New York State Education Department
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Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional
Misconduct and Discipline
December 12, 2003
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Acupuncture - Architecture - Chiropractic -
Dentistry - Massage
Therapy - Nursing - Ophthalmic Dispensing - Pharmacy -
Public Accountancy - Social
Work - Veterinary Medicine
Acupuncture
Thomas Koangho Lee, Victor,
NY
Profession: Acupuncturist; Lic. No. 000034; Cal.
No. 21096
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003 (see also March 2002 and March 2006)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
grossly negligent failure to comply with New York State
regulations.
Architecture
Steven Biegel, Chevy Chase,
MD
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 017995; Cal. No.
21200
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, after service of
suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Mail Fraud, and Aiding and Abetting
felonies.
Carl Giangrande, Brooklyn,
NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 023019; Cal. No.
19057
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of negligence
on more then one occasion and incompetence on more then one
occasion by failing to complete the services he contracted to
provide in a reasonable period of time or at all for eight
customers or locations.
Chiropractic
Rebecca Keshmiri, Watertown,
NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 007976; Cal.
No. 20498
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, probation 2 years,
$2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
relying on inadequate x-rays.
Eric Leader, Auburn, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 007334; Cal.
No. 20041
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003 (see also July 1995)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $7,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain records that adequately reflect the diagnosis
and treatment of patients.
Larry V. Silverstein,
Watertown, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 002588; Cal.
No. 20497
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension with leave to apply for a
stay of any unserved portion of said suspension as set forth in
consent order application - upon service or stay of any unserved
portion of the aforesaid suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon return to practice, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to take adequate radiographs.
Dentistry
Peter Daniel Freeman, New
Windsor, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037293; Cal. No.
20728
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 2 years and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence if and
when return to practice, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree, a class
B misdemeanor, and admitted to the charge of writing
prescriptions for uses unrelated to dentistry.
Mailin Mimi Lai, New York,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041591; Cal. No.
20605
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
permitting an unlicensed person to perform dental hygiene on
patients.
Myriam Patricia Lamus,
Jackson Heights, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042601; Cal. No.
20953
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
performing root canal treatment and, while doing so, failing to
completely fill the tooth.
Martin Man, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039608; Cal. No.
20604
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
permitting an unlicensed person to perform dental hygiene on
patients.
Leonard I. Niad, Catskill,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 027671; Cal. No.
20583
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of
suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Loitering in the First Degree, a class B
misdemeanor.
Kenneth Obremski, Goshen,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 027358; Cal. No.
20811
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $3,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
willfully failing to register with the Division of Professional
Licensing Services of the New York State Education Department
since May 15, 2002 despite practicing before and after that
date.
Massage Therapy
Timothy J. Kennedy, Akron,
NY
Profession: Massage Therapy; Lic. No. 006892;
Cal. No. 21084
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 12 month suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
performing colonic irrigations on two patients.
Morris Todd, Glens Falls,
NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 006774;
Cal. No. 21014
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
performing inappropriate massages.
Nursing
Jane B. Agola, Bayshore,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 262524; Cal. No. 21103
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to notify a resident's physician of a change in the
resident's condition and documenting false information in the
medical record of said resident.
Elizabeth Barratt a/k/a Elizabeth
Rose, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 217267, 449279; Cal. Nos. 21049,
21050
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003 (see also November 2001)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 2 years and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence if and
when return to practice, $500 fine, the aforesaid penalties to
supercede the penalty imposed under Order No. 18137.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
submitting fraudulent time sheets and practicing as a registered
professional nurse while her registered professional nurse
license was suspended.
Colleen L. Caine, Latham,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 419441; Cal. No. 20778
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Fraud by Wire, Radio or Television.
Johanne Coeur, Valley Stream,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 267879, 531160; Cal. Nos. 21024,
21023
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering an oral medication to a patient through an
intravenous line.
Tylette Pleschelle Cull,
Syracuse, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
258765; Cal. No. 20859
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Criminal Contempt in the 2nd
Degree, a class B misdemeanor.
Sandra Lynn Derby,
Bloomfield, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
221136; Cal. No. 20487
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of a violation of New York State Public
Health law when she failed to administer a nebulizer treatment to
a patient.
