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Juan Carlos
Defonseca, Garden City, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 019488; Cal. No.
20120
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 did not contest charge of
failing to provide information on plans to indicate a one-story
home could support a second-story, and indicating the wrong
zoning code on plans.
Edna Guilor a/k/a Edna
Guilor-Segal, Great Neck, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016139; Cal. No.
19854
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written
evaluation of plans that were not prepared by her or under her
direct supervision, and to which she had affixed her signature
and seal.
Michael L. Kirn,
New York, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 015927; Cal. No.
19862
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
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 having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Donald Rowe, Staten
Island, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 011096; Cal. No.
19972
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
certifying that a dry well was installed in a dwelling under
construction when, in fact, it had not been installed.
Marianne
Beideman, Rochester, NY
Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 017432;
Cal. No. 19837
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: No penalty be imposed upon respondent as to charge of
which respondent was found guilty.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the Third Degree,
a felony.
Eighth Avenue Dental Associates,
P.C., 315 8th Avenue, New York, NY
10001
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 20004
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
failing to bond provisional restorations onto six teeth of a
patient that would not be laminated for a one month period and
failing to attend to the patient's complaints on several
occasions.
Ralph A. Fusco,
Albany, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046586; Cal. No.
19962
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 failing
to remove all decay from excavated teeth.
Alexander Kanevsky,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045140; Cal. No.
19992
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
receiving a fee from a third party in connection with the
performance of professional services.
Vincent John
Mandarine, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 044356; Cal. No.
20003
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to bond provisional restorations onto six teeth of a patient
which would not be laminated for a one month period and failing
to attend to the patient's complaints on several
occasions.
Sikandar Hayat
Mirza, Kingston, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041243; Cal. No.
20007
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failure
to maintain accurate patient records.
Michael Norman
Stahl, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 048112; Cal. No.
20032
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 having
been convicted of two counts of Assault in the Third Degree, a
class A misdemeanor.
Maureen A.
Sullivan, Wappingers Falls, NY
Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 021770;
Cal. No. 19971
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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, an unclassified
misdemeanor.
Alexander A.
Urbanovich, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046915; Cal. No.
20069
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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
permitting an unlicensed person to perform scaling and root
planing on a patient.
Engineering and Land Surveying
Juan Manon,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
074171; Cal. No. 19981
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 admitted to charge of failing
to maintain, for at least six years, a professional evaluation of
plans that were not prepared by him or under his direct
supervision, but which he had affixed his signature and seal.
Lawrence A.
Pacanowski, Hamburg, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049737; Cal.
No. 19749
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
March 1996 and November 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to do adequate research in the public lands records, failing to
properly locate the surveyed premises, failing to properly place
the stakes on the property and failing to properly depict the
location of a concrete foundation.
Mark Damico a/k/a Mark F.
D'Amico, Skaneateles, NY
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No.
001042; Cal. No. 18921
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Joseph Anthony
Craig, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 007045;
Cal. No. 20251
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
improperly draping, touching and speaking to a female client.
Drew Scott Gandley,
Montauk, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 006880;
Cal. No. 19667
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 1 year to
commence on September 1, 2002 and until terminated as set forth
in consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years, complete certain coursework as set forth in
consent order application.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
delegating professional responsibilities to unlicensed persons,
including allowing them to perform massages.
Frank J. Berry,
Rensselaer, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 477944; Cal. No. 20066
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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, 25
hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to administer medications when required and by
erroneously administering a medication at the wrong rate.
Denise Casting,
Rosedale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
217594; Cal. No. 20109
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest 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.
Lorri J. Couse a/k/a Lorri
Love-Couse, Catskill, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 435639; Cal. No. 19906
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 3 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 having
been convicted of Simple Possession of Morphine, a misdemeanor;
falsely signing out controlled substances at three different
facilities; failing to document the administration in the
patients' records; failing to administer the substances to
the patients; and removing the controlled substance Roxanol from
vials and substituting water.
Brenda Dionisio,
Freeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
110383; Cal. No. 20024
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 make entries of medication administered to various
patients in their medication administration records.
Catherine A.
Durham, Fine, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 318505; Cal. No. 20056
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 incorrect medications to patients and failing to
administer medications to patients.
Karen A.
Gayle-Winn, Pleasant Valley, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 241466, 496148; Cal. Nos. 20088,
20089
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 12 month suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed, probation 12 months, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Galina Gorelik,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
260674; Cal. No. 20288
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Annulment of licensed practical nurse
license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application as a Licensed Practical Nurse in
the State of New York that she had received a diploma as a
medical nurse.
Jeana M. Graziano,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
111991; Cal. No. 19975
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering one intravenous push medication to a patient while
knowing that the hospital where she worked did not allow licensed
practical nurses to administer such medications.
