# 2025-09224: California Doc Banned from Prescribing Pills: License Lapse Bites Hard

2025-09224, Khursheed Haider, M.D.; Decision and Order, is a Federal Register notice from Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration published 2025-05-22, effective 2025-06-23; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09224
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09224
- Title: Khursheed Haider, M.D.; Decision and Order
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Justice Department; Drug Enforcement Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 21950
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Effective: 2025-06-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

California Doc Banned from Prescribing Pills: License Lapse Bites Hard

## Summary

Dr. Khursheed Haider from California lost his DEA registration because his medical license expired and he can no longer legally handle controlled substances. He didn’t ask for a hearing, so the DEA officially revoked his registration starting May 22, 2025. This means Dr. Haider can’t prescribe or manage controlled drugs anymore, affecting his medical practice and patients.

## Effects PRIA read

- DEA Registration Revoked; No Controlled Drugs: cost, medium. Dr. Khursheed Haider’s DEA registration was revoked and the Order is effective June 23, 2025. He can no longer legally prescribe, administer, dispense, or otherwise handle controlled substances in California. This affects his medical practice and patients who receive controlled-drug prescriptions f…
- Pending Renewals and New Registrations Denied: cost, high. The DEA denied any pending applications by Dr. Khursheed Haider to renew or modify his DEA registration and denied any other pending application for additional registration in California. That denial is effective June 23, 2025, preventing him from regaining DEA registration through those pending ap…

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## Sources
- [2025-09224 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/22/2025-09224/khursheed-haider-md-decision-and-order)
- [2025-09224 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-22/pdf/2025-09224.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09224 (as of 2026-06-08).