New York State Education
Department
Office of the Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional Misconduct and
Discipline
July 21, 1995
Terms under which
this information is provided.
Architecture - Certified Shorthand Reporting - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Engineering and Land Surveying - Massage Therapy - Nursing - Pharmacy - Physical
Therapy - Podiatry - Psychology - Public Accountancy
Architecture
William M. Frudakis,
Woodside, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016603; Cal. No.
13532
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
failing to complete contracted architectural services for four
clients in a timely manner.
Certified
Shorthand Reporting
Henry Hochberg, Merrick, NY
Profession: Certified Shorthand Reporter; Lic.
No. 000202; Cal. No. 15342
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
having been convicted of one count of Attempt to Evade or Defeat
Tax.
Chiropractic
Arthur E. Patterson, Jr.,
Staten Island, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 003544; Cal.
No. 14066
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
wilfully failing to register with the Department.
Joseph D. Baudille, Brooklyn,
NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 004502; Cal.
No. 15382
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
submitting two claims to an insurance company which listed
treatment dates after he ceased treating the patient.
Dentistry
Ogina Nishan T. Hailoo, D.D.S.,
P.C., East Farmingdale, NY
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 14946
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 (see also February 2004)
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to adequately fabricate a denture.
James P. Julian,
Martinsville, VA
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 034468; Cal. No.
15231
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, probation 3 years
under various terms to commence upon return to practice, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
submitting false claim forms and seeking reimbursement for dental
procedures not performed.
Scott Sandler, Valley Stream,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 036220; Cal. No.
15352
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine, 50 hours of
public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
submitting claim forms for reimbursement for dental work that was
not done.
Engineering
and Land Surveying
Louie Carini, Rochester, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
033828; Cal. No. 11584
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 (see also June 1998)
Action: $5,000 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having affixed his signature and seal to building plans that had
been copied without permission from a plan by an architect, and
having affixed his signature and seal to building plans that
failed to comply with building codes.
Narendra N. Patel, Garden
City, KS
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
068606; Cal. No. 14667
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Upon first specification, annul license;
upon second and third specifications, revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
obtaining his licensee to practice the profession fraudulently.
Massage
Therapy
Timothy Ging, Huntington
Station, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 003597;
Cal. No. 15491
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to properly supervise a massage therapist who was permitted to
practice only under his supervision.
Nursing
Madeline G. Largo, Syracuse,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 320014; Cal. No. 12727
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2
years and 3 months stayed, probation for last 2 years and 3
months.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
administering Cepholoc to a patient who had been assigned to
another nurse and for whom the other nurse had already poured
that medication, failing to check if the patient was able to
swallow the medication, the patient thereafter gagging and
choking on the medication, and leaving the patient before he was
stabilized, and violating a term of probation.
Nancy L. Coletti, Albany, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
151540; Cal. No. 13186
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having been convicted of the crime of Attempted Criminal
Possession of a controlled substance in the 7th Degree, a Class B
Misdemeanor, fraud involving submitting a false reference form
with fraudulent intent, and filing a false registration
application with fraudulent intent.
Suzanne M. Evans a/k/a Suzanne Evans
a/k/a Susan Evans, Utica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 147859, 338981; Cal. Nos. 14917,
14916
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 (see also February 1994)
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
Issuing a Bad Check, a Class B Misdemeanor; conviction of Forgery
in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor; Unauthorized Use of a
Motor Vehicle in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Marion June Betz, Carmel, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 110070, 348821; Cal. Nos. 15242,
15243
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the
7th Degree, a Class B Misdemeanor.
Marcella McCormack Costanza,
Phoenixville, PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. B25464; Cal. No. 14454
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms to
commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of filing
a false form by answering that no other state had instituted
charges against her.
Wan Sun Jong Penny, Williston
Park, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 102202, 305113; Cal. Nos. 14468,
14469
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
record-keeping errors and failing to appropriately respond to a
report of a patient's abnormally high potassium level.
