[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19084-19085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9185]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Scott R. Barrett, Jr., M.D.; Revocation of Registration

    On February 7, 1994, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), issued an 
Order to Show Cause to Scott R. Barrett, Jr., M.D., of Ballwin, 
Missouri. The Order to Show Cause sought to revoke Dr. Barrett's DEA 
Certificate of Registration, AB7432571, and to deny any pending 
applications for renewal of such registration.
    The Order to Show Cause was first sent by registered mail to Dr. 
Barrett at his registered location, 13975 Manchester Road, Suite 4, 
Ballwin, Missouri. The Order to Show Cause was returned to DEA 
unclaimed with a notation on the envelope indicating that the 
forwarding order had expired. When DEA investigators visited Dr. 
Barrett's registered location, they found that the office was closed 
and had been boarded up. The Order to Show Cause was then sent 
registered mail to Dr. Barrett's home address of 591 Sunbridge Drive in 
Chesterfield, Missouri. Postal authorities were unsuccessful delivering 
the Order to Show Cause to the Sunbridge Drive address and therefore 
attempted to deliver the Order to Dr. Barrett at a third address of 
1030 Meadowbrook in St. Charles, Missouri. The Order to Show Cause was 
returned unclaimed to DEA on June 9, 1994.
    DEA has attempted to deliver the Order to Show Cause to Dr. Barrett 
at three different addresses. Despite the efforts of Postal 
authorities, each attempt has been unsuccessful. Dr. Barrett is 
therefore deemed to have waived his opportunity for a hearing. The 
Deputy Administrator now enters his final order in this matter without 
a hearing and based on the investigative file. See 21 CFR 1301.54(d) 
and 1301.57.
    The Deputy Administrator finds that in May 1989, the Missouri 
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) inspected Dr. Barrett's 
clinic, located in Springfield, Missouri, for compliance with state 
controlled substance laws and regulations. Investigators found 
presigned prescription pads belonging to Dr. Barrett which were 
apparently to be used for providing patients with controlled substances 
when Dr. Barrett was out of the office. Investigators also found that 
Dr. Barrett maintained controlled substances on the clinic premises. 
The Deputy Administrator notes that Dr. Barrett's Springfield clinic 
was not a registered location under the Controlled Substances Act and 
that Dr. Barrett was therefore not permitted to maintain controlled 
substances at that location.
    Based on the May 1989 inspection, BNDD issued an Order to Show 
Cause to Dr. Barrett alleging that he was in violation of state 
regulations requiring all registrants to provide effective controls 
against theft of controlled substances. Dr. Barrett and BNDD 
subsequently entered into a Memorandum of Understanding which 
stipulated that he would surrender his state controlled substance 
registration for thirty days, at which time he could reapply. The 
agreement also imposed other restrictions on Dr. Barrett's state 
controlled substance registration.
    Despite persistent requests from BNDD, Dr. Barrett never executed 
the necessary surrender forms. However, by letter dated January 2, 
1992, BNDD advised Dr. Barrett's counsel that since Dr. Barrett had 
ceased practicing at both his offices, his state controlled substance 
registrations had automatically terminated. BNDD informed Dr. Barrett's 
attorney that Dr. Barrett was no longer authorized by the State of 
Missouri to possess, prescribe, administer or dispense controlled 
substances but that he could reapply for registration.
    The Deputy Administrator further finds that Dr. Barrett's state 
medical license was revoked on August 6, 1992, by the Missouri State 
Board for the Healing Arts (Board). The Board concluded that Dr. 
Barrett was repeatedly negligent in his treatment of patients. The 
Board further found that Dr. Barrett had violated state controlled 
substance laws by signing blank prescriptions.
    It is well established that the DEA cannot register a practitioner 
who is not duly authorized to handle controlled substances in the state 
in which he does business. See 21 U.S.C. 823(f). DEA has consistently 
held that practitioners who lack state authorization to handle 
controlled substances cannot be registered with the Drug Enforcement 
Administration. See Ramon Pla, M.D., 51 FR 41168 (1986); George S. 
Heath, M.D., 51 FR 26610 (1986); Dale D. Shahan, D.D.S., 51 FR 23481 
(1986).
    Consequently, the Deputy Administrator concludes that since Dr. 
Barrett is no longer authorized to handle controlled substances by the 
State of Missouri, Dr. Barrett's DEA Certificate of Registration should 
be revoked. Accordingly, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, pursuant to the authority vested in him by 
21 U.S.C. 823 and 824 and 28 CFR 0.100(b) and 0.104, 
[[Page 19085]] hereby orders that DEA Certificate of Registration 
AB7432571, issued to Scott R. Barrett, Jr., M.D., be, and it hereby is, 
revoked, and that any pending applications for registration be, and 
they hereby are, denied. This order is effective May 15, 1995.

    Dated: April 10, 1995.
Stephen H. Greene,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-9185 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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