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Architecture- Certified Public Accountancy - Dentistry - Landscape Architecture - Nursing - Pharmacy - Professional Engineering and Land Surveying - Veterinary Medicine
John J. Grosfeld, New York,
NY
Profession: Architecture; Lic. No. 008752; Cal.
No. 13633
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against charges of signing a form that he was not qualified to
sign.
Perry Barsky, Massapequa,
NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 014637; Cal. No. 12836
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of last 10
months of suspension stayed at which time probation 10
months.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
practicing the profession of public accountancy while his license
was suspended.
Henry Holtzman, New York,
NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 020655; Cal. No. 14714
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $2,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of causing
a client to believe that he had prepared and/or filed forms and
records pertaining to the client's business when he had not,
and failing to maintain copies of the forms and records.
Bernard Tauger, New York,
NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 012330; Cal. No. 14903
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
failing to timely prepare and submit New York State Gift Tax
Returns.
Marsha Ellen Cohen a/k/a Marsha C. Schiffmiller a/k/a Marsha E. Schiffmiller a/k/a Marsha Ellen Schiffmiller a/k/a Marsha Rappe, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 033881; Cal. No.
11626
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see also December 2007)
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation
stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having been convicted of crimes of Burglary in The Second Degree,
a Class C Felony (3 counts), Criminal Possession of Stolen
Property in The Fourth Degree, a Class E Felony (2 counts), Petit
Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor, and Criminal Trespass in The
Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Paul A. Palange, Bronx,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038157; Cal. No.
12559
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2
years of suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
gross negligence, gross incompetence, practicing the profession
with incompetence on more than one occasion, and unprofessional
conduct involving root canal treatment performed by him.
Michael Gelbart, Stamford,
CT
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 034702; Cal. No.
12616
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
insertion of crowns on two teeth resulting in a poor prognosis
for the salvaging of either tooth.
Jerry Harold Lynn, New York,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 022427; Cal. No.
12612
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see also March 2002)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $15,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
advertising or soliciting for patronage not in the public
interest, violating a term of probation by advertising or
soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, and
negligent insurance billing.
Toothsavers Dental Services,
P.C. formerly known as Jerry Lynn, D.D.S.,
P.C.; 57 West 57th Street, New York, NY
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 12613
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $10,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
advertising or soliciting for patronage not in the public
interest, violating a term of probation by advertising or
soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, and
negligent insurance billing.
Bogdan Butrymowicz, Yonkers,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040477; Cal. No.
14210
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to maintain a record for a patient that accurately reflects the
treatment of the patient.
Marc Mordecai Liechtung a/k/a Mordecai
Marc Liechtung, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040754; Cal. No.
14494
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
submitting an insurance claim form for payment indicating that
porcelain with gold crowns had been placed on four teeth of a
patient when only porcelain laminates had been placed on the
teeth.
Jonathan Daniel Hirsh, Fort
Lauderdale, FL
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 026452; Cal. No.
14723
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Suspension for a period of not less than
3 months and until fit to practice - upon termination of
suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if
and when return to practice, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
submitting a fraudulent insurance claim form, abandoning a
patient and failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
William C. Tinelli, New
Hartford, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 032337; Cal. No.
14880
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health to be in
violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law related to
controlled substances.
Jaime P. Portalatin, New
York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041205; Cal. No.
14963
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of errors
in judgement regarding crown and denture fabrication.
Gutierrez Roberto Mauricio
Rodriguez, Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041782; Cal. No.
15005
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
receiving a fee from a third party in connection with the
performance of professional services.
Eduardo E. Albornoz, Brentwood, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035655; Cal. No.
15019
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year
under various terms, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
receiving a fee from a third party in connection with the
performance of professional services.
William C. Perkins, Sayville,
NY
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No.
001056; Cal. No. 15027
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing
his seal on a landscape plan which he did not prepare and
retaining a written evaluation of the professional services
represented by the plan.
Eleanor Noisette a/k/a Eleanor Marie White
Noisette, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
075788; Cal. No. 14799
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the
Fourth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Nicolina S. Conaway, Niagara
Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
169530; Cal. No. 12203
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms to
commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
failing to follow a physician's order requiring removal
and/or replacement of a dressing and a Transderm-Nitro 10 mg. ADH
patch on three patients.
Margaret M. O'Connell,
Astoria, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 266253; Cal. No. 13992
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
administering medication to a patient twice although the
physician's order called for the medication to be
administered only once and administering three medications to a
patient while failing to record the administration of the
medications on the Medication Record.
