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Martin Appel,
New York, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 013534; Cal. No.
19445
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree.
Stephen J.
Caraccia, Deer Park, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 060504; Cal. No. 19078
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Revocation, execution of revocation stayed,
probation 3 years, $7,500 fine, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child, a
Class E felony.
Steven Battino,
Syosset, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 047066; Cal. No. 19237
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years to
commence if and when licensee returns to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of a
Fraudulent Income Tax Return, a felony.
Lori L.
Goldstein, East Northport, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
031743; Cal. No. 18942
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until service of at least 1 year
of suspension and until terminated as set forth in consent order
application - upon termination of suspension, probation 3
years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing boundary violations.
Thomas Eugene
Leader, Auburn, NY
Profession: Chiropractic; Lic. No. 001320; Cal.
No. 18954
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 by failing to
document the ongoing evaluation and assessment of the
patient.
Steven Margolin,
New York, NY
Profession: Chiropractic; Lic. No. 005971; Cal.
No. 19184
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 persons to perform massage therapy.
Edward Francis
Hutton, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041312; Cal. No.
18634
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
overly reducing a patient's teeth, leaving excess cement and
open margins in said patient's mouth, constructing an
ill-fitting bridge for said patient, and failing to maintain a
treatment record for the aforesaid patient.
Thomas John Iovino,
Massapequa, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037733; Cal. No.
18801
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
May 2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
having been convicted of the crime Falsifying Business Records in
the Second Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.
Stephen John Chu, New
York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040280; Cal. No.
19216
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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
recommending an inappropriate treatment plan for a patient and
failing to maintain an accurate record of the treatment and
evaluation of said patient.
Gary Levine,
Jamaica, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 030967; Cal. No.
19242
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension with leave to apply for a
stay of execution of any unserved portion of suspension as set
forth in consent order application - upon service or stay of
execution of any unserved portion of the aforesaid suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, $10,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain an accurate patient record and willfully failing to
register to practice as a dentist.
Renata Victoria
Ginsburg, Baldwin, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041672; Cal. No.
19271
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 having
been convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny.
Stewart Brody,
Great Neck, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040136; Cal. No.
19272
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
November 1995)
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
placing the wrong procedure code on claim forms and one or more
incorrect treatment dates.
Nataliya I. Safonova a/k/a
Nataliya Safonova a/k/a Nataliny I. Safonova,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046621; Cal. No.
19318
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 having
been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the
Second Degree, a misdemeanor.
Alla Mikhaylova,
Flushing, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046782; Cal. No.
19319
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 having
been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the
Second Degree, a misdemeanor.
Edgardo Grande,
Freeport, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041177; Cal. No.
19391
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
willfully filing a false form, to wit: indicating on a claim form
that services were provided in 2000 when, in fact they were
provided in 1999.
Janet W. McCanna,
New York, NY
Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 012228;
Cal. No. 19307
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Insurance Fraud in the Third Degree and Scheme
to Defraud in the First Degree.
Kevin P. Ward,
Stroudsburg, PA
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037366; Cal. No.
19520
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
negligence on more than one occasion in the care and treatment of
numerous minor patients between March 1993 and May 2000.
Engineering and Land Surveying
William Paul
Widulski, Scarsdale, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
038700; Cal. No. 19149
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
February 1997)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
violation of probation imposed by the Board of Regents.
Allen Conrad
Pearson, Ringwood, NJ
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No.
000579; Cal. No. 19134
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month suspension, following the aforesaid
suspension, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified
Misdemeanor, and Driving While Intoxicated on two occasions,
Class E Felonies.
Rita E. Daley,
Troy, NY
Profession: Midwife; Lic. No. 000534; Cal. No.
19207
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
May 2004)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 18 months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of taking
and forging a prescription for a controlled substance.
William T.
Newman, Chapel Hill, NC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 381173; Cal. No. 17634
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
July 1998)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of making
numerous medication administration errors and failing to pay a
fine imposed upon his license in a prior disciplinary action
imposed by the Board of Regents, thereby violating terms of
probation placed upon his license in that action.
Joseph William
Morris, Granville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
059161; Cal. No. 19362
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been
convicted of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class C
Felony, and Filing a False Personal Income Tax Return, a Class E
Felony.
Kristine M. Allen,
Geneva, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 230134; Cal. No. 19413
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of, over a
six-month period, diverting Morphine and Demerol from ViaHealth
of Wayne for her own personal use while she was dependent on, and
a habitual user of said drugs, and charting some patient records
to indicate that she had administered the medications to
patients, when in fact she had not so administered, in order to
hide her diversion.
Susan Jean
Miller, Selden, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
195506; Cal. No. 19423
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
March 2001)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to allegations
relating to patient neglect.
