Chief Commercial Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1731</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualifed Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>144.47</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2032-03-21</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>7846.0</value>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options vest in three equal annual installments beginning on the first annual anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr., Attorney in Fact for Mark E. Delaney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-11-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of William J. O'Shaughnessy, Jr. and Michael E. Prevoznik,
signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;


(2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such
Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and


(3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the document executed to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in his/her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17th day of November, 2022.

/s/ Mark E. Delaney
MARK E. DELANEY

STATE OF NEW JERSEY             )
                            ) ss.
COUNTY OF HUDSON        )

On this 17 day of November, 2022, before me, Sylvia Sytsma, the undersigned
notary public, personally appeared MARK E. DELANEY, proved to me on the basis
of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within
instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes
therein stated.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

/s/ SYLVIA SYTSMA
My Comm. Expires: 10/5/2024
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