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Lawrence Berger,
Hollis Hills, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 018872; Cal. No.
19565
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, after service of
suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Commercial Bribe Receiving in the First Degree,
a class E felony.
Keith Edward
Larsen, East Northport, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 019604; Cal. No.
19429
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charge of
failing to prepare site visit reports for eleven site visits that
he made between July 1999 and October 1999 in connection with a
home, and further, between July 1999 and December 1999,
respondent signed blank checks presented to him by the contractor
without first reviewing bills for materials and for work that had
been completed.
Sandor Weiss,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 014318; Cal. No.
19641
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing,
on three separate occasions, to prepare a thorough written
evaluation of architectural plans to which he affixed his
signature and professional seal but which were neither prepared
by him nor by an employee under his supervision.
Leena Chhatpar,
North Massapequa, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046259; Cal. No.
19223
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
willfully filing a false form, in that she submitted a claim form
to an insurance company indicating she had seen a patient twice
when, in fact, she had only seen the patient once.
Marcos Antonio
Eustaquio, Woodhaven, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040464; Cal. No.
19945
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
April 1997 and June 2001)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
delegating professional responsibilities to a person or persons
when the licensee delegating such responsibilities knows or has
reason to know that such person is not qualified by training,
experience or by licensure, to perform them.
Robert Luis
Gonzalez-Molina, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 043310; Cal. No.
19500
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
submitting erroneous insurance claims for professional treatment
rendered to patients.
Paul J. Guerrino, D.D.S.,
P.C., 400 Sandford Boulevard, Mt. Vernon, NY
10550
Profession: Dentist; Cal. No. 19624
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
July 1999)
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 charge of
placing three dental implants without having first obtained a
mandibular bone scan for a patient.
Paul Joseph
Guerrino, Mt. Vernon, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040460; Cal. No.
19528
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
July 1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, following
termination of partial suspension, probation 2 years, $2,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
placing three dental implants without having first obtained a
mandibular bone scan for a patient.
Joseph C. Haas,
Holbrook, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024478; Cal. No.
19075
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of writing
prescriptions for Vicodin for another dentist's back pain,
and failing to maintain an accurate record reflecting the
evaluation and treatment of a patient.
Joseph C. Haas, DDS,
PC, 470 Patchogue-Holbrook Road, Holbrook, NY
11741
Profession: Dentist; Cal. No. 19076
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
writing prescriptions for Vicodin for another dentist's back
pain, and failing to maintain an accurate record reflecting the
evaluation and treatment of a patient.
Vincent A.
Labruna, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040330; Cal. No.
19305
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
causing to be submitted to insurance companies false and
fraudulent claims and other documents for the purpose of
obtaining reimbursement to which he was not entitled between
March 1994 and January 2000.
Vincent A.
Labruna, New York, NY
Profession: Parenteral Conscious Sedation; Cert.
No. 000053; Cal. No. 19943
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender certificate
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Health Care Fraud, a felony.
Marie-Claude
Lacarriere, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046336; Cal. No.
19547
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, following
termination of partial suspension, probation 2 years, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to fill two canals while doing a root canal procedure on a
tooth.
S. Scott Schechter,
Fort Salonga, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 031828; Cal. No.
18537
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$4,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failure
to maintain an accurate patient record and using radiographs that
were not of diagnostic quality.
Timothy Slavin,
Bayside, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041601; Cal. No.
19401
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
February 1998)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
willfully failing to register and continuing to practice.
Leonid Vaynshteyn,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 044965; Cal. No.
19626
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
performing unnecessary endodontic treatment on numerous teeth
prior to preparing crowns and bridges, and preparing and
inserting crowns and bridges which were poorly constructed, and
which failed prematurely.
Yvette Acosta a/k/a Yvette
Drake, Kingston, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
249447; Cal. No. 19313
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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 charge of
failing to initiate "CPR" on a patient that had
expired.
June Allen Allen,
Fairport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
150805; Cal. No. 19695
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of falsifying business records.
Ferdinand Patrick
Alphonse, Uniondale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
239511; Cal. No. 19265
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Attempted Menacing in the Second Degree.