Nancy J. De Santis, Middle
Village, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 267398; Cal. No. 14915
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 (see also June 2002)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
self-prescribing a controlled substance with out authority to do
so; operating a Motor Vehicle with .10% or more blood alcohol
level; and falsely omitting a criminal conviction from her
registration application.
Robyn Gay Thompson,
Middletown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
117177; Cal. No. 14937
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, Driving While Intoxicated, and
failing to indicate criminal convictions on a Registration
Application.
Sharon Denise Furman, Mount
Vernon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
224940; Cal. No. 14993
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
attempted Petit Larceny.
Jaymie M. Ferrara, Frewsburg,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
193947; Cal. No. 15074
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the
4th Degree, a Class D Felony.
Constance M. Briere,
Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
117690; Cal. No. 15080
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to
commence upon return to practice, 75 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Petit
Larceny and Criminal Possession of stolen property in the 5th
Degree and failing to indicate a criminal conviction on a
Registration Renewal Application.
Avril Eliese Ashmeade,
Roosevelt, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 200812, 443258; Cal. Nos. 15082,
15083
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
administering an intravenous medication which had been labeled
for one patient to a different patient and discharging a patient
before the patient had undergone a required examination by a
physician.
Phyllis A. Rock, Scotia, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
159290; Cal. No. 15339
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
committing five medication administration charting errors.
Maurine Grace Waisum-Brown,
Bronx, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 437010; Cal. No. 15343
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
committing three medication administration errors, a
transcription error and a failure to perform an arrhythmia review
on a patient.
Marilyn Sandner O'Brien,
Buffalo, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 127655; Cal. No. 15399
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 2 years
under various terms to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
administration of oral polio vaccines to two patients when there
were no physician's orders for the administrations.
Shirley Lea Jackson, Sloan,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
077538; Cal. No. 15450
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
administration of medications inconsistent with the
physician's orders.
Stefanie Lynn Ahl, Warsaw, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
164122; Cal. No. 15484
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of two
counts of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified Misdemeanor.
Patricia O'Brien Davis,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
083214; Cal. No. 13897
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
administering controlled substances and failing to record them.
Suzanne Hayes, Glen Aubrey, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
182104; Cal. No. 15038
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
committing fifteen medication errors and/or omissions.
Max E. Walts, Jr.,
Baldwinsville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
153062; Cal. No. 15360
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 (see also November 1994)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
causing false entries to be made in the vital signs chart of two
hospital patients, and willfully abusing an elderly hospital
patient both physically and verbally.
Linda Pinkerton, Oneida, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
112866; Cal. No. 15462
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995 (see also July 2004)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
diverting controlled and non-controlled substances from hospital
stock and from a severely ill home care patient.
Pharmacy
Joseph B. Aluck, Flushing, NY;
Wynantskill, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028035; Cal.
No. 12251
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Suspension until successfully completes
a course of treatment; Upon termination of suspension, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated
Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle, both misdemeanors.
Roland John Lyndaker,
Palmyra, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036510; Cal.
No. 13278
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges
of, on two occasions, dispensing one drug for another and selling
the drugs which were misbranded.
Sanyasi Raju Kalidindi,
Edison, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039469; Cal.
No. 14623
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 5 year suspension, execution of last 3
years of suspension stayed, probation 5 years under various
terms, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
Knowingly and Willfully Making a False Statement to the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration.
Annie Y. Ng, Douglaston, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030363; Cal.
No. 14660
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
violating numerous pharmacy rules.
Kenneth Joseph Gluc, Depew,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026634; Cal.
No. 14797
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
dispensing based upon a telephone transfer of a prescription.
Sean Christian Dobbins,
Lyons, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 038902; Cal.
No. 15054
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
dispensing the wrong drug to a patient.
Park Avenue Chemists, Ltd. d/b/a Boghen
Pharmacy, 1080 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10028.
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 017867; Cal. No.