Kenneth Earl
Greene, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
254403; Cal. No. 20064
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
November 2004)
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
medication administration errors and inaccurate record
keeping.
Keith Alan Haugan,
Cicero, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 477318; Cal. No. 19996
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Public Lewdness, a class B misdemeanor, in 1996
and Attempted Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, a class
B misdemeanor, in 1998.
Kenneth Houston,
Central Islip, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
243440; Cal. No. 20055
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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
falsifying patient names on a controlled drug disposition record
to obtain drugs for his own use.
Roberta L. Hunter,
Yorkville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
218077; Cal. No. 19715
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 to commence upon
return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
practicing the profession fraudulently by verbally ordering, and
then receiving and signing for twenty-eight (28) Loratab, a
controlled substance, for which there was no physician's
order. Said Loratab was not inventoried into the medication
cabinet, and was otherwise unaccounted for.
Rachel Sandra
Isidore, Ozone Park, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
255429; Cal. No. 19002
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest 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.
Paule Jean-Baptiste,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
219048; Cal. No. 19127
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest 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.
Sherry Lynn
Jones, St. Albans, VT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 523829; Cal. No. 20311
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the
First Degree.
Melanie Draxl
Kirtland, Canandaigua, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 398075; Cal. No. 19729
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in
the Third Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Alice Sue Kroll,
Rye, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 494443; Cal. No. 19801
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
submitting reports to her employers indicating that she visited
and treated or assessed certain patients at their homes when she
did not visit or treat or assess said patients on said dates.
Dawn Marie LaMagna,
Middlesex, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 455546; Cal. No. 20075
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
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 writing
medication orders and/or administering medications to patients
without authorization from a physician.
L. C. Lee, Rochester,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
223309; Cal. No. 18933
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, probation 2 years to commence
concurrently with suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third
Degree, a felony.
Marie Pierre Louis,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
221289; Cal. No. 19125
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest 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.
Jillian Marie
Merwin, Jefferson, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
263200; Cal. No. 20063
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
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 charge of
medication administration errors.
Mary Lynne
Mirville, Lynbrook, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
218929; Cal. No. 19987
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
September 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
practicing nursing as a licensed practical nurse between
September and October 2000 while her license was suspended.
Donna H. Nardone,
North Chili, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
144918; Cal. No. 16419
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
June 1995)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of: diverting
a controlled substance from the stock of her employer, replacing
the diverted drug with Vitamin C tablets, and falsifying the drug
inventory record of her employer to conceal the diversion;
submitting employment applications for nursing jobs on three
separate occasions and failing to disclose a prior employment
from which she was terminated; having been convicted of
Falsifying Business Records and Petit Larceny, both class A
misdemeanors and not complying with terms of probation imposed by
the Board of Regents pursuant to New York State Education
Law.
Oladapo Bamidele
Ojekunle, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 239440, 480412; Cal. Nos. 19758,
19764
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
May 2005)
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
permitting unlicensed personnel to administer medication to a
patient.
Tricia Onika
Parris, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 246277, 487426; Cal. Nos. 20047,
20048
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension - upon service of
suspension, probation 3 years to commence if and when return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in
the Second Degree.
Deborah A. Ryan,
Purchase, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 339872; Cal. No. 19771
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 forging
prescriptions for Fastin, a controlled substance, on three
occasions.
Christine J. Schneider, Babylon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 229979, 456623; Cal. Nos. 19756,
19757
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
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
failure to maintain accurate patient records.
Kettly St. Surin,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
215736; Cal. No. 19120
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest 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.
Wendy Marie
Stilwell, Slatehill, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 508841; Cal. No. 20057
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor.
Dawn M. Tarbox,
Maine, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 346611; Cal. No. 20183
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
medication administration errors and making false entries in
hospital records.
Mary P. Trotter,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
165572; Cal. No. 20197
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a class E
felony conviction.
Arlene Patricia
Udeagha, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 240241, 478131; Cal. Nos. 20072,
20074
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: While employed as a home care nurse,
licensee admitted to charge of willfully filing false reports
with her employer indicating that she had visited a patient at
home when she knew that she had not made such visits.
Natividad M. Abreu
Vega, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
080621; Cal. No. 20015
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of slapping
a patient on the face and committing medication transcription and
documentation errors and omissions.
Joyce
Williams-Kelly, Freeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
239069; Cal. No. 20005
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Donna Marie
Wilson, Port Jefferson Station, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 410177; Cal. No. 20084
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled
Substance in the Fourth Degree.
Jessica Ann
Zielinski, Westfield, NY, Stockton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
259229; Cal. No. 19055
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Suspension until terminated as set forth in Regents
Review Committee report - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor
Vehicle.
