Frank A. Hooper, D.V.M.
Outcome
DEA issued Order to Show Cause June 6, 2023, and revoked DEA Certificate of Registration No. BH4810518 for Greer, South Carolina veterinarian who lacked state authority to handle controlled substances; revocation published December 21, 2023.
Details
Frank A. Hooper, D.V.M. — DEA Registration Revocation for Lack of State Authority (2023)
Outcome: DEA issued an Order to Show Cause to Frank A. Hooper, D.V.M. on June 6, 2023, and revoked DEA Certificate of Registration No. BH4810518, registered at 100B Old Woodruff Road, Greer, South Carolina, because Hooper lacked authority to prescribe, administer, dispense, or otherwise handle controlled substances in South Carolina, the state in which he was registered with the DEA.
On June 6, 2023, the DEA issued an Order to Show Cause to Frank A. Hooper, D.V.M., a veterinarian practicing at 100B Old Woodruff Road, Greer, South Carolina, whose DEA Certificate of Registration was No. BH4810518. The OSC alleged that Hooper's DEA registration should be revoked because he was without authority to handle controlled substances in South Carolina.
Hooper requested a hearing on July 19, 2023. The Government filed a Motion for Summary Disposition on July 27, 2023. Hooper did not respond to the Motion. On August 14, 2023, the Chief Administrative Law Judge granted the Government's Motion for Summary Disposition and recommended revocation of Hooper's DEA registration, finding that because Hooper lacked state authority to handle controlled substances in South Carolina, there was no other fact of consequence for the tribunal to decide.
The DEA Administrator adopted the Chief ALJ's rulings, findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommended sanction in their entirety. The final Decision and Order was published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2023.
Primary Source: Frank A. Hooper, D.V.M.; Decision and Order (Fed. Reg. Dec. 21, 2023)
How Crucible Prevents This
DEA revoked this veterinarian's federal registration because he lacked South Carolina state controlled substance authority — a status that should have triggered an automatic registration hold. Crucible's license expiration tracking and state-authority cross-reference module would have flagged the lapse in state controlled substance licensing and initiated a suspension of dispensing privileges before the DEA was required to act.
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