Dentist's Lost Drugs Lead to Swift DEA License Revocation
Published Date: 4/16/2025
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Summary
Dr. Lona Bibbs-Walker's license to handle controlled substances is officially suspended and set for revocation because she lost track of many drugs and lost her state dental license. Since she didn’t ask for a hearing, the DEA is moving forward with shutting down her registrations, protecting public safety. This means she can’t legally prescribe or handle controlled substances anymore, effective immediately.
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DEA Revokes Dentist's Registrations
The DEA revoked Lona Bibbs-Walker's DEA Certificates of Registration Nos. FB3395806 and FB9305891 and denied any pending or future registration applications in Georgia. This Order is effective May 16, 2025, and means she no longer may legally handle or dispense controlled substances under those registrations.
State Dental License Revoked
The Georgia Board of Dentistry revoked Dr. Bibbs-Walker's authority to practice dentistry on or about March 5, 2024, and Georgia records show that authority remained revoked as of the Order's signature. Because she is not licensed to practice in Georgia, the DEA found she is not authorized to dispense controlled substances under federal law.
Recordkeeping Failures and Missing Drugs Found
The DEA found that from May 19, 2020 through February 16, 2024 Dr. Bibbs-Walker failed to keep required records and could not account for hundreds of dosage units, including 200 units of hydrocodone 5/325 mg, 100 units of hydrocodone 7.5/325 mg, 500 units of hydrocodone 10/325 mg, 600 units of oxycodone 10 mg, 100 units of oxycodone 15 mg, 700 units of oxycodone 30 mg, and 118 bottles of promethazine with codeine (each about 473–480 ml).
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