Enyibuaku Uzoaga, M.D.; Decision and Order

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. 25-37] On March 26, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA or Government) issued an Order to Show Cause (OSC) to Enyibuaku Uzoaga, M.D., of Houston, Texas (Applicant). OSC, at 1, 3. The OSC proposed the denial of Applicant's application for a DEA Certificate of Registration, Control No. W24000817C, alleging that Applicant has been excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all federal health care programs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(a) . Id. at 1 (citing 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(5) ). A hearing was held before DEA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Paul E. Soeffing, who, on June 25, 2025, issued his Recommended Rulings, Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decision (RD). The RD recommended that Applicant's application for registration be denied. RD, at 19. Applicant filed exceptions to the RD which are addressed herein. Having reviewed the entire record, the Agency adopts and hereby incorporates by reference the entirety of the ALJ's rulings, credibility findings, [ 1 ] findings of fact, conclusions of law, sanctions analysis, and recommended sanctions in the RD, and clarifies and expands upon portions thereof herein. I. Applicable Law Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(5) , the Agency  [ 2 ] is authorized to suspend or revoke a registration upon finding that the registrant “has been excluded (or directed to be excluded) from participation in a program pursuant to section 1320a-7(a) of Tit…