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Department of Consumer Affairs,
License Search, https://search.dca.
ca.gov/ (last visited date of signature of
this Order). Therefore, the Agency finds
that Registrant is not currently
authorized to dispense or handle
controlled substances in California, the
state in which he is registered with
DEA.
Discussion
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Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3), the
Attorney General is authorized to
suspend or revoke a registration issued
under 21 U.S.C. 823 ‘‘upon a finding
that the registrant . . . has had his State
license or registration suspended . . .
[or] revoked . . . by competent State
authority and is no longer authorized by
State law to engage in the . . .
dispensing of controlled substances.’’
With respect to a practitioner, DEA has
also long held that the possession of
authority to dispense controlled
substances under the laws of the state in
which a practitioner engages in
professional practice is a fundamental
condition for obtaining and maintaining
a practitioner’s registration. See, e.g.,
James L. Hooper, D.O., 76 FR 71371,
71372 (2011), pet. for rev. denied, 481
F. App’x 826 (4th Cir. 2012); Frederick
Marsh Blanton, D.O., 43 FR 27616,
27617 (1978).3
According to California statute and
relevant to Registrant’s COR, ‘‘[n]o
person other than a physician . . . shall
party is entitled, on timely request, to an
opportunity to show the contrary.’’ Accordingly,
Registrant may dispute the Agency’s finding by
filing a properly supported motion for
reconsideration of findings of fact within fifteen
calendar days of the date of this Order. Any such
motion and response shall be filed and served by
email to the other party and to the DEA Office of
the Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration at dea.addo.attorneys@dea.gov.
3 This rule derives from the text of two provisions
of the Controlled Substances Act. First, Congress
defined the term ‘‘practitioner’’ to mean ‘‘a
physician . . . or other person licensed, registered,
or otherwise permitted, by . . . the jurisdiction in
which he practices . . ., to distribute, dispense,
. . . [or] administer . . . a controlled substance in
the course of professional practice.’’ 21 U.S.C.
802(21). Second, in setting the requirements for
obtaining a practitioner’s registration, Congress
directed that ‘‘[t]he Attorney General shall register
practitioners . . . if the applicant is authorized to
dispense . . . controlled substances under the laws
of the State in which he practices.’’ 21 U.S.C.
823(g)(1). Because Congress has clearly mandated
that a practitioner possess state authority in order
to be deemed a practitioner under the CSA, DEA
has held repeatedly that revocation of a
practitioner’s registration is the appropriate
sanction whenever he is no longer authorized to
dispense controlled substances under the laws of
the state in which he practices. See, e.g., James L.
Hooper, 76 FR at 71371–72; Sheran Arden Yeates,
D.O., 71 FR 39130, 39131 (2006); Dominick A. Ricci,
D.O., 58 FR 51104, 51105 (1993); Bobby Watts, D.O.,
53 FR 11919, 11920 (1988); Frederick Marsh
Blanton, 43 FR 27617.
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write or issue a prescription.’’ 4 Cal.
Health & Safety Code 11150. Further,
‘‘physician,’’ as defined by California
statute, is a person who is ‘‘licensed to
practice’’ in California. Id. 11024.
Here, the evidence in the record is
that Registrant currently lacks authority
to handle controlled substances in
California because his California
physician and surgeon license has been
surrendered. As already discussed, a
person must hold a valid license to
dispense a controlled substance in
California. Thus, because Registrant
lacks authority to handle controlled
substances in California, Registrant is
not eligible to maintain a DEA
registration. Accordingly, the Agency
will order that Registrant’s DEA
registrations be revoked.
Order
Pursuant to 28 CFR 0.100(b) and the
authority vested in me by 21 U.S.C.
824(a), I hereby revoke DEA Certificates
of Registration Nos. FW8432471 and
AW2971073 issued to Gary R. Wisner,
M.D. Further, pursuant to 28 CFR
0.100(b) and the authority vested in me
by 21 U.S.C. 823(g)(1), I hereby deny
any pending applications of Gary R.
Wisner, M.D., to renew or modify these
registrations, as well as any other
pending application of Gary R. Wisner,
M.D., for additional registration in
California. This Order is effective
January 16, 2024.