Mary M. Smith,
Buffalo, NY and Tonawanda, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 195228, 456990; Cal. Nos. 17046,
17045
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Suspension until terminated as set forth in hearing
panel report - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years
with probation term numbered 3 amended as set forth in Regents
Review Committee report.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
document on two consecutive dates the administration of the
controlled substance Demerol on a patient's medication
administration record,and documenting on controlled drug
administration records that she had administered a controlled
substance to patients when in fact she had not.
Judy Wilson,
Jamaica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 230245, 457228; Cal. Nos. 17092,
17093
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
follow physician's orders in the dispensing of a medication
to a patient, and administering a medication to a patient
although a physician's order to hold the medication was in
effect at the time she administered the drug to the patient.
Thalia Adler,
Northford, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 141802; Cal. No. 17213
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 did not contest charge of
willful failure to comply with state regulations regarding her
nurse registry.
Delores Alexander,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234796; Cal. No. 17317
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Kelly Lynn Frasier,
Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
239283; Cal. No. 17670
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for 5 years with leave to apply,
after three years of suspension, for a stay of execution of any
unserved portion of suspension as set forth in consent order
application - upon service of 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 having
been convicted of Issuing a Bad Check, a Class B Misdemeanor, on
three separate occasions, and of Petit Larceny, a Class A
Misdemeanor.
Barbara A.
Palmiere, Cheektowaga, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 321075; Cal. No. 18023
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 taking
the non-controlled substance Nubain.
James A. Melanson,
Porter Corners, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
126578; Cal. No. 18135
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
transcribing telephone orders.
Jean Frances Kuhl,
Copiague, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 319937; Cal. No. 18427
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 did not contest charge of, on
more than one occasion, failing to properly document the
administration of controlled substances on patients'
records.
Donald J.
Cafarelli, Peekskill, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 198516, 439324; Cal. Nos. 18630,
19241
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 Driving While Intoxicated, a Class E
felony.
Sherry Deone
Brathwaite, Riverhead, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234971; Cal. No. 18886
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of picking
up a patient who had fallen without first having the patient
examined by a registered professional nurse, and administering
medication to another patient at a time other than when the
medications were ordered to be administered to the patient.
Roy Milton Cooke,
Jr., Baltimore, MD
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 217244, 444208; Cal. Nos. 19050,
19051
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month suspension, following the aforesaid
suspension, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Carole Lee Bliss,
Hornell, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
253607; Cal. No. 19088
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 charge of
administering morphine on two occasions at ten times the amount
prescribed.
Jamie Sue
Kalisnikow, Arkport, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 455084; Cal. No. 19089
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Judy Marie Plumley,
Bath, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
189837; Cal. No. 19090
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Cathy A. Shupp,
Avoca, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 167744, 502306; Cal. Nos. 19091,
19092
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 charge of
administering morphine on two occasions at ten times the amount
prescribed.
Rosemarie Crofts,
Cutchogue, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
143919; Cal. No. 19102
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension with leave to apply for
early termination as set forth in consent order application -
upon service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years to
commence when and if resume the practice of nursing.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
improperly administering insulin to a patient using a tuberculin
syringe.
Maria Gordon,
Hempstead, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 355382; Cal. No. 19117
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 report possible patient abuse to a supervisor.
Svetlana Gudnaya,
Utica, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499305; Cal. No. 19135
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to perform cross-references on units of blood and signing
a verification stating cross-references were completed when they
were not done.
Barbara Elizabeth Van
Noy, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 208817; Cal. No. 19137
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of calling
in a prescription for a patient.
Mary E. McCarthy,
Binghamton, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 161937; Cal. No. 19144
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Making False Statements on a Government
Contract, a felony.
Diane Hayden,
Waterford, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
223527; Cal. No. 19150
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 month suspension, following said
suspension, probation 2 years, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, a
Class A Misdemeanor.
Denise Rosalind
Fennell, Rome, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
236849; Cal. No. 19182
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 charge of
leaving the medication cart keys with an unlicensed person and
taking a drug without authorization.
Diane C. Kilbourne,
Westmoreland, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 340083; Cal. No. 19183
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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
signing a verification stating a cross-reference was completed
when it was not done.
Tomekia Golson,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
257125; Cal. No. 19200
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failure
to properly administer medications and schedule patient
testing.
Raymond Charles
Crouse, Peru, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 184497, 389239; Cal. Nos. 19204,
19166
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
April 1995)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month suspension, following said
suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to
practice, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of sleeping
on duty on two occasions.
Ralph Sorrentino,
Schenectady, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 426560; Cal. No. 19211
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Paula Ann Marie
Whitehouse, Fulton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 216222, 480166; Cal. Nos. 19231,
19230
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument.
