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Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

Mon, Jul 14 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Correction

In proposed rule document E814405 beginning on page 36722 in the issue of Friday, June 27, 2008, make the following correction:

On page 36766, in Table 18, in the third column, in the first entry, ``$167,70'' should read ``$167,270''.
[FR Doc. Z814405 Filed 71108; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 150501D

Randall Relyea, D.O.; Denial of Application

Mon, Jul 14 2008 11:00:00 GMT

On July 25, 2007, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause to Randall Relyea, D.O. (Respondent), of Price, Utah. The Show Cause Order proposed the revocation of Respondent's DEA Certificate of Registration, BR8899809, as a practitioner, on the ground that Respondent's ``continued registration is inconsistent with the public interest.'' Show Cause Order at 1.

The Show Cause Order specifically alleged that in February 2007, Respondent had engaged in a scheme to have one of his patients obtain narcotic controlled substances for his personal use. Show Cause Order at 1. The Show Cause Order also alleged that during the previous year, Respondent had engaged in ``a similar scheme * * * to acquire narcotics,'' and that Respondent had been charged with multiple felony narcotics offenses under Utah law with respect to both schemes. Id.

The Show Cause Order further alleged that in 1999, Respondent had been ``

Armando B. Figueroa, M.D.; Revocation of Registration

Mon, Jul 14 2008 11:00:00 GMT

On November 14, 2007, I, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause and Immediate Suspension of Registration to Armando B. Figueroa, M.D. (Respondent), of Washington, DC. The Order immediately suspended and proposed the revocation of Respondent's DEA Certificate of Registration, BF0128810, as a practitioner, on the grounds that his continued registration was ``inconsistent with the public interest'' and ``constitute[d] an imminent danger to public health and safety.'' Show Cause Order at 1 (citing 21 U.S.C. 823(f) & 824(a)(4)).

The Show Cause Order alleged that Respondent had ``repeatedly issued controlled substance prescriptions to [two individuals, S.S. and G.R.] for other than a legitimate medical purpose or while acting outside the usual course of professional practice in violation of 21 CFR 1306.04(a).'' Show Cause Order at 1. More specifically, the Show Cause Order alleged that on October 17, 2007, law enforcement authorities had

Michael Chait, M.D.; Revocation of Registration

Mon, Jul 14 2008 11:00:00 GMT

On October 1, 2007, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause to Michael Chait, M.D. (Respondent), of Amagansett, New York. The Show Cause Order proposed the revocation of Respondent's DEA Certificate of Registration, BC2825151, as a practitioner, and the denial of any pending applications to renew or modify his registration, on the ground that Respondent is ``not authorized to handle controlled substances in New York.'' Show Cause Order at 1.

More specifically, the Show Cause Order alleged that effective on May 25, 2007, the New York State Department of Health, State Board for Professional Medical Conduct, had, pursuant to an interim non disciplinary order of conditions, prohibited Respondent from the practice of medicine in the State of New York. Id. The Show Cause Order thus alleged that Respondent is ``no longer authorized to handle controlled substances in New York, the state in which'' he maintains