Signing Authority
This document of the Drug
Enforcement Administration was signed
on December 7 2023, by Administrator
Anne Milgram. That document with the
original signature and date is
maintained by DEA. For administrative
purposes only, and in compliance with
requirements of the Office of the Federal
Register, the undersigned DEA Federal
Register Liaison Officer has been
authorized to sign and submit the
document in electronic format for
publication, as an official document of
DEA. This administrative process in no
way alters the legal effect of this
document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Heather Achbach,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug
Enforcement Administration.
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4 Although additional specified categories of
persons are permitted to write or issue
prescriptions, none of those practitioner categories
are applicable to Registrant.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Technical Advisory Committee;
Request for Nominations
Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS), Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
The BLS is soliciting new
members for the Technical Advisory
Committee (TAC) to address four
member terms expiring on April 13,
2024, and any additional vacancies that
may occur on the TAC between the date
of publication of this notice and April
13, 2024.
DATES: Nominations for the TAC
membership should be transmitted by
January 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nominations for the TAC
membership should be emailed to
BLSTAC@bls.gov. Nominations are only
being accepted through email as BLS is
in maximum telework status pending its
relocation to Suitland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay
Stewart, Senior Research Economist,
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Telephone: 202–691–7376. This is not a
toll-free number. Email: BLSTAC@
bls.gov.
SUMMARY:
The TAC
provides advice to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics on technical aspects of data
collection and the formulation of
economic measures and makes
recommendations on areas of research.
On some technical issues, there are
differing views and receiving feedback
at public meetings provides BLS with
the opportunity to consider all
viewpoints.
The Committee consists of
approximately 16 members who serve as
Special Government Employees.
Members are appointed by the BLS and
are approved by the Secretary of Labor.
Committee members are experts in
economics, statistics, data science, and
survey design. Members typically have
Ph.D.s in their field and have significant
experience. They are prominent experts
in their fields and recognized for their
professional achievements and
objectivity. The economic experts will
have research experience with technical
issues related to BLS data and will be
familiar with employment and
unemployment statistics, price index
numbers, compensation measures,
productivity measures, occupational
and health statistics, or other topics
relevant to BLS data series. The
statistical experts will have experience
with sample design, data analysis,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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computationally intensive statistical
methods, non-sampling errors or other
areas which are relevant to BLS work.
The data science experts will have
experience compiling, modeling,
analyzing, and interpreting large sets of
structured and unstructured data. The
survey design experts will have
experience with questionnaire design,
usability, or other areas of survey
development. Collectively, the members
will provide a balance of expertise in all
of these areas.
BLS invites persons interested in
serving on the TAC to submit their
names for consideration for committee
membership. Typically, TAC members
are appointed to three-year terms, and
serve as unpaid Special Government
Employees.
The Bureau often faces highly
technical issues while developing and
maintaining the accuracy and relevancy
of its data on employment and
unemployment, prices, productivity,
and compensation and working
conditions. These issues range from
how to develop new measures to how to
make sure that existing measures
account for the ever-changing economy.
BLS presents issues and then draws on
the specialized expertise of Committee
members representing specialized fields
within the academic disciplines of
economics, statistics and data science,
and survey design. Committee members
are also invited to bring to the attention
of BLS issues that have been identified
in the academic literature or in their
own research.
The TAC was established to provide
advice to the Commissioner of Labor
Statistics on technical topics selected by
the BLS. Responsibilities include, but
are not limited to providing comments
on papers and presentations developed
by BLS research and program staff,
conducting research on issues identified
by BLS on which an objective technical
opinion or recommendation from
outside of BLS would be valuable,
recommending BLS conduct internal
research projects to address technical
problems with BLS statistics that have
been identified in the academic
literature, participating in discussions of
areas where the types or coverage of
economic statistics could be expanded
or improved and areas where statistics
are no longer relevant, and establishing
working relationships with professional
associations with an interest in BLS
statistics, such as the American
Statistical Association and the
American Economic Association.
