On June 27, 2005, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of [[Page 70789]]
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause to Mario Alberto Diaz, M.D. (Respondent) of Miami, Florida. The Show Cause Order proposed to deny Respondent's pending application for a DEA Certificate of Registration as a practitioner, on the ground that granting Respondent a registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. See Show Cause Order at 1; see also 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(4), id. Sec. 823(f).

More specifically, the Show Cause Order alleged that in May 2003, Respondent, who had previously been registered as a practitioner, entered into a contract with Pharmacom, an Internet pharmacy, under which he agreed to issue prescriptions online. Show Cause Order at 5. The Show Cause Order alleged that Respondent issued approximately 100 prescriptions per day, and that Respondent admitted having issued approximately twenty to twentyfive thousand prescriptions during the p ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2006-12-06-E6-20630 Wed, Dec 6 2006 11:00:00 GMT