New York State Education Department
Office of the
Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional
Misconduct and Discipline
July 21, 2004
Terms under which this information
is provided.
Architecture - Dentistry - Engineering and Land
Surveying - Nursing - Occupational Therapy - Pharmacy -
Psychology - Respiratory
Therapy - Veterinary Medicine
Architecture
Dennis Thomas Oliver,
Bellport, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 027644; Cal. No.
21414
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
certifying building plans that he did not prepare.
James Corrado Piccone,
Ossining, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 012526; Cal. No.
20956
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to maintain, for at least six years, all preliminary and
final plans, documents, and professional evaluations prepared by
him or his employees relating to work to which he affixed his
seal and signature.
Dentistry
Edward C. Burel, Rochester,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 030811; Cal. No.
20618
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
June 1998)
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 the charge of
failure to maintain accurate records.
Edward C. Burel, D.D.S.,
P.C., 1295 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14613
Profession: Dentist; Cal. No. 20619
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
June 1998)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
failure to maintain accurate records.
Carl V. Cazalet, Clifton
Park, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 043051; Cal. No.
21257
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 9 month suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon return to practice, $15,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
billing approximately $15,000 for dental services that were not
rendered.
Carl V. Cazalet, D.M.D.,
P.C., 12 Gramecy Court, Clifton Park, NY 12065
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 21289
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 9 month suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
billing approximately $15,000 for dental services that were not
rendered.
Paul Alan Chaskes,
Massapequa, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040652; Cal. No.
21412
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of,
while performing root canal therapy, failing to adequately fill
root canals of three teeth.
William George Eliades,
Astoria, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037540; Cal. No.
21387
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
September 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, on
each of eight treatment dates for one patient, failing to
maintain a patient record which accurately reflected the
evaluation and treatment of this patient in that either the
procedures or the details of procedures used in the treatment of
the patient were not included in the patient record.
Gerald A. Fiterstein, New
York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024756; Cal. No.
21447
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
utilizing an x-ray that was not of diagnostic quality, failure to
diagnose a periodontal condition, and failure to maintain a
record, which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment
of a patient.
Joel Levine, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024544; Cal. No.
21486
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
utilizing an x-ray that was not of diagnostic quality, failing to
diagnose a periodontal condition, and failing to maintain a
record which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of
a patient.
Yevgeny Pisarevsky a/k/a Eugene
Piser, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046086; Cal. No.
20168
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license granted
effective November 10, 2004.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of two counts of Grand Larceny in the 3rd
Degree.
Yevgeny Pisarevsky a/k/a Eugene
Piser, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dental Parenteral Conscious
Sedation; Cert. No. 000088; Cal. No. 20169
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender certificate
granted effective November 10, 2004.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree.
Professional Engineering and Land
Surveying
Ross Allen Winglovitz,
Middletown, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
071701; Cal. No. 21230
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failure to accurately measure the location of a septic system on
premises located in the Town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York
and, after notification, failure to promptly prepare plans for
remediation of the problems resulting therefrom.
Francis A. Lashway, Jr., East
Greenbush, NY
Profession: Profession: Professional Engineer;
Lic. No. 064314; Cal. No. 21326
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
not preparing and retaining thorough written evaluations for
three plans.
Edward J. Conboy, Jr., Evans,
NY
Profession: Profession: Professional Engineer;
Lic. No. 052450; Cal. No. 21512
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
Driving While Intoxicated, a felony.
Nursing
Ronald Clayton Bartlett,
Celeron, NY
Profession: Profession: Licensed Practical
Nurse; Lic. No. 264929; Cal. No. 21421
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 1 year and until
terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon
licensee’s return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, a class E
felony, and admitted to the charge of lying about one New York
conviction and three Florida convictions on an application for
licensure.
Leslie Diane Broach,
Stafford, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
268901; Cal. No. 21302
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
medication errors.
Jean Cleary a/k/a Jean Blue,
Leeds, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
134610; Cal. No. 21561
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
being found guilty by the Florida Board of Nursing of
professional misconduct.
Dinah Deborah Crane, Warwick,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 426956; Cal. No. 21403
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
medication administration and documentation errors.
Jason Dacunto, Bridgeport,
CT
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
249748; Cal. No. 21653
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the
Connecticut Board of Nursing.
Deborah Dann, Pomona, NY
Profession: Profession: Registered Professional
Nurse; Lic. No. 344610; Cal. No. 21401
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of,
while employed and on duty as a nurse manager in a nursing home,
signing a document indicating that she had performed and
witnessed the destruction of certain controlled substances when
she knew that not all of the controlled substances had been
destroyed, and then she stole the controlled substances which had
not been destroyed.