Toni Nanette Dubose, Yonkers,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 509476; Cal. No. 21053
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
transfusing mismatched blood into one patient, resulting in the
patient's sustaining a hemolytic transfusion reaction; and
failing to note the ordered discontinuance of two medications on
a different patient's medication administration record,
resulting in that patient receiving a few extra doses of the
discontinued medications.
Lorraine Kathryn Forney,
Buffalo, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 203692; Cal. No. 21128
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering the incorrect vaccine.
Laurie A. Glynn, Valley
Falls, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 425318; Cal. No. 21067
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in
consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
signing out controlled substances without a physician's
order.
Anita Lynn Goldman, Syosset,
NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner; Cert. No.
330706; Cal. No. 21055
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain a record for a patient that accurately
reflected the evaluation of that patient.
Edward Michael Harris, New
York, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 481003; Cal. No. 20897
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree, a class A
misdemeanor.
Bruce Anthony Horn, Syracuse,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
265875; Cal. No. 21063
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to follow physician orders for care of patient.
Milana Ilyadzhanova,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 263759, 513758; Cal. Nos. 21046,
21047
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to take a pre-transfusion temperature, allowing a
transfusion to run too rapidly and destroying her original
nurse's note and re-writing the note.
Margaret Ellen Inghem,
Chittenango, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 081683, 275960; Cal. Nos. 21017,
21016
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, probation 2 years,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
committing medication errors.
Sharon Kirkpatrick, New York,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
251879; Cal. No. 21179
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Grand Larceny in the 4th
Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Opal L. Masih, Watervliet,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
267506; Cal. No. 21008
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
committing a medication error.
Dawn Marie Nimchek,
Queensbury, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
214983; Cal. No. 21186
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Debra Ann Vanburen Oines,
Richfield Springs, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
199561; Cal. No. 21101
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of two counts of Driving While
Intoxicated.
Cindy Sedaker, Galway, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Cal.
No. 21042
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
providing a patient with medication not prescribed by a
physician.
Maryann Teneyck, Albion,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 494915; Cal. No. 21139
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003 (see also April 2008)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 1 year and until
terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a class
E felony.
Theresa Varley, Greenlawn,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 372806; Cal. No. 19685
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against the charge of failing to make supervisory visits to home
care patients but entering notes in patient records as if the
visits had been made.
Linda J. Willoughby a/k/a Linda K.
Jette, Scotia, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 111818, 370037; Cal. Nos. 21001,
21002
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
committing documentation and medication administration
errors.
Nancy Lee Young,
Gloversville, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 242303; Cal. No. 21077
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of last 10
months of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
silencing a patient alarm and failing to respond in a timely
manner to a patient.
Ophthalmic Dispensing
Randall Lawrence Prashaw,
Massena, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No.
006023; Cal. No. 21102
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of two counts of Driving While Intoxicated
and one count of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree.
Pharmacy
Michael Kaplan, Manalapan,
NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031729; Cal.
No. 19489
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of
suspension stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the United
States.
Paul Rode, West Hurley,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031003; Cal.
No. 21118
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
dispensing and record keeping errors.
Public Accountancy
Marie A. DeBonis,
Lindenhurst, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 083569; Cal. No. 21199
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last year of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Insurance Fraud in the 5th Degree, a
class A misdemeanor.
Daniel Larry Drucker a/k/a Daniel
Drucker, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 070123; Cal. No. 20147
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud
and Wire Fraud.
Bernard Feigenbaum, New York,
NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Cert.
No. 016058; Cal. No. 21009
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, following termination
of said suspension, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing, in each of two audits, to include required or
appropriate information in the audit opinion and failing to
identify in the audit program the procedures to be performed
during the course of the audit.
Herman Volk & Co., P.C.,
309 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Profession: Public Accountancy; Cal. No.
21010
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
failing, in each of two audits, to include required or
appropriate information in the audit opinion and failing to
identify in the audit program the procedures to be performed
during the course of the audit.
Social Work
Laura Jane Russo, Scotia,
NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 057942; Cal.
No. 20557
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, following suspension, probation 3
years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor
when she stole ten social work case files belonging to her
employer.
Veterinary Medicine
Robert Allan Bonar, Clifton
Park, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 002808; Cal.
No. 21043
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice,
$1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to maintain adequate records and unlawful delegation of
care to unlicensed persons.
Leslie A. Personett, East
Aurora, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 005174; Cal.
No. 21107
Regents Action Date: December 12, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon
return to practice, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
performing acupuncture on humans.
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