What Happened
DEA administrative decision (70 FR 24628, order signed May 2, 2005): the Deputy Administrator revoked the DEA registration of John S. Poulter, D.D.S., of North Salt Lake City, Utah, after Utah criminal cases over Demerol and fentanyl. The decision states he was charged with a third-degree felony for possessing or using Demerol, his guilty plea to possession of a controlled substance was entered after he violated a plea-in-abeyance agreement, and a later Utah County plea reduced felony counts to misdemeanors with a 180-day jail term (136 days suspended); it does not describe a months-denominated sentence.
Reported status: Pleaded guilty; licensing action (2005).
This entry records a licensing action by a regulator. It is not a criminal conviction unless the source says so.
About This Entry
This entry reports only what the linked source states. Fields the source does not state (for example the employer type, drug schedule or a sentence) are left out rather than inferred, so it is shorter than the registry's fully analysed cases.
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