Robert Diaz, Union City,
NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 227853, 472427; Cal. Nos. 20249,
20250
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 3 years to
commence if and when licensee returns to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
using the access code of another nurse to remove controlled drugs
from a Pyxis system, ostensibly for administering said drugs to
patients for whom no physician’s orders were in effect;
falsely indicating that he had performed a narcotics count with
another nurse when he had not; administering a drug when there
was no physician’s order in effect, and administering said
drug by the wrong route; failing to record the wastage of a
controlled drug and to have said wastage witnessed; and making an
inappropriate comment to a patient regarding treatment to be
rendered to said patient by a physician.
Sharon-Lee Allison Fraser,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 213925, 454484; Cal. Nos. 21299,
21300
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
failing to properly monitor a patient through the fetal tracing
sheet.
Jeanny Marie Gaillard a/k/a Marie Jeanny
Gaillard, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 210720, 490721; Cal. Nos. 18930,
18334
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
November 1999)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: L.P.N. license: 2 year suspension, execution of last
year of suspension stayed, $2,500 fine; R.N. license: Annul
license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
obtained her license to practice as a registered professional
nurse fraudulently and practicing the profession of nursing
fraudulently.
Teodora Villaroza Galido,
Elizabeth, NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 210937, 429796; Cal. Nos. 21466,
21467
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
failure to perform and record an accurate count of the lap pads
removed from a patient following a caesarean section.
Ann M. Hadlock, Athens,
PA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248646; Cal. No. 21513
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
having been convicted of Welfare Fraud in the 5th Degree.
Robert Harris, Brooklyn,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
267761; Cal. No. 21250
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering an Albuterol nebulizer treatment to a patient when
there was no physician’s order for said administration.
Alicia Rose Hoebeke, Hadley,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 434755; Cal. No. 20782
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
January 1994)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Resisting Arrest, a Class A
Misdemeanor.
Grafton Jerome Ifill,
Westbury, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 227957; Cal. No. 21484
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
failure to maintain a record for a patient that accurately
reflected the evaluation and treatment of that patient.
Ivett Sonia Service, Bronx,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
269146; Cal. No. 21415
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
using a non-sterile needle to administer an immunization to a
patient.
Lisa A. King, Cairo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
264703; Cal. No. 21247
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 1 year and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application
– upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon licensee’s return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
issuing fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances.
Judith Benita Lewis a/k/a Judith Benita
Boutin, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Profession: Licensed Practical
Nurse, Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 251278, 492631;
Cal. Nos. 21069, 21070
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 2 months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application
– upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to
commence if and when licensee returns to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
becoming romantically involved with a patient.
Irene Mangan, Bay Shore,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
166825; Cal. No. 21320
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failure to inform a patient’s physician or the police of
the inability to gain access to a patient’s home.
Marie Suzette Mathieu,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; 1299 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230; Lic.
Nos. 215334, 489159; Cal. Nos. 20405, 18320
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
July 2001)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: L.P.N. license: Annul license; R.N. license: Annul
license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
obtained her licenses to practice as a licensed practical nurse
and as a registered professional nurse fraudulently.
Marjorie A. Murphy, Buffalo,
NY
Profession: Profession: Registered Professional
Nurse; Lic. No. 330942; Cal. No. 21582
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
willfully filing a false form, by failing to disclose on her
re-registration that she had been disciplined in Connecticut.
Joyce Anne Pentycofe,
Chattanooga, TN
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 123509, 509201; Cal. Nos. 21366,
21367
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in
consent order application – upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon licensee’s return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny, a class B
misdemeanor.
Linda A. Pinkerton,
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
112866; Cal. No. 21554
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
July 1995)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny and violating the terms of
probation imposed by the Board of Regents.
Rossuporn Pitagtum, New York,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 211911, 430862; Cal. Nos. 21465,
21458
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
failure to perform and record an accurate count of the lap pads
removed from a patient following a caesarean section.
Jenifer L. Redding, Conesus,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
267503; Cal. No. 21270
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in
consent order application – upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon licensee’s return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
documenting that controlled substances were for patients when she
took the medications and admitted to the charge of having been
convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the
7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Marcell Jerome Rosno, Fresno,
CA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 462314; Cal. No. 21659
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of committing conduct constituting a crime
under the law of another jurisdiction which, if committed in New
York State, would have constituted the crime of Sexual Abuse in
the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Margaret Irene Scharadin,
Cutchogue, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 223967; Cal. No. 21445
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 did not contest the charge of
recording that hearing and vision screenings were performed on
all students when they had only been performed on some of the
students.
Cynthia Simpson, Mt. Vernon,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
152763; Cal. No. 21491
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, 100 hours of
public service, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A
misdemeanor.
Mirza Theodore Tanis a/k/a Mirza
Theodore, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 255486, 492073; Cal. Nos. 18402,
18326
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: L.P.N. license: Annul license; R.N. license: Annul
license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
obtained her licenses to practice as a licensed practical nurse
and as a registered professional nurse fraudulently.
Mary Elizabeth Tomaso,
Albany, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
261299; Cal. No. 21673
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering medications to a patient without medical
authorization.
Occupational Therapy
Anna C. Vaca, Woodhaven,
NY
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No.
