New York State Education Department
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Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional
Misconduct and Discipline
July 26, 2006
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Dentistry - Nursing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Public Accountancy -
Social Work - Speech-Language Pathology - Veterinary Medicine
Dentistry
Martin Epstein,
East Meadow, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024889; Cal. No.
22677
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to diagnose decay on several teeth over the course of 2
years and failing to maintain accurate patient records.
David Douglas
Gardner, Penfield, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041343; Cal. No.
22808
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006 (see also
September 2004 and May 2006)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Robert J. Kulacz,
Jr. a/k/a Cole Sommers, Katonah, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040542; Cal. No.
22253
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
the charge of failing to maintain a record that accurately
reflected the evaluation and treatment of a patient, in that he
failed to detail in the patient chart the evaluation which led to
his decision to extract two of the patient’s teeth.
Hee Joon Kwak,
Whitestone, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 051024; Cal. No.
22668
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
falsely recording that certain dental screenings were
conducted.
Alan Myles Rosen,
Cedarhurst, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 036816; Cal. No.
22696
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial actual suspension in certain area as
set forth in consent order application, 2 years probation, $4,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
practicing dentistry with negligence on more than one occasion in
connection with the placement of dental implants in one patient,
failing to utilize diagnostically appropriate pre-treatment
radiographs or scans, and failing to adequately describe the
surgical procedure in the patient’s record, and by failing
to have unexpired emergency medications in his dental
office’s emergency kit.
Nursing
Randa D. Aiken a/k/a Randa D.
Zeleski, Utica, NY and Sauquoit, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
249614; Cal. No. 21495
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years to commence if and
when licensee returns to practice, $250 fine payable within 1
year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of obtaining
her license to practice Nursing fraudulently by failing to
disclose a Criminal Trespass in the 2nd Degree and Petit Larceny
conviction from prior to her being licensed.
Yessica Beatriz
Aldana, Bethpage, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
280688; Cal. No. 22798
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Elaine A. Bailey,
Albany, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 308014; Cal. No. 22683
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 4 month actual suspension, 20 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree.
Emma A. Benitez,
Staten Island, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 150911, 377795; Cal. Nos. 22708,
22709
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering Dilaudid to a patient without a physician's
order.
Alan William
Capece, Aynor, SC
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
249586; Cal. No. 21489
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing
the profession of nursing with negligence on more than one
occasion, in that he failed to adequately document the
administration of medications, ordered by a physician by failing
to make entries or making inconsistent entries in the appropriate
patient’s records, and having been convicted of Falsifying
Business Records in the 1st Degree, a class E felony and Rape in
the 2nd Degree, a class D felony.
Paul W. Case,
Ilion, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
146066; Cal. No. 21636
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
making inappropriate verbal comments.
Christine Charles,
Niagara Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
081033; Cal. No. 22354
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny on two occasions,
Attempted Petit Larceny on five occasions, and Attempted Criminal
Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class C
felony.
Edeane Marie
Chrapa, East Aurora, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 070905, 434226; Cal. Nos. 22695,
22694
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice, 2
years probation; $500 fine payable within 6 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
committing medication and documentation errors.
Daryl G. Corey,
Elmira, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 263544; Cal. No. 22752
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
willfully failing to comply with substantial provisions of State
rules or regulations governing the profession of nursing.
Linda L. Cortright,
Victor, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 389102; Cal. No. 22713
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Impaired –
Drugs.
Sharlene A. Cucinelli a/k/a
Sharlene Reina, Hilton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
222304; Cal. No. 22854
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
stealing pre-signed and unsigned prescription pads, fraudulently
writing prescriptions for controlled substances, forging the
physician’s signature on the unsigned prescriptions,
submitting the fraudulent prescriptions at pharmacies for filling
for personal use and for a third party, and wrongfully obtaining
the controlled substances.
Elena N. Di
Costanzo, Goshen, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 318348; Cal. No. 22672
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice, 2
years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged
Instrument in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Crystal J. Gemmell,
Erieville, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 494937; Cal. No. 22764
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Lucille Hamilton,
Laurelton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
065800; Cal. No. 21916
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
administering Ambien on 3 separate occasions to a patient when
the medication was discontinued by the physician and failing to
record the administrations in the patient’s medication
administration record.
Lisa Louise
Heisch-Bourgeous, Owego, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 485952; Cal. No. 22374
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the
4th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Myrtha Josil,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 228563, 490064; Cal. Nos. 19077,
18330
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006 (see also
October 1999)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 years suspension of licensed practical nurse license,
execution of last 12 months of said suspension stayed, $2,500
fine; Annul registered professional nurse license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of: having
obtained her license to practice as a registered professional
nurse fraudulently; practicing the profession of nursing
fraudulently; and conduct in the profession which evidences moral
unfitness.
Deirdre Ann Kane,
North Merrick, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
232838; Cal. No. 22679
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an
unclassified misdemeanor and of falsely denying on her
registration renewal application that criminal charges were
pending against her.
Anthony Kostyo,
Lockport, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 494839; Cal. No. 21566
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
maintain a record that accurately reflected the treatment of a
patient.
Brian Paul
Lawrence, Lehigh Acres, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 242744, 510324; Cal. Nos. 22706,
22707
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender licenses
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Amy M. Loveall,
Fulton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
265992; Cal. No. 22391
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence concurrent with
period of suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Galven Menoria, New
York, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 445896; Cal. No. 21994
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18 months of
suspension stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess
with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, a felony.