Joseph Carl Beaver,
Hornell, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 140255, 367166; Cal. Nos. 19860,
19859
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender licenses
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Sherry Lynn
Britton-Susino, Bridgeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 231492, 474501; Cal. Nos. 19303,
19304
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 2
years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
medication administration and documentation errors.
Susan Marcia
Butler, Carthage, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 156007, 351343; Cal. Nos. 19061,
19062
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 2
years, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
committing medication administration, patient
treatment/assessment, and documentation errors/omissions.
Hollie Tuthill
Christopher, Riverhead, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 508200; Cal. No. 19433
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of one
medication administration error.
Marilyn I. Cianci a/k/a Marilyn
Ciama, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 470793; Cal. No. 18723
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Suspension until terminated as set forth in Regents
Review Committee report, following termination of suspension,
probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a class A
misdemeanor.
Deborah Cindy Cole a/k/a Deborah
Alligood, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
223423; Cal. No. 19332
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Rosemarie Duthel,
Uniondale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
125365; Cal. No. 18589
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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 charge of
documenting in nurse's notes that patients had received
medication when they had not; failing to administer medications
as ordered; failing to secure controlled substances; prepouring
and precharting the administration of medication; and failing to
report that she had misplaced medication.
Marguerite Claire
Faxon, Wading River, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 207551, 425028; Cal. Nos. 19657,
19658
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
November 1998)
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, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
violating terms of probation in failing to submit to drug
screening reports and failing to complete twenty-five (25) hours
of public service.
Daderea Tehaire
Forrest, Bronx, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 484835; Cal. No. 19612
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing an act of neglect of a person receiving care or
services in a residential health care facility, in that in
carrying out a physician's order to apply a warm compress,
she applied a plastic leg bottle filled with hot tap water
wrapped in a towel to an elderly resident's left buttock
area, instead of applying warm gauze squares as required by
facility policy.
Tami Louise Fowler,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
228045; Cal. No. 19187
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Issuing a Bad Check, a misdemeanor.
Jean M. Fultz,
Oswego, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
238798; Cal. No. 19554
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for 2 years with leave to apply,
after 1 year of suspension, for a stay of execution of any
unserved portion of suspension as set forth in consent order
application - upon service of 2 year suspension, or upon stay of
execution of any unserved portion of suspension, probation 2
years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to properly transcribe medication orders and failing to properly
document the results of blood gas tests and PPD screenings.
Gerry L. Gonser,
Marcy, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 496754; Cal. No. 18990
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 30 day suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
establishing an inappropriate personal relationship with a
patient.
Donna M.
Gerst-Lentini, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 477928; Cal. No. 19713
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to make all home care visits as recorded in patient
records, and failure to maintain accurate patient records.
Robert Howard
Jefferson, Plattsburgh, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 445315; Cal. No. 19718
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated: Per Se as a class E
felony.
Dunbar C. John,
Peekskill, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
153483; Cal. No. 19613
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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 charge of
administering an additional dose of a medication and failing, on
ten occasions, to chart that he administered medication to a
patient.
Lorna Lindo,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 235893, 466880; Cal. Nos. 19707,
19708
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 3 months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
injecting a patient with a sterile saline solution when said
patient required no injection at all.
Shirley Ann Lee-Perez a/k/a
Shirley Lee, Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 162758, 365277; Cal. Nos. 19254,
19255
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Ginette Macharie,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
206595; Cal. No. 19611
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of the last
21 months stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on my application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Donna H. Maloney,
West Seneca, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 329519; Cal. No. 19550
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension, for a minimum period of 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 charge of over a
period of one month diverting the narcotic Demerol from the Pyxis
machine for her personal use on at least two occasions, while
dependent on said drug, and charting in some patient records that
she had administered the medication to the patients, when in fact
she had not so administered, in order to hide her diversion of
the narcotic.
Christine Beatrice
Marchena, Massapequa, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
219170; Cal. No. 19432
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against the charge of failure to administer medications to five
patients.
David J. Meyers,
Troy, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248167; Cal. No. 19418
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
February 2004)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Reckless Driving, an Unclassified Misdemeanor;
Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor;
and Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree, a class E felony.