003534; Cal. No. 21376
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
falsely documenting patient visits.
Pharmacy
Brian Tarachand Baboolall,
Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 045485; Cal.
No. 21217
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of,
while employed as a pharmacist, dispensing a mislabeled drug vial
and, on a separate occasion, dispensing a drug other than the one
that was prescribed.
Duane Reade Pharmacy Department
#301, 518-520 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 11223
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 025172; Cal. No.
21333
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$2,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge
of failing to notify the State Board for Pharmacy of the change
of supervising pharmacists.
Glens Falls Hospital Inc.,
100 Park Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 006069; Cal. No.
20531
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge
that its employees violated pharmacy laws and regulations.
H & L Topchik, Inc. d/b/a Terrace
Pharmacy, 214 Merrick Road, Oceanside, NY 11572
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 018529; Cal. No.
20308
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
February 1997)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent was found guilty of
routinely failing to sign prescriptions for Schedule III, IV, and
V controlled substances; routinely failing to sign the daily
record of prescriptions filled and refilled; having numerous
drugs which have expired in stock and; not maintaining the
pharmacy in a sanitary manner, having it in a disorganized state
with numerous empty bottles and debris as well as lacking
lighting in the basement where medication vial and bottles were
stored.
Martin Millman, Oliverea,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022700; Cal.
No. 21235
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also May 2007)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
maintaining a dirty pharmacy area; holding outdated drugs for
sale; failing to complete the records or daily log; dispensing
prescriptions that were not signed by the physicians; failing to
document refills; failing to complete required controlled
substance records; and dispensing controlled drugs pursuant to
invalid prescriptions.
Martin Millman d/b/a Phoenicia
Pharmacy, Burnham Hollow Road, Oliverea, NY
12462
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 017198; Cal. No.
21236
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also May 2007)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge
of maintaining a dirty pharmacy area; holding outdated drugs for
sale; failing to complete the records or daily log; dispensing
prescriptions that were not signed by the physicians; failing to
document refills; failing to complete required controlled
substance records; and dispensing controlled drugs pursuant to
invalid prescriptions.
Manish Mahusudan Patni,
Howard Beach, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 045356; Cal.
No. 21350
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $2,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
submitting billings to the New York State Elderly Pharmaceutical
Insurance Coverage Program (EPIC) for which he claimed that the
pharmacy, of which he was the supervising pharmacist, provided
goods and services to patients in the amount of $5,923.13, when
said goods and services were not provided.
Shiv Pharmacy, Inc., 548
Wilet Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 023589; Cal. No.
21351
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 24 months, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge
of submitting billings to the New York State Elderly
Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Program (EPIC) for which the
pharmacy claimed to provide goods and services to patients in the
amount of $5,923.13, when said goods and services were not
provided.
John Vincent Tagliaferri,
Gloversville, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027171; Cal.
No. 21476
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
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 the charge of
refilling prescriptions for multiple patients without
authorization.
Howard Topchik, Oceanside,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 021317; Cal.
No. 20307
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004 (see also
February 1997 and March 2008)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of routinely
failing to sign prescriptions for Schedule III, IV, and V
controlled substances; routinely failing to sign the daily record
of prescriptions filled and refilled; having numerous drugs which
have expired in stock and; not maintaining the pharmacy in a
sanitary manner, having it in a disorganized state with numerous
empty bottles and debris as well as lacking lighting in the
basement where medication vial and bottles were stored.
Psychology
Arthur Egendorf, Bronx,
NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 005590; Cal.
No. 21537
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient and practicing
while mentally impaired.
Respiratory Therapy
Troy B. Brigance, Baltimore,
MD
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
002762; Cal. No. 21634
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the
Maryland Board of Physician Quality Assurance.
Albert Buissereth, McAllen,
TX
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
000057; Cal. No. 21578
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of failure to refund proceeds of a Stafford
student loan.
Rajendra Mishra, Douglaston,
NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
002949; Cal. No. 20517
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension, in no event less than 4 months,
and until terminated as set forth in consent order application
– upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon licensee’s return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
inappropriately examining a female patient, exposing and touching
her breasts and making inappropriate comments to the patient.
Veterinary Medicine
Edward Irving Becker,
Guilderland, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 003280; Cal.
No. 21373
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge
of diagnosing a urinary tract infection in a cat rather than
renal failure.
Dale Wayne Ottosen, Auburn,
NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 005086; Cal.
No. 19568
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of delegating
professional responsibilities to a person he had reason to know
was not qualified by training experience or licensure, to perform
such duties.
Ryan Animal Hospital, P.C.,
1532 Clark Street Road, Auburn, NY 13021
Profession: Veterinary Hospital; Cal. No.
19827
Regents Action Date: July 21, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Respondent was found guilty of
delegating professional responsibilities to a person it had
reason to know was not qualified by training experience or
licensure, to perform such duties.
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Last Update: August 18, 2008
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