On or about August. 4, 2021, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office notified the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that providers at Southern Rapid Care were prescribing and dispensing controlled substances, specifically testosterone, “outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.”

The tip triggered a visit by DEA agents to the SRC facility on June 7, 2022, to inspect records and audit the controlled substances maintained on site.

What they found, according to a lawsuit filed last week by the DEA against the healthcare provider, were incomplete records that failed to show the date and quantities of the reception of controlled substances.

Due to these missing and incomplete records, “DEA investigators were not able to complete an accountabili

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