Kerri Zavota, DVM; 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 On December 15, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA or Government) issued an Order to Show Cause (OSC) to Kerri Zavota, D.V.M., of South Daytona, Florida (Registrant). [ 1 ] OSC, at 1, 7. The OSC proposes the revocation of Registrant's two DEA certificates of registration (registration), FZ5603952 and FZ2291451, and the denial of any pending application to renew or modify either of those registrations “because . . . [Registrant] materially falsified . . . [her] DEA renewal applications” and because her “continued registration is inconsistent with the public interest.” Id. at 1 (citing 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(1) and 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(4) , in conjunction with 21 U.S.C. 823(g)(1) ). More specifically, the OSC alleges that Registrant “materially falsified five DEA . . . [certificate of registration applications]” and “administered or dispensed controlled substances without maintaining complete and accurate records and inventories.”  [ 2 ] OSC, at 4. I. Adequacy of Service Analysis The matter is before the Agency due to the Government's Request for Final Agency Action (RFAA) dated February 3, 2026. In its RFAA, the Government states that a DEA Diversion Investigator (DI) personally served the OSC on Registrant on December 18, 2025. RFAA, at 1. In support of that statement, the Government attaches to its RFAA a completed and signed Form DEA-12. RFAA, Exhibit 2, Attachment…