82 FR 38712 - Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 156 (August 15, 2017)

Page Range		38712-38713
FR Document		2017-17300

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 156 (Tuesday, August 15, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38712-38713]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17300]


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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION


Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services Corporation's Finance Committee will 
meet telephonically on August 21, 2017. The meeting will commence at 
12:00 p.m., EDT, and will continue until the conclusion of the 
Committee's agenda.

LOCATION: John N. Erlenborn Conference Room, Legal Services Corporation 
Headquarters, 3333 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20007.

PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Members of the public who are unable to attend in 
person but wish to listen to the public proceedings may do so by 
following the telephone call-in directions provided below.

CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS: 
     Call toll-free number: 1-866-451-4981;
     When prompted, enter the following numeric pass code: 
5907707348;
     When connected to the call, please immediately ``MUTE'' 
your telephone.
    Members of the public are asked to keep their telephones muted to 
eliminate background noises. To avoid disrupting the meeting, please 
refrain from placing the call on hold if doing so will trigger recorded 
music or other sound. From time to time, the Chair may solicit comments 
from the public.

STATUS OF MEETING: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 
1. Approval of agenda
2. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session telephonic 
meeting of June 21, 2017
3. Approval of minutes of the Committee's Open Session telephonic 
meeting of June 26, 2017

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4. Discussion regarding recommendations for LSC's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 
budget request
5. Public comment regarding FY 2019 budget request
6. Consider and act on FY 2019 Budget Request Resolution 2017-XXX
7. Additional public comment
8. Consider and act on other business
9. Consider and act on adjournment of meeting

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to 
the Vice President & General Counsel, at (202) 295-1500. Questions may 
be sent by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov.

ACCESSIBILITY: LSC complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act 
and Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. Upon request, meeting 
notices and materials will be made available in alternative formats to 
accommodate individuals with disabilities. Individuals needing other 
accommodations due to disability in order to attend the meeting in 
person or telephonically should contact Katherine Ward, at (202) 295-
1500 or FR_NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least 2 business days in 
advance of the meeting. If a request is made without advance notice, 
LSC will make every effort to accommodate the request but cannot 
guarantee that all requests can be fulfilled.