Deborah A. ODonnell a/k/a
Deborah A. Burch, Cortland, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 131151, 338150; Cal. Nos. 18975,
18976
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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 charge of
consuming an excessive dose of the prescription Fioricet.
Robert Roeder, East
Amherst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 241539, 481134; Cal. Nos. 19779,
19780
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender licenses
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failure to suction a patient who aspirated.
Linda Anne Ryan a/k/a Linda Anne
Del Favero, Marietta, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
199412; Cal. No. 19189
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
October 2006)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Suspension until terminated as set forth in Regents
Review Committee report.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
violated Public Health Law by taking from hospital stock at least
40 Percocet tablets for her own use rather than for patients.
Rochelle J.
Schlossberg, Long Beach, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 293789; Cal. No. 17541
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
Jacquelyn Elizabeth
Scott, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
249149; Cal. No. 19188
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, a
felony.
Cathleen R.
Smith, Uniondale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
127388; Cal. No. 19532
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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 charge of
medication and transcription errors.
Shirley Alyce
Smith, Marathon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
195257; Cal. No. 19460
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
medication administration errors and inaccurate record
keeping.
Coleen J. Vincent,
Lindenhurst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
146370; Cal. No. 19452
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Conspiracy in the Fifth Degree.
Catherine
Lang-Murgo, Hampstead, NY
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No.
007061; Cal. No. 19119
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against the charge of billing for home care visits that were not
made.
Andrew Martin
Cullen, Oceanside, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No.
006356; Cal. No. 18920
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23 months of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Robert Byrnes,
Cortlandt Manor, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024270; Cal.
No. 19519
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing, while he was a supervising pharmacist, to provide
adequate supervision of the pharmacy in that, on two occasions,
the pharmacy was open without a licensed pharmacist on duty.
Joseph Cestari,
Laurence, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023848; Cal.
No. 19760
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.
Cestari Pharmacy,
Inc., 83 Dougherty Boulevard, Inwood, NY 11096
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 012481; Cal. No.
19761
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender registration
granted.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.
Peter Chin,
Closter, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033998; Cal.
No. 19619
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
dispensing prescriptions for controlled substances which lacked
the ages of the patients for whom they were intended, failing to
offer to counsel, and permitting an unlicensed person to perform
activities requiring a license.
Benito J. Cicione,
New Hyde Park, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 019665; Cal.
No. 19782
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
practicing the profession of pharmacy while his ability to
practice was impaired by physical disability.
David Fishbain,
New Hyde Park, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 038533; Cal.
No. 19516
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of illegal distribution of Schedule II controlled
substances.
Genovese Drug Stores,
Inc., 1770 Veterans Memorial Highway, Islandia, NY
11722
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 020992; Cal. No.
18761
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charge of
grossly negligent failure to maintain its Kirby Lester pill
counting machine in good working order.
New Amsterdam Drug Mart,
Inc., 735 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 018173; Cal. No.
19617
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $1,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
dispensing prescriptions for controlled substances which lacked
the ages of the patients for whom they were intended, failing to
offer to counsel, permitting an unlicensed person to perform
activities requiring a license, and violating other rules and
regulations governing the practice of pharmacy.
Abdul Qayyum,
Teaneck, NJ
Profession: Pharmacy; Lic. No. 038545; Cal. No.
19436
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 5 year suspension, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Medicaid Fraud, a federal
felony.
David S. Rubin,
Merrick, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031343; Cal.
No. 19618
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
dispensing prescriptions for controlled substances which lacked
the ages of the patients for whom they were intended, failing to
offer to counsel, permitting an unlicensed person to perform
activities requiring a license, and violating other rules and
regulations governing the practice of pharmacy.
Rajan Vohora,
Smithtown, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037247; Cal.
No. 18793
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension with leave to apply for
early termination, after service of at least 3 months of said
suspension, as set forth in consent order application -
thereafter, probation 3 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing two dispensing errors.
Mary
Papantoniou, Beachhurst,NY
Profession: Physical Therapist Assistant; Cert.
No. 003566; Cal. No. 19564
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Giving Unlawful Gratuities, a class A
misdemeanor.
