DEA Revokes Registration of Dr. Taha Dias, M.D. in Florida
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Background and Order Issued
On November 4, 2024, the DEA sent an Order to Show Cause (OSC) to Dr. Taha Dias. The DEA warned that he might lose his DEA registration. The DEA said Dr. Dias gave out prescriptions for controlled substances in ways that were not allowed by law. These actions were seen as inconsistent with public interest. The DEA cited violations of both federal and Florida state law.
Service of Order
A DEA Diversion Investigator (DI) served the OSC to Dr. Dias. The DI sent it by email and by mail to his registered addresses. On November 22, 2024, Dr. Dias spoke with the DI. He was told about the OSC and what it meant.
Details of Violations
Between July 2022 and December 2023, Dr. Dias gave prescriptions for controlled substances that were outside the usual course of professional practice. He did not follow federal law 21 CFR 1306.04(a) or Florida Statutes Sec. 456.44(3).
Dr. Dias did not reply to the DEA’s charges. The DEA says this means Dr. Dias admits to the facts described in the OSC.
Dr. Dias admitted he wrote nine prescriptions for promethazine with codeine to nine different people, knowing the drugs would be obtained by someone else and not those named. On July 5, 2022, he texted a local pharmacist about sending these prescriptions, which were not for a real medical reason.
Dr. Dias also admitted he wrote nine prescriptions for controlled substances to a person named M.S. between December 9, 2022, and December 4, 2023. M.S. was in a correctional facility when these prescriptions were written. Dr. Dias did not do a medical exam or create a real doctor-patient relationship for these prescriptions either.
In total, Dr. Dias gave out at least 18 prescriptions that had no real medical purpose and were not allowed by his profession’s rules.
Legal Findings and Process
The DEA stated that under federal and Florida law, doctors must only prescribe controlled substances for real medical reasons and after proper exams. They must keep detailed patient records. The DEA found Dr. Dias did not follow these rules.
In cases like this, the DEA checks five factors to decide if someone should keep their registration. The DEA mainly considered Dr. Dias’s compliance with laws and his experience with controlled substances.
No evidence was found of state medical license problems or crime convictions for Dr. Dias. But the DEA said the main problem was how Dr. Dias prescribed the drugs.
Sanction and Final Decision
The DEA said Dr. Dias did not reply to the charges or try to explain his actions. He did not show he accepted responsibility or would follow the law in the future.
Because of these reasons, the DEA revoked Dr. Dias’s DEA Certificate of Registration No. BD9971208. The DEA also denied any of his pending applications to renew or change his registration or to apply for a new registration in Florida.
This order takes effect on August 25, 2025.
Signed Order
The order was signed on July 21, 2025, by Acting Administrator Robert J. Murphy.
Reference:
Federal Register, Volume 90, Number 141, Friday, July 25, 2025, Pages 35313-35315.
[FR Doc No: 2025-14077]
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