[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39427-39428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18978]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration


Jonathan L. Wilson, D.V.M.; Denial of Application

    On June 2, 1995, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), issued an 
Order to Show Cause to Jonathan L. Wilson, of Kennett, Missouri 
(Respondent), proposing to deny his application for a DEA Certificate 
of Registration as a practitioner. The statutory basis for the Order to 
Show Cause was that Respondent was not authorized to handle controlled 
substances in the State of Missouri. 21 U.S.C. 823(f).
    The Order to Show Cause was sent to Respondent by certified mail, 
return receipt requested. DEA received a receipt, signed by ``J.L. 
Wilson'' and dated June 8, 1995. Respondent did not request a hearing 
on the matter, nor forward any response to the Order to Show Cause to 
DEA, within the thirty days provided in 21 CFR 1301.54. Pursuant to 21 
CFR 1301.57, the Deputy 

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Administrator hereby enters his final order based upon the 
investigative file.
    By letter dated July 27, 1992, the Missouri Department of Health 
denied Respondent's application for a Missouri Controlled Substances 
Registration effective June 24, 1992. The Missouri Department of 
Health's decision was based on the following: (1) Respondent's 
inability to accept responsibility for diverting Demerol (a Schedule II 
controlled substance) for personal use and abuse; and (2) Respondent's 
having provided false or misleading information on his application by 
failing to disclose the revocation of his Mississippi Veterinary 
License in September of 1976.
    The DEA has consistently held that it does not have statutory 
authority under the Controlled Substances Act to register a 
practitioner unless that practitioner is authorized to dispense 
controlled substances by the state in which he proposes to practice. 
See Lawrence R. Alexander, M.D., 57 FR 22256 (1992); Bobby Watts, M.D., 
53 FR 11919 (1988); Robert F. Witek, D.D.S., 52 FR 4770 (1987). Because 
Respondent is not authorized to handle controlled substances in the 
State of Missouri, the Deputy Administrator cannot permit him to obtain 
a DEA Certificate of Registration in that state.
    Accordingly, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 823 and 824 and 28 CFR 0.100(b) 
and 0.104, hereby orders that any pending applications for a DEA 
Certificate of Registration as a practitioner on behalf of Jonathan L. 
Wilson, be, and they hereby are denied. This order is effective 
September 1, 1995.

    Dated: July 27, 1995.
Stephen H. Greene,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-18978 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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