Anthony O. Uwa,
Elmont, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 007771;
Cal. No. 17616
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
November 1994)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of submitting
to an insurance carrier for payment, records that he had treated
a patient on dates in June, July, August, September, October,
November, and December of 1996 on a monthly basis when in fact he
knew that physical therapy had not been rendered on nine of the
dates in June, and none of the dates in the other months.
Licensee also submitted progress reports to the carrier
indicating that he had treated the patient on 21 occasions
between September 4 and October 30, 1996 when in fact he knew no
physical therapy sessions were rendered in that time period.
Licensee also failed to maintain a record for the patient that
accurately reflected the patient's evaluation and treatment.
Finally, licensee was found guilty of deliberately altering his
appointment book, to show that the patient has appeared for
appointments for the months of September and October of 1996.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
Salvatore J.
Pisani, Endicott, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049718; Cal.
No. 19527
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Simple Possession of Heroin, a misdemeanor.
Philip Salerno,
Goshen, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
042302; Cal. No. 19260
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the
First Degree.
Joseph Edward Tantillo a/k/a
Joseph Tantillo, Kew Gardens, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
048109; Cal. No. 19404
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy, a felony.
Roderick A.
Borrie, Setauket, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 007931; Cal.
No. 19722
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making,
on more than one occasion, a statement in insurance claims for
professional treatment that he had treated a patient by means of
psychotherapy when he had not done so.
Michael Arthur
Coyle, Centerport, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 007941; Cal.
No. 19444
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
Esther Goldstein
Enterline, New York, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 004190; Cal.
No. 19530
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 4 year suspension.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
submitting a grossly inaccurate insurance claim.
Gerald Alan
Fishman, Albany, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 010882; Cal.
No. 17503
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
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 3 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain an accurate patient record, by
inappropriately terminating therapy and then engaging in a sexual
relationship with a patient, and by engaging in a dual
relationship with the patient.
Donald A.
Alleva, Mt. Vernon, NY
Profession: Public Accountant; Lic. (Enrollment)
No. 002734; Cal. No. 19693
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
(enrollment) granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of two counts of Federal Income Tax Evasion, a
felony.
Milton G.
Gottesman, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 021818; Cal. No. 19435
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Filing of Fraudulent Automatic Extension Forms;
and Failure to File an Individual Federal Income Tax Return, both
federal crimes.
Samuel Kohn,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 039648; Cal. No. 18478
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against the charge of failure, on more than one occasion, to note
in compilation reports that there was an error in the compiled
financial statements in that loans between related entities were
not separately disclosed in said financial statements.
M. Garth Dewey,
Victor, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 054580; Cal.
No. 19199
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Suspension until terminated as set forth in Regents
Review Committee report - upon termination of suspension,
probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree, a class
A misdemeanor and Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, an
unclassified misdemeanor.
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Jeffrey A. Katz,
Elmira, NY
Profession: Audiologist; Lic. No. 000391; Cal.
No. 19664
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002 (see also
March 2004)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years
of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a felony
and under federal law, Tax Evasion, a felony.
Linda Denise
Schmid, West Islip, NY
Profession: Speech-Language Pathologist; Lic.
No. 007536; Cal. No. 19679
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of filing
reports indicating she provided standardized diagnostic tests
that she had never provided.
Animal Medicine and Surgery,
P.C., 9518 Avenue L, Brooklyn, NY 11236
Profession: Veterinary Medicine; Cal. No.
18859
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
permitting unlicensed personnel to conduct examinations,
administer vaccinations and perform euthanasia, and submitting
altered patient records to the State Education Department.
Myriam Audet, New
York, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 000006
(limited); Cal. No. 19723
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 1
year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
performing a bilateral ureteral ligation, which caused renal
failure of a cat.
Ronald J. Chaikin,
Atlantic Beach, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 003920; Cal.
No. 18858
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
permitting unlicensed personnel to conduct examinations,
administer vaccinations and perform euthanasia, and submitting
altered patient records to the State Education Department.
Robert P. Harper,
Grand Island, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 003608; Cal.
No. 18218
Regents Action Date: February 12, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain an adequate patient record.