    Dated: August 11, 2017.
Katherine Ward,
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Legal Affairs and General 
Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-17300 Filed 8-11-17; 11:15 am]
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Findings of Fact defined the term ‘‘ ‘practitioner’ [to] further order that any pending
mean[ ] a . . . physician, dentist, . . . application of Raman I. Popli, M.D., to
Registrant’s DEA Registration
or other person licensed, registered, or renew or modify this registration, as
Registrant currently holds DEA otherwise permitted, by . . . the well as any other pending application
practitioner registration BP7189067 jurisdiction in which he practices . . ., by him for registration in the State of
authorizing him to dispense controlled to distribute, dispense, [or] administer Illinois, be, and it hereby is, denied.
substances in Schedules II through V. . . . a controlled substance in the This order is effective immediately.2
GX 2. This registration expires on March course of professional practice . . . .’’ Dated: August 4, 2017.
31, 2019. Id. 21 U.S.C. 801(21). Second, in setting the
DEA practitioner registration Chuck Rosenberg,
requirements for obtaining a
BP7189067 is assigned to Registrant at practitioner’s registration, Congress Acting Administrator.
‘‘Dr Raman Popli and Associates, Ltd, directed that ‘‘[t]he Attorney General [FR Doc. 2017–17146 Filed 8–14–17; 8:45 am]
5415 Bull Valley Road, McHenry, IL shall register practitioners . . . if the BILLING CODE 4410–09–P
60050.’’ Id. applicant is authorized to dispense . . .
The Status of Registrant’s State Licenses controlled substances under the laws of
the State in which he practices.’’ 21
On March 13, 2017, the Director of the U.S.C. 823(f). Because Congress has LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Division of Professional Regulation of clearly mandated that a practitioner
the Illinois Department of Financial and possess state authority in order to be Sunshine Act Meeting Notice
Professional Regulation issued an Order deemed a practitioner under the CSA,
suspending Registrant’s Illinois DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services
the DEA has held repeatedly that Corporation’s Finance Committee will
Physician and Surgeon License No. revocation of a practitioner’s registration
036–104035 and Illinois Controlled meet telephonically on August 21, 2017.
is the appropriate sanction whenever he The meeting will commence at 12:00
Substance License No. 336–064820 is no longer authorized to dispense
pending proceedings before an p.m., EDT, and will continue until the
controlled substances under the laws of conclusion of the Committee’s agenda.
Administrative Law Judge at the the State in which he practices. See,
Department of Financial and e.g., Hooper, 76 FR at 71,371–72; Sheran LOCATION: John N. Erlenborn Conference
Professional Regulation and the Medical Arden Yeates, 71 FR 39,130, 39,131 Room, Legal Services Corporation
Disciplinary Board of the State of (2006); Dominick A. Ricci, 58 FR 51,104, Headquarters, 3333 K Street NW.,
Illinois. GX 3 (Order, at 1–2).1 51,105 (1993); Bobby Watts, 53 FR Washington, DC 20007.
According to the Order, ‘‘the public 11,919, 11,920 (1988); Blanton, 43 FR at PUBLIC OBSERVATION: Members of the
interest, safety and welfare imperatively 27,616. public who are unable to attend in
require emergency action to prevent the Under Illinois law, ‘‘[n]o person shall person but wish to listen to the public
continued practice of Raman Popli, practice medicine . . . without a valid, proceedings may do so by following the
M.D., Respondent, in that Respondent’s active license to do so . . . .’’ 225 ILCS telephone call-in directions provided
actions constitute an immediate danger 60/3 (2017). Further, ‘‘[e]very person below.
to the public.’’ Id. (Order, at 1). who . . . dispenses any controlled CALL-IN DIRECTIONS FOR OPEN SESSIONS:
Discussion substances . . . must obtain a • Call toll-free number: 1–866–451–
registration issued by the [Illinois] 4981;
Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3), the
Department of Financial and • When prompted, enter the
Attorney General is authorized to
Professional Regulation in accordance following numeric pass code:
suspend or revoke a registration issued
with its rules.’’ 720 ILCS 570/302(a). 5907707348;
under section 823 of the Controlled In this case, the Division of
Substances Act (hereinafter, CSA), • When connected to the call, please
Professional Regulation of the Illinois immediately ‘‘MUTE’’ your telephone.
‘‘upon a finding that the registrant . . . Department of Financial and
has had his State License . . . Members of the public are asked to
Professional Regulation took emergency
suspended [or] . . . revoked by keep their telephones muted to
action to suspend Registrant’s Physician
competent State authority and is no eliminate background noises. To avoid
and Surgeon License and Illinois
longer authorized by State law to engage disrupting the meeting, please refrain
Controlled Substance License. Supra.
in the . . . dispensing of controlled from placing the call on hold if doing so
Consequently, Registrant is not
substances.’’ With respect to a will trigger recorded music or other
currently authorized to handle
practitioner, the DEA has also long held sound. From time to time, the Chair may
controlled substances in the State of
that the possession of authority to solicit comments from the public.
Illinois, the State in which he is
dispense controlled substances under STATUS OF MEETING: Open.
registered, and he is not entitled to
the laws of the State in which a MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
maintain his registration. Blanton,
practitioner engages in professional 1. Approval of agenda
supra. Accordingly, I will order this his
practice is a fundamental condition for 2. Approval of minutes of the
registration be revoked and that any
obtaining and maintaining a Committee’s Open Session
pending application for the renewal or
practitioner’s registration. See, e.g., telephonic meeting of June 21, 2017
modification of his registration be
James L. Hooper, 76 FR 71,371 (2011), 3. Approval of minutes of the
denied. 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3) and 823(f).
pet. for rev. denied, 481 Fed. Appx. 826 Committee’s Open Session
(4th Cir. 2012); Frederick Marsh Order telephonic meeting of June 26, 2017
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Blanton, 43 FR 27,616 (1978). Pursuant to the authority vested in me
This rule derives from the text of two by 21 U.S.C. 824(a), as well as 28 CFR 2 For the same reasons the Division of
provisions of the CSA. First, Congress 0.100(b), I order that DEA Certificate of Professional Regulation of the Illinois Department
Registration BP7189067 issued to of Financial and Professional Regulation suspended
1 Since the pages in GX 3 are not consecutively Registrant’s Illinois Physician and Surgeon License
paginated, this Decision and Order identifies the
Raman I. Popli, M.D., as well as DATA- and Illinois Controlled Substance License, I find
relevant document in GX 3 and the relevant page Waiver Identification No. XP7189067, that the public interest necessitates that this Order
number of that document. be, and they hereby are, revoked. I be effective immediately. 21 CFR 1316.67.

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		82 FR 38712