DEA revoked Heavenly Care Pharmacy's DEA Registration No. FH4377291 in August 2020 on two independent grounds — the pharmacy's continued registration was inconsistent with the public interest and it had materially falsified its DEA renewal application.

Heavenly Care Pharmacy — DEA Revocation for Controlled Substance Violations and Application Falsification (2020)

Outcome: DEA revoked Heavenly Care Pharmacy's DEA Registration No. FH4377291, at 617 9th Ave. N., Bessemer, Alabama 35020, in a Decision and Order published August 28, 2020, on two independent grounds: (1) the pharmacy's continued registration was inconsistent with the public interest, and (2) the pharmacy had materially falsified its DEA renewal application.

Heavenly Care Pharmacy held DEA Registration No. FH4377291, authorizing it to dispense controlled substances in Schedules II through V as a retail pharmacy at 617 9th Ave. N., Bessemer, Alabama. The DEA case against the pharmacy established two independent bases for revocation.

First, the record established by substantial evidence that the pharmacy's continued registration was inconsistent with the public interest — the standard established under 21 U.S.C. § 824(a)(4) that encompasses improper controlled substance dispensing practices. Second — and independently sufficient for revocation — the pharmacy materially falsified its DEA renewal application, a ground for revocation under 21 U.S.C. § 824(a)(1). Material falsification of a DEA registration application involves providing false or misleading information to the DEA in connection with a registration or renewal, undermining the integrity of the registration system.

The appropriate sanctions were revocation of DEA Registration No. FH4377291 and denial of any pending application by the pharmacy to renew or modify its registration. The Decision and Order was published in the Federal Register on August 28, 2020.

Primary Source: Heavenly Care Pharmacy; Decision and Order (Fed. Reg. Aug. 28, 2020)