[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42981-42982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20238]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
Robert S. Chancellor, M.D., Revocation of Registration
On April 8, 1999, the Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), issued an
Order to Show Cause to Robert S. Chancellor, M.D., of Las Vegas,
Nevada, notifying him of an opportunity to show cause as to why DEA
should not revoke his DEA Certificate of Registration BC2622644
pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3), and deny any pending applications for
renewal of such registration pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 823(f), for reason
that he is not currently authorized to handle controlled substances in
the State of Nevada, the state in which he practices. The order also
notified Dr. Chancellor that should no request for a hearing be filed
within 30 days, his hearing right would be deemed waived.
DEA received a signed receipt indicating that the Order to Show
Cause was received on April 16, 1999. No request for a hearing or any
other reply was received by the DEA from Dr. Chancellor or anyone
purporting to represent him in this matter. Therefore, the Deputy
Administrator, finding that (1) 30 days have passed since the receipt
of the Order to Show Cause, and (2) no request for a hearing having
been received, concludes that Dr. Chancellor is deemed to have waived
his hearing right. After considering material from the investigative
file in this matter, the Deputy Administrator now enters his final
order without hearing pursuant to 21 CFR 1391.43 (d) and (e) and
1301.46.
The Deputy Administrator finds that Dr. Chancellor currently
possesses DEA Certificate of Registration BC2622644 issued to him in
Nevada. The Deputy Administrator further finds that on June 6, 1998,
the Board of Medical Examiners of the State of Nevada issued its
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order revoking Dr.
Chancellor's
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license to practice medicine in the State of Nevada.
The Deputy Administrator concludes that Dr. Chancellor is not
currently licensed to practice medicine in Nevada, and therefore, it is
reasonable to infer that he is not currently authorized to handle
controlled substances in that state. The DEA does not have the
statutory authority under the Controlled Substances Act to issue or
maintain a registration if the application or registrant is without
state authority to handle controlled substances in the state in which
he conducts his business. See 21 U.S.C. 802(21), 823(f) and 824(a)(3).
This prerequisite has been consistently upheld. Romeo J. Perez, M.D.,
62 FR 16193 (1997); Demetris A. Green, M.D., 61 FR 60728 (1996);
Dominick A. Ricci, M.D., 58 FR 51104 (1993).
Here it is clear that Dr. Chancellor is not currently authorized to
handle controlled substances in the State of Nevada. As a result, Dr.
Chancellor is not entitled to a DEA registration in that state.
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 C.F.R. 0.100(b) and 0.104, hereby orders that DEA
Certificate or Registration BC2622644, previously issued to Robert S.
Chancellor, M.D., be, and it hereby is, revoked. The Deputy
Administrator further orders that any pending applications for the
renewal of such registration, be, and they hereby are, denied. This
order is effective September 7, 1999.
Dated: July 27, 1999.
Donnie R. Marshall,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-20238 Filed 8-5-99; 8:45 am]
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