Linda A. Widrig, Lackawanna,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
121132; Cal. No. 14447
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see also
December 2000)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to administer medications to patients.
Elaine Taylor Lannon, Newark,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 152021; Cal. No. 14455
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
failing to indicate on a medication sheet for students in an
elementary school that one student's dosage of a controlled
medication had been changed, failure to indicate on the
medication sheet what medication one student was to receive,
administering medication on two occasions to the students in the
school but failing to indicate on the medication sheet that she
had done so, and preparing to administer the wrong medication to
a student.
Kay Loraine Pinkney,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
129985; Cal. No. 14571
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
seven occasions of committing medication errors.
Ann M. Quinn, Queens Village,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 286704; Cal. No. 14632
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
indicating on a patient's medication administration record
that she had administered four medications when she had not.
Salome Alethea
Edwards-Harbajohn, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 200432, 412264; Cal. Nos. 14654,
14653
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to maintain two patient records that accurately reflected
evaluations of the two patients.
Bernice J. Merritt, Mt.
Vernon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
141945; Cal. No. 14803
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $250
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health to be in
violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to
controlled substances.
Mary L. Van Patten,
Watervliet, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
051676; Cal. No. 14815
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to
commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against charges of verbally abusing two patients.
Sue Carol Stout, Canastota,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 197561, 437611; Cal. Nos. 14846,
14845
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
errors in medication administration.
Kathleen Marie O'Neill,
Richmond, TX
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 112683, 304627; Cal. Nos. 14891,
14892
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, 50
hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified
Misdemeanor.
Jeffrey A. Harter, Brockport,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
213072; Cal. No. 14906
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
physically abusing a nursing home resident by throwing a urinal
at the resident.
Leslye D. Blackstock,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 147131, 334206; Cal. Nos. 14908,
14909
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of posing
as being on duty in order to obtain syringes from a hospital
unit.
Bruce Vivier Wiseley, San
Antonio, TX
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
223341; Cal. No. 14913
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see also
December 1998)
Action: Suspension until successfully
participates in a course of therapy and treatment - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms
to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
diverting narcotic drugs from his employment for his own use.
Janice Ann Laguerra a/k/a Janice
Laguerra, Shirley, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
185906; Cal. No. 14952
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to
commence upon return to practice, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Unauthorized Sale of a Controlled
Substance.
Edward Lucker, Yorktown
Heights, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
221931; Cal. No. 14982
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see also
March 2000)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Susan Obenauer a/k/a Susan M.
Obenauer, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 128083, 362280; Cal. Nos. 14984,
14985
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of
Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled
substances.
Quincie Fuller, Parishville,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
138233; Cal. No. 14988
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year
under various terms, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Steven R. Williams,
Skaneateles, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 113912, 347308; Cal. Nos. 15034,
15035
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of writing
or altering medical orders for hospital patients.
Daniel Gonzalez, New York,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034413; Cal.
No. 14931
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $5,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
dispensing prescription-required drugs in the absence of a valid
prescription.
Howard Oscar Blechman,
Hampton Bays, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024152; Cal.
No. 14966
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
refilling a prescription for the non-controlled drug Stadol Nasal
Spray by erroneously dispensing the non-controlled drug Zouivax
instead, and mislabelling the package containing the drug.
Richard K. Aikens, Delhi,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024706; Cal.
No. 15016
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
in The Fourth Degree.
We Care Supplies, Inc.
d/b/a Safety Drugs.
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021570; Cal. No.
14761
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Application to surrender registration
granted.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted to charges of
having the pharmacy open for business although there was no
licensed pharmacist on duty, and violations of pharmacy rules and
regulations. Retail pharmacy does not contest allegations of
submitting claims to third party insurers for reimbursement on
fraudulent prescriptions.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
Richard Allen Styles,
Kingston, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045892; Cal.
No. 14685
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against charges of preparing an incorrect survey and failing to
respond to a verbal request by the client's attorney to
consult further with her with regard to the survey.
Gerald T. O'Buckley,
Jamaica, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 039834; Cal.
No. 14829
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year
under various terms, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to indicate on a survey map that the map was based on a survey in
his possession.
John C. Hoeflich, Long Beach,
NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
054082; Cal. No. 14994
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Donald C. Gregory, Buffalo,
NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
028979; Cal. No. 14187
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
errors in the plans for a residence.
Donald Ellis Theodorson, East
Rockaway, NY
Profession: Veterinary Medicine; Lic. No.
003487; Cal. No. 15045
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to keep an adequate patient record.
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