Health Law Daily Wrap Up, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS—NOTICES: DEA denies physician’s registration application, (Apr 2, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

On August 2, 2024, the Medical Board of California revoked the respondent’s California medical license.

On October 4, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued an Order to Show Cause (OSC) to Phong H. Tran, M.D. The OSC proposed the denial of respondent’s application for a DEA Certificate of Registration, Control No. W22138631C, in California, alleging that that the respondent has been mandatorily excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all Federal health care programs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1320a–7(a). The DEA found substantial record evidence that the respondent was not licensed to practice medicine in California, the state in which he is registered with DEA. The DEA has also long held that the possession of authority to dispense controlled substances under the laws of the state in which a practitioner engages in professional practice is a fundamental condition for obtaining and maintaining a practitioner’s registration (Notice, 90 Fed. Reg. 14383 (Apr. 1, 2025)).

Dates. April 1, 2025.

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