Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration [Docket No. 14-2] On February 10, 2014, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Christopher B. McNeil issued the attached Recommended Decision. [ 1 ] Both parties filed Exceptions to the ALJ's Recommended Decision. Having reviewed the entire record, including the parties' Exceptions, I have decided to adopt the ALJ's findings of fact except as discussed below. I further adopt the ALJ's conclusions of law that: (1) Respondent issued prescriptions for controlled substances to three undercover officers outside the usual course of professional practice and which lacked a legitimate medical purpose; (2) Respondent violated Federal law when he issued controlled substance prescriptions which did not include the patient's address; (3) Respondent violated Ohio law requiring that he “complete and maintain accurate medical records reflecting the physician's examination, evaluation, and treatment of [his] patients,” when, with respect to the three undercover officers, he “falsely reported the extent and nature of his examination of [them] and falsely reported the patients' reports of pain”; (4) Respondent “failed to comply with the requirements of Ohio law applicable to the treatment of chronic pain.” According to the ALJ's Recommended Decision, Respondent's registration was due to expire on June 30, 2014, and according to the registration records of the Agency, of which I take official notice, see 5 U.S.C. …
Citation: 80 FR 42962