Nominations: BLS is looking for
committed TAC members who have a
strong interest in, and familiarity with,
BLS data. The Agency is looking for
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nominees who use and have a
comprehensive understanding of
economic statistics. BLS is committed to
bringing greater diversity of thought,
perspective, and experience to its
advisory committees. Nominees from all
races, gender, age, and disabilities are
encouraged to apply. Interested persons
may nominate themselves or may
submit the name of another person who
they believe to be interested in and
qualified to serve on the TAC.
Nominations may also be submitted by
organizations. Nominations should
include the name, address, and
telephone number of the candidate.
Each nomination should include a
summary of the candidate’s training or
experience relating to BLS data
specifically, or economic statistics more
generally, and a curriculum vitae. In
selecting TAC members, BLS will
consider individuals nominated in
response to this notice, as well as other
qualified individuals. Candidates
should not submit information they do
not want publicly disclosed. BLS will
conduct a basic background check on
candidates before their appointment to
the TAC. The background check will
involve accessing publicly available,
internet-based sources. BLS will contact
nominees for information on their status
as registered lobbyists. Anyone
currently subject to federal registration
requirements as a lobbyist is not eligible
for appointment to the TAC. Nominees
should be aware of the time
commitment for attending meetings and
actively participating in the work of the
TAC. Historically, this has meant a
commitment of at least two days per
year.
Authority: This notice was prepared
in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
Signed at Washington, DC, on December
11, 2023.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
[Docket No. 2023–7]
Notice of Intent To Audit
1 Public
U.S. Copyright Office, Library
of Congress.
ACTION: Public notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Copyright Office is
announcing receipt of a notice of intent
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to conduct an audit pursuant to the
section 115 blanket license.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the
General Counsel, by email at meft@
copyright.gov or telephone at 202–707–
8350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Orrin
G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music
Modernization Act (the ‘‘MMA’’)
substantially modified the compulsory
‘‘mechanical’’ license for reproducing
and distributing phonorecords of
nondramatic musical works under 17
U.S.C. 115.1 It did so by switching from
a song-by-song licensing system to a
blanket licensing regime that became
available on January 1, 2021 (the
‘‘license availability date’’),
administered by a mechanical licensing
collective (the ‘‘MLC’’) designated by
the Copyright Office (the ‘‘Office’’).2
Digital music providers (‘‘DMPs’’) are
able to obtain this new statutory
mechanical blanket license (the
‘‘blanket license’’) to make digital
phonorecord deliveries of nondramatic
musical works, including in the form of
permanent downloads, limited
downloads, or interactive streams
(referred to in the statute as ‘‘covered
activity’’ where such activity qualifies
for a blanket license), subject to various
requirements, including reporting and
payment obligations.3 The MLC is
tasked with collecting royalties from
DMPs under the blanket license and
distributing them to musical work
copyright owners.4
In connection with the new blanket
license, the MMA also provides for
certain audit rights. Under the MMA,
the MLC may periodically audit DMPs
operating under the blanket license to
verify the accuracy of royalty payments
made by DMPs to the MLC.5 Likewise,
musical work copyright owners may
periodically audit the MLC to verify the
accuracy of royalty payments made by
the MLC to copyright owners.6 To
commence an audit, a notice of intent to
conduct an audit must be filed with the
Office and delivered to the party(ies)
being audited.7 The Office must then
cause notice to be published in the
Federal Register within 45 days of
receipt.8
On November 9, 2023, the Office
received a notice of intent to conduct an
audit of the MLC from Bridgeport
2 17
Law 115–264, 132 Stat. 3676 (2018).
U.S.C. 115(d).
3 Id.
4 Id.
5 Id.
at 115(d)(4)(D).
at 115(d)(3)(L).
7 Id. at 115(d)(3)(L)(i)(IV), (d)(4)(D)(i)(IV).
8 Id. at 115(d)(3)(L)(i)(IV), (d)(4)(D)(i)(IV).
6 Id.
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[FR Doc No: 2023-27538]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Technical Advisory Committee; Request for Nominations
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Department of Labor.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The BLS is soliciting new members for the Technical Advisory
Committee (TAC) to address four member terms expiring on April 13,
2024, and any additional vacancies that may occur on the TAC between
the date of publication of this notice and April 13, 2024.
