FORM 5
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                   U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549


               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

   Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
             Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Yimoyines            Dean                   J.
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   (Last)            (First)            (Middle)

c/o OptiCare Health Systems, Inc.
87 Grandview Avenue
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                     (Street)

Waterbury                CT             06708
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   (City)               (State)         (Zip)

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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol


OptiCare Health Systems, Inc. (OPT)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

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4. Statement for Month/Year


December 31, 2001
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [X] Director                        [ ] 10% Owner

   [X] Officer (give title below)      [ ] Other (specify below)

   Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Law)
     x  Form filed by One Reporting Person
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        Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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FORM 5 (continued)



                    TABLE I--Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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          1.                2.           3.                     4.                       5.           6.          7.
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                                                                                    Amount of     Owner-
                                                                                    Securities    ship
                         Trans-      Trans-          Securities Acquired (A)        Beneficially  Form:
                         action      action          or Disposed of (D)             Owned at End  Direct      Nature of
                         Date        Code            (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            of Issuer's   (D) or      Indirect
Title of                 (Month/     (Instr. 8)   ----------------------------      Fiscal Year   Indirect    Beneficial
Security                  Day/       ----------     Amount    (A) or    Price       (Instr.       (I)         Ownership
(Instr. 3)                Year)      Code                       (D)                 3 and 4)      (Instr. 4)  (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, $.001
par value per share       1/01        G              100         D                     0            D
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Common Stock, $.001                                                                                          By Spouse
par value per share       1/01        G              100         A                   249,925        I            (1)
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FORM 5 (continued)



                     TABLE II--Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
                            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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     1.        2.       3.         4.         5.             6.                 7.           8.         9.         10.       11.
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                                                                           Title and                           Ownership
                                          Number of     Date Exer-         Amount of                           Form of
                                          Derivative    cisable and        Underlying              Number of   Deriv-
                                          Securities    Expiration         Securities      Price   Derivative  ative
            Conver-             Trans-    Acquired (A)  Date (Month/       (Instr. 3       of      Securities  Security:
            sion or   Trans-    action    or Disposed    Day/Year)          and 4)         Deriv-  Benefi-     Direct
            Exercise  action    Code      of (D)        --------------    --------------   ative   cially      (D) or    Nature of
Title of    Price of  Date      (Instr.   (Instr. 3,    Date                      Amount   Secur-  Owned at    Indirect  Indirect
Derivative  Deriv-    (Month/    8)        4 and 5)     Exer-    Expir-           or Num-  ity     End of      (I)       Beneficial
Security    ative      Day/     --------  ----------    cis-     ation            ber of   (Instr. Year        (Instr.   Ownership
(Instr. 3)  Security   Year)    Code      (A)   (D)     able     Date     Title   Shares    5)     (Instr. 4)   4)       (Instr. 4)
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Stock
Options
(Right to                                                                 Common
Buy)(2)     $2.56      1/01      G             286,450   (3)      1/08    Stock    286,450             0         D(4)
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Stock
Options
(Right to                                                                 Common
Buy)(2)     $5.85      1/01      G             325,000   (5)      8/09    Stock    325,000             0         D(4)
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Stock
Options
(Right to                                                                 Common                                         By Spouse
Buy)(2)     $2.56      1/01      G       286,450         (3)      1/08    Stock    286,450          286,450        I     (1)(4)
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Stock
Options
(Right to                                                                 Common                                         By Spouse
Buy)(2)     $5.85      1/01      G       325,000         (5)      8/09    Stock    325,000          325,000        I     (1)(4)
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                                                                          Common                                         By Spouse
Warrant     $0.40     1/5/01     P        50,000         (3)     1/5/06   Stock     50,000           50,000        I     (1)(6)
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(1)  The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities and
     this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is
     the beneficial owner of these securities for the purposes of Section 16 of
     the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise.
(2)  Granted pursuant to the OptiCare Health Systems, Inc. Performance Stock
     Program.
(3)  Presently exercisable.
(4)  Represents the transfer of the options from the reporting person to his
     wife.
(5)  25% exercisable on and after each of the first four anniversaries of August
     1999.
(6)  On January 5, 2001, the reporting person's wife provided a loan to the
     issuer and the reporting person was issued the warrant, which he assigned
     to his wife on the same date.

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

*  If the Form is filed by more than one reporting person, See
   Instruction 5(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
   Violations.
   See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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      If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

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               /s/ Dean J. Yimoyines                       February 8, 2002
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               ** Signature of the Reporting Person              Date