What Happened
A state medical board alleged that a physician resumed personal use of opioid drugs, prescribed large amounts of controlled substances to patients without adequate medical justification, and diverted controlled substances he had prescribed back from patients for his own use.
The board also alleged he falsified medical records to justify the prescribing These allegations were contested by the physician and had not been adjudicated; DEA instead revoked his registration because his state medical license was suspended, which independently barred him from handling controlled substances in New Mexico.
What the Record Shows
DEA revoked his Certificate of Registration; revocation was based on the resulting suspension of his state medical license, not on an adjudication of the diversion allegations, which remained contested and pending before the state medical board
Why It Matters for Diversion Programs
This entry comes from a primary source rather than a federal enforcement release, and it is recorded as reported: Alleged to have resumed personal use of opioid drugs, prescribed large and varied amounts of controlled substances to patients without adequate medical justification, taken back controlled substances he had prescribed to patients for his own personal use, and falsified medical records to justify the prescribing. Board and news records are a lagging indicator - by the time a licensing authority or a reporter learns of a diversion, the diversion was normally detected internally first, which makes each entry a signal that inventory reconciliation, waste observation or dispensing oversight failed earlier.