DATES: Nominations for the TAC membership should be transmitted by
January 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nominations for the TAC membership should be emailed to
[email protected]. Nominations are only being accepted through email as
BLS is in maximum telework status pending its relocation to Suitland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Stewart, Senior Research
Economist, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Telephone: 202-691-7376.
This is not a toll-free number. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The TAC provides advice to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics on technical aspects of data collection and the
formulation of economic measures and makes recommendations on areas of
research. On some technical issues, there are differing views and
receiving feedback at public meetings provides BLS with the opportunity
to consider all viewpoints.
The Committee consists of approximately 16 members who serve as
Special Government Employees. Members are appointed by the BLS and are
approved by the Secretary of Labor. Committee members are experts in
economics, statistics, data science, and survey design. Members
typically have Ph.D.s in their field and have significant experience.
They are prominent experts in their fields and recognized for their
professional achievements and objectivity. The economic experts will
have research experience with technical issues related to BLS data and
will be familiar with employment and unemployment statistics, price
index numbers, compensation measures, productivity measures,
occupational and health statistics, or other topics relevant to BLS
data series. The statistical experts will have experience with sample
design, data analysis,
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computationally intensive statistical methods, non-sampling errors or
other areas which are relevant to BLS work. The data science experts
will have experience compiling, modeling, analyzing, and interpreting
large sets of structured and unstructured data. The survey design
experts will have experience with questionnaire design, usability, or
other areas of survey development. Collectively, the members will
provide a balance of expertise in all of these areas.
BLS invites persons interested in serving on the TAC to submit
their names for consideration for committee membership. Typically, TAC
members are appointed to three-year terms, and serve as unpaid Special
Government Employees.
The Bureau often faces highly technical issues while developing and
maintaining the accuracy and relevancy of its data on employment and
unemployment, prices, productivity, and compensation and working
conditions. These issues range from how to develop new measures to how
to make sure that existing measures account for the ever-changing
economy. BLS presents issues and then draws on the specialized
expertise of Committee members representing specialized fields within
the academic disciplines of economics, statistics and data science, and
survey design. Committee members are also invited to bring to the
attention of BLS issues that have been identified in the academic
literature or in their own research.
The TAC was established to provide advice to the Commissioner of
Labor Statistics on technical topics selected by the BLS.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to providing comments on
papers and presentations developed by BLS research and program staff,
conducting research on issues identified by BLS on which an objective
technical opinion or recommendation from outside of BLS would be
valuable, recommending BLS conduct internal research projects to
address technical problems with BLS statistics that have been
identified in the academic literature, participating in discussions of
areas where the types or coverage of economic statistics could be
expanded or improved and areas where statistics are no longer relevant,
and establishing working relationships with professional associations
with an interest in BLS statistics, such as the American Statistical
Association and the American Economic Association.
Nominations: BLS is looking for committed TAC members who have a
strong interest in, and familiarity with, BLS data. The Agency is
looking for nominees who use and have a comprehensive understanding of
economic statistics. BLS is committed to bringing greater diversity of
thought, perspective, and experience to its advisory committees.
Nominees from all races, gender, age, and disabilities are encouraged
to apply. Interested persons may nominate themselves or may submit the
name of another person who they believe to be interested in and
qualified to serve on the TAC. Nominations may also be submitted by
organizations. Nominations should include the name, address, and
telephone number of the candidate. Each nomination should include a
summary of the candidate's training or experience relating to BLS data
specifically, or economic statistics more generally, and a curriculum
vitae. In selecting TAC members, BLS will consider individuals
nominated in response to this notice, as well as other qualified
individuals. Candidates should not submit information they do not want
publicly disclosed. BLS will conduct a basic background check on
candidates before their appointment to the TAC. The background check
will involve accessing publicly available, internet-based sources. BLS
will contact nominees for information on their status as registered
lobbyists. Anyone currently subject to federal registration
requirements as a lobbyist is not eligible for appointment to the TAC.
Nominees should be aware of the time commitment for attending meetings
and actively participating in the work of the TAC. Historically, this
has meant a commitment of at least two days per year.
Authority: This notice was prepared in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.
2.
Signed at Washington, DC, on December 11, 2023.
Eric Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems.
[FR Doc. 2023-27538 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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