Louise Reyers Nash,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 312153; Cal. No. 22876
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Andrea L. Parker a/k/a Andrea
Shear, Newark, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 464445; Cal. No. 22809
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006 (see also
November 2004)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges
of: making a fraudulent statement on a nursing employment
application; failing to maintain accurate patient records; and
violating a term of probation imposed upon her by the Board of
Regents pursuant to Education Law section 6511.
Maritza C.
Pascarella, Monroe, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 389332; Cal. No. 22779
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Johanna M. Pereira,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 341329; Cal. No. 22509
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006 (see also
February 1997 and September 1999)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an
unclassified misdemeanor.
Isla Pierre-Carrie a/k/a Isla
Pierre, Rochdale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
229650; Cal. No. 22564
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree and
Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree.
Bernice R. Rabert,
Newark, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 463875; Cal. No. 22557
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 11 months stayed
suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
administering an overdose of Roxanol and failing to maintain
accurate records.
Beverly E. Sankary,
New York, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
106790; Cal. No. 22256
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled
Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class B felony.
Natalee Patricia Scott a/k/a
Natalie Scott, East Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
263124; Cal. No. 22013
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, thereafter probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree, a
misdemeanor.
Melissa Bonde
Terns, Albany, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 493290; Cal. No. 21848
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Prostitution, a class B misdemeanor.
Beth Ann Vanwaes a/k/a Beth Ann
Johnson, Roswell, NM
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 268899, 533498; Cal. Nos. 21451,
21450
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of
fraudulently answering on her application for licensure and first
registration for both licenses that she had never been convicted
of a crime (felony or misdemeanor) in any state or country. This
answer was false and made by her knowingly, intentionally and
willfully with intent to deceive. Licensee was also found guilty
of practicing as a Licensed Practical Nurse fraudulently by
submitting a false application as a Registered Professional
Nurse.
Nancy Marie Walsh,
Tonawanda, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
109192; Cal. No. 22379
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006 (see also February 2007)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 18 month suspension, execution of last 16 months of
suspension stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A
misdemeanor.
Lauren Patrice
Welch, Mount Vernon, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 364642; Cal. No. 22723
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for not less
than 1 month and until fit to practice, upon termination of
suspension 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Mary E. Wichman,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
219752; Cal. No. 22719
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice, upon licensee’s return to practice, 2 years
probation; $250 fine payable within 6 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
removing and passing forged prescriptions and of having been
convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument.
Pharmacy
Marvin Abrams,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 021185; Cal.
No. 22728
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to provide documentation of proof of completion of
acceptable formal continuing education for the period of January
2001 to December 2003, when he was registered to practice as a
pharmacist in the State of New York.
Kevin Paul Burns,
Hyde Park, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042806; Cal.
No. 22838
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a
Controlled Substance in the 4th Degree, a class D felony.
Eugene N. Friedman,
Port Jefferson Station, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032182; Cal.
No. 22688
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Criminal Diversion of Prescription
Medications and Prescriptions, a class E felony.
Alfred A. Monaco,
Ozone Park, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030935; Cal.
No. 22011
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006 (see also
December 2002)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed
suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
willfully failing to comply with mandatory continuing education
requirements.
Neetha N. Pillai,
Glen Oaks, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 046672; Cal.
No. 22656
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
delegating professional responsibilities to an unlicensed person;
i.e. delegating to an unlicensed person the professional
responsibility of receiving an oral prescription from a
prescriber.
Fred Wein,
Marlboro, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030627; Cal.
No. 22689
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Criminal Diversion of Prescription
Medications and Prescriptions, a class E felony.
John P. Zauner,
East Patchogue, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025361; Cal.
No. 21811
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
dispensing prescription-required drugs without a prescription on
two occasions.
Podiatry
Mark S. Davis,
Fairton, NJ
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004612; Cal.
No. 22710
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud
and Retaliating Against a Witness, both federal felonies.
Public Accountancy
David E. Wills,
Pittsford, NY and New York, NY; Nirvanasoft, Inc., 350 5th
Avenue, New York, NY 10118
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 038219; Cal. No. 22791
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Indefinite suspension until notice is received that
respondent has made full payment of all arrears of support
established by the Order of the Family Court to be due.
Summary: Licensee to practice as a Certified
Public Accountant is suspended indefinitely until he has made
full payment of all arrears of child support and maintenance
established by the Order and Judgment of the Family Court, County
of Monroe, State of New York.
Social Work
Joseph John
Celentano, New York, NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker;
Lic. No. 034232; Cal. No. 20525
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
engaging in physical contact of a sexual nature with a
patient.
Debra Doreen
Vernsey, Lisbon, NY
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic.
No. 059258; Cal. No. 22277
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of last 6 months of
suspension stayed, then probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Engaging in a Monetary Transaction in
Property Derived from a Specified Unlawful Activity (Money
Laundering), a felony.
Speech-Language Pathology
Debra Vitello
McCloskey, Scotia, NY
Profession: Speech-Language Pathologist; Lic.
No. 008066; Cal. No. 22680
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 4 month actual suspension, 20 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing
in the 2nd Degree.
Veterinary Medicine
Thomas Nathan
Christian, Dr. Nathan’s Veterinary Clinic,
6009 South Lima Road, Avon, NY 14414
Profession: Veterinary Medicine; Lic. No.
008969; Cal. No. 22659
Regents Action Date: July 26, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain an adequate patient record.
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