15153
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: $2,500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of
dispensing medications pursuant to prescription which did not
identify the users.
Mark Steven Rauchwerger,
Pleasantville, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031335; Cal.
No. 15154
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: $5,000 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
dispensing medications pursuant to prescriptions which did not
identity the users.
B & B Systems Inc. d/b/a Central Home
Care, Wholesaler Repacker; 12-B Fillmore Place,
Freeport, NY 11520.
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 202427; Cal. No.
15214
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Pharmacy admitted to charges of failing
to notify the State Board of Pharmacy within 48 hours of a fire
which damaged the establishment; operating the establishment from
an unregistered address; failing to notify the State Board of
Pharmacy within seven days of a change in identity of the
Supervising Pharmacist; and committing numerous violations of the
Compressed Medical Crisis Guidelines issued by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services with respect to the
repacking of oxygen.
Mahmood Alam, Glenhead, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034365; Cal.
No. 15239
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine, 50 hours of
public service.
Summary: License admitted to charges of a
conviction of Attempted Tampering with Physical Evidence, a Class
A Misdemeanor.
Farooq Ahmad, Parsippany, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031160; Cal.
No. 15273
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
Falsifying Business Records in the Second Degree, a Class A
Misdemeanor.
Alvin Rothstein, Baldwin
Harbor, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026867; Cal.
No. 15290
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to reduce to writing several prescriptions transmitted orally;
failing to maintain a daily record of all prescriptions filled
and refilled on several occasions; failing to maintain patient
medication profiles in 1993; and selling and dispensing on
several occasions controlled substances without receiving the
required original New York State prescriptions.
B.H. Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a Belle Harbor
Pharmacy, 412 Beach 129th Street, Belle Harbor, NY
11694.
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019184; Cal. No.
15291
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted to charges of
failing to reduce to writing several prescriptions transmitted
orally.
Physical
Therapy
Howard I. Moskow, Dix Hills,
NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 002747;
Cal. No. 12834
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Suspension for not less than 9 months
and until fit to practice; Upon termination of suspension,
probation 3 years under various terms to commence upon return to
practice, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
willfully abusing a patient physically; conduct which evidences
moral unfitness; practicing or offering to practice beyond the
scope permitted by law; advertising in a manner not in the public
interest; administering colonic irrigations to patients without a
doctor's order or medical supervision; and preparing a claim
form that listed dates of treatment on dates where no treatment
was rendered.
Podiatry
Marshall Robert Stokols,
Cliffside Park, NJ
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003809; Cal.
No. 14923
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 5 year suspension, execution of first 2
years of suspension stayed in part solely to limited extent of
permitting respondent to perform podiatric community service
imposed in underlying criminal proceeding, execution of last 3
years of suspension fully stayed, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a
Class D Felony, and conviction of twelve counts of Offering a
False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a Class E
Felony.
Mark Frederick Buthorn, Jr.,
Garden City, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 002200; Cal.
No. 14376
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
false statements on an employment application to a hospital.
Dennis Michael Illuzzi,
Commack, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004192; Cal.
No. 14922
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
committing errors made during treatment of two patients.
Arnold L. Rothman, Chester,
NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003794; Cal.
No. 15406
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine, 100 hours of
public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
committing errors made during treatment of two patients.
Psychology
John R. Klindienst,
Riverhead, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 007012; Cal.
No. 15336
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Indefinite suspension of no less than 1
year to be terminated when fit to practice, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient.
John P. Calicchia, Westbury,
NY; Syosset, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003976; Cal.
No. 15492
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Public
Accountancy
Hunter Hwang, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 038072; Cal. No. 14795
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: Partial suspension in certain area until
successfully completes certain course, probation 2 years, $1,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
committing errors in two audits.
Constance Collins,
Binghamton, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 057016; Cal. No. 15576
Regents Action Date: July 21, 1995
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Aiding
and Abetting and Assisting in the Willful Failure to File a
Federal Tax Return on wagering income.
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