Ashland Pharmacy,
Inc., 123 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 020974; Cal. No.
19746
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: probation 1 year, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charge of
dispensing, on three occasions, the non-controlled,
prescription-required drugs Viagra and Buspar, not pursuant to
prescription or other lawful authority.
Donald Barbakoff,
Flushing, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025157; Cal.
No. 20112
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 did not contest charge of
dispensing numerous controlled drugs pursuant to facsimile
transmitted prescriptions.
Colonial Drug & Surgicals,
Inc., 100 Front Street, Greenport, NY 11944
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019680; Cal. No.
19919
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 admitted to charge of
numerous violations of pharmacy rules and regulations, to wit:
holding misbranded and outdated drugs in stock; placing back in
stock part of a drug that had been dispensed and returned;
dispensing pursuant to an invalid prescription; failing to enter
required information on prescriptions; failing to maintain
accurate records of controlled substances received and dispensed;
and failing to maintain the pharmacy in a sanitary condition.
Rogelio Fernandez a/k/a Rogelio
Oscar Fernandez, Fresh Meadows, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 041854; Cal.
No. 19857
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to provide adequate supervision of a registered establishment, of
which he was the supervising pharmacist.
Mark J. Fusco,
Port Chester, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030790; Cal.
No. 19487
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not 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
stealing controlled drugs from a hospital pharmacy at which he
was employed.
Edwin Omar
Gbenebitse, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035394; Cal.
No. 19745
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $7,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
dispensing, on three occasions, the non-controlled,
prescription-required drugs Viagra and Buspar, not pursuant to
prescription or other lawful authority.
Frank Ingrao,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023512; Cal.
No. 20161
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
November 2001)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of being in
supervision of a pharmacy that held outdated drugs for sale in
regular stock and failing to wear identification with his name
and title.
Grace Kim a/k/a Grace Kim
Junghee, Woodside, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 038077; Cal.
No. 19858
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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 admitted to charge of
dispensing, on three occasions, the non-controlled
prescription-required drugs, Neproxin and Amoxicillin, not
pursuant to prescription or other lawful authority.
Joseph Kramer,
Inc., 309 St. Ann's Avenue, Bronx, NY 10454
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 015862; Cal. No.
19961
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
violation of pharmacy rules/regulations.
Jacobo Kubiliun,
New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028716; Cal.
No. 19960
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
violation of pharmacy rules/regulations.
Rajesh Bhimjibhai
Kumbhani, Jersey City, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043052; Cal.
No. 20079
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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
dispensing the wrong medication and failing to offer to counsel a
patient.
David Edward Lizor,
Gloversville, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043275; Cal.
No. 19605
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, a misdemeanor.
Anthony J. Maneen,
Ilion, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029584; Cal.
No. 20065
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
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
dispensing and labeling deficiencies.
Myles Schneider,
Southold, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033070; Cal.
No. 19920
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of numerous
violations of pharmacy rules and regulations, to wit: holding
misbranded and outdated drugs in stock; placing back in stock
part of a drug that had been dispensed and returned; dispensing
pursuant to an invalid prescription; failing to enter required
information on prescriptions; failing to maintain accurate
records of controlled substances received and dispensed; and
failing to maintain the pharmacy in a sanitary condition.
Three J's Pharmacy,
Inc., 90-12 Elmhurst Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY
11372
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 016904; Cal. No.
19856
Regents Action Date: July 19, 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
dispensing the prescription-required drugs, Neproxin and
Amoxicillin, non-controlled substances and Mebrobanate, a
controlled substance, not pursuant to prescription or other
lawful authority.
Jeffrey A.
Schwartz, New City, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant, Lic.
No. 032903; Cal. No. 20260
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice, and Obstruction
of Justice, both Federal felonies.
Valera Lovishuk,
Huntington, CT
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
004827; Cal. No. 19928
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $4,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making
entries into five patient records indicating that treatments had
been rendered to patients when they had not been done.
Kenneth
Einbinder, Albany, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 019187; Cal.
No. 19054
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
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 charge of
kissing and inappropriately touching a patient and failing to
document information and a discussion with said patient.
Wayne Marcus,
Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 050105; Cal.
No. 19841
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Commercial Bribe Receiving in the First
Degree.
James Raymond
Pancoast, Conklin, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 045391; Cal.
No. 20108
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of moral
unfitness in the practice of social work.
Sam Sterk,
Scottsdale, AZ
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 013073; Cal.
No. 19687
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
December 1999)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to secure patient records.
Stephen Richard
Berghash, Scottsville, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 006291; Cal.
No. 19615
Regents Action Date: July 19, 2002 (see also
December 1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $7,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to properly diagnose diabetes and violating a term of
probation.