Melissa Marie
Harrington, Vestal, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 483732; Cal. No. 19232
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 charges of making
medication errors and failing to maintain accurate records for
each patient.
Rachelle Desir,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
220125; Cal. No. 19238
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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, on numerous occasions, double the dose of
medication prescribed to a patient.
Daniel James
Murphy, Jackson Heights, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 412896; Cal. No. 19281
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 making,
on more than one occasion, medication and documentation
errors.
Reuben Andre
Riettie, Jersey City, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 430997; Cal. No. 19288
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 failure
to submit home visit reports and to adequately reflect the care
rendered to patients.
Charissa Davis,
Queens Village, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
239216; Cal. No. 19315
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 if and when return to practice,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of an Attempted Possession of a Forged Instrument
in the Second Degree and Petit Larceny.
Willa McRae,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
062518; Cal. No. 19316
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering, on numerous occasions, double the dose of
medication prescribed to a patient.
Linda Diane
Place-Capitano, Farnham, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 417853; Cal. No. 19327
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to properly hang an intravenous medication bag, failing to
perform physician-ordered blood gas readings and failing to
provide proper care to a patient with oxygen-related medical
issues.
Deronica Austin,
Hopewell Junction, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 194371; Cal. No. 19346
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month suspension with leave to apply for
early termination as set forth in consent order application -
upon service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
willfully making a false report.
Victoria Maria
Glaser, Rensselaer, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 515431; Cal. No. 19369
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 4 years 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 admitted to charge of removing
Duragesic patches from patients, removing the medication from the
patches, and replacing the patches on the patients. Licensee also
admitted to the charge of moral unfitness in the practice of
nursing.
Cam Leveille,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499554; Cal. No. 18993
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
November 2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Evelyne
Mathelier, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 503816; Cal. No. 18713
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
November 2005)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Marie S. Mathieu,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 215334, 489159; Cal. Nos. 19349,
19274
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
July 2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Odile Nelson,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
216376; Cal. No. 19373
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of the last
18 months stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Therese Nicolas,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 489991; Cal. No. 18994
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
December 2002)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Merline Elizabeth
Turner, Queens, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
230235; Cal. No.; 18724
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
April 1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of the last
18 months stayed, probation 2 years, fine $5,000.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Lourdes Victor,
Dacula, GA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 489698; Cal. No. 19534
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
September 2003)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Thomas Joseph
Ventre, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034548; Cal.
No. 18743
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
June 1999)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Suspension for no less than 6 months and until
terminated as set forth in Regents Review Committee report - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the
Influence of Alcohol, a class D felony.
Bassey Ekpo,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042846; Cal.
No. 18952
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
dispensing ten times the prescribed strength of a drug.
Tania Hannanian,
Mineola, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043416; Cal.
No. 19163
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to have required hot water equipment, failure to prepare
and maintain an inventory of all controlled substances, failure
to enter required information on prescriptions, and failing to
conduct a drug utilization review before dispensing controlled
substances to a patient.
Whapil Rana Kim,
Flushing, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028503; Cal.
No. 19246
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 charge of
practicing the profession of pharmacy while mentally impaired and
abandoning a pharmacy.
Richard Miola, East
Northport, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033824; Cal.
No. 19273
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
September 1996)
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
dispensing the wrong medication.
Soel Melero,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030929; Cal.
No. 19286
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
dispensing the wrong medication to a patient.
Nicoll Pharmacy,
Inc., 1620 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY
10040
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019200; Cal. No.
19347
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001 (see also
June 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $1,500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to list current selling prices of drugs, failing to list initials
of dispensing pharmacists on the daily log of all prescriptions
filled and refilled, failing to identify generic products
dispensed by listing the name of the manufacturer and
distributor, if different, on the prescription and on the label,
and failing to maintain a record of patients' refusal to be
counseled.
Christopher
Viggiano, Babylon, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 038917; Cal.
No. 19411
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Octavio Ramirez Quijote,
Jr., Staten Island, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 016035;
Cal. No. 17959
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
inappropriate interaction with and touching of two volunteers at
his place of employment.
Stephen Solomon,
West Hempstead
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 002172; Cal.
No. 17932
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
prescribing controlled and non-controlled substances for former
patients, friends, and family members for non-podiatric
conditions when he was not licensed to practice any profession
authorized to prescribe for non-podiatric conditions.
Howard A. Serling,
Davenport, FL
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 001950; Cal.
No. 19157
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
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 having
been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of
Article thirty-three of the Public Health Law for failing to
document the administration of controlled substances.
Belen B.
Ferreras, Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
002517; Cal. No. 18980
Regents Action Date: July 20, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of placing
an apnea monitor in a patient's room to make it look as
though it was used on the patient and directing others to have
their notes reflect that the monitor and capnography machine were
used on the patient.