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Date: 05-19-2023
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Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Oklahoma City
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Description: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.
Southern Oklahoma Treatment Services, Inc., (“SOTS”), is a for profit company incorporated in the State of Oklahoma. It owns and operates Narcotic Treatment Programs in Lawton, Ardmore and Mead, Oklahoma.
The United States alleges that from March 9, 2022, to June 9, 2022, SOTS failed to have appropriate destruction procedures and records for the wasting of Methadone, failed to maintain DEA 222 forms at each separate SOTS location related to purchases of Methadone, and failed to have a DEA 222 form for the transfer of Methadone from the SOTS clinic in Ardmore to the clinic in Lawton. It is also alleged that the SOTS clinic in Ardmore did not have a current Power of Attorney on file for the Program Sponsor. To resolve these allegations, SOTS agreed to pay $50,000 to the United States.
In reaching this settlement, SOTS did not admit liability, and the government did not make any concessions about the legitimacy of the claims. The agreement allows the parties to avoid the delay, expense, inconvenience, and uncertainty involved in litigating the case.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ronald R. Gallegos and Amanda R. Johnson prosecuted the case.
Outcome: Defendant agreed to pay $50,000 to settle the claims made against it.
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