Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Dietetics and Nutrition - Nursing - Pharmacy - Professional Engineering
Anthony Esposito, Long Island
City, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
014117; Cal. No. 16912
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making
inappropriate inquiries regarding a resident's sexual behavior
and telling off-colored jokes to co-workers.
Stuart L. Forgash, New York,
NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 001529; Cal. Nos.
16769, 12692
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of subjecting
patient to offensive physical contact during the course of
treatment.
Joseph Stephen Gulyas, Clifton
Park, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 005264; Cal. No.
17094
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
improperly billing and failing to maintain accurate patient
records.
Gamal I. Hashem, Hackensack,
NJ
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041209; Cal. No.
16948
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of suspension
stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty to two counts of
violating the Penal Law by subjecting patients to sexual contact
without patients' consent while they were undergoing treatment,
both class B Misdemeanors.
Leslie G. Cheifetz, New York,
NY
Profession: Dentist and Dental Anesthesia; Lic. No.
033065, Cert. No. 000142; Cal. Nos. 17067, 17066
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of suspension
stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee/Certificate Holder was found
guilty of having been convicted of the crime Grand Larceny in the
Third Degree, a class D felony.
Adrian Peter Wizes, Hagaman,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 044121; Cal. No.
17176
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998 (see also December 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 having been convicted
of three crimes: Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified
Misdemeanor; Criminal Contempt in the Second Degree, a class A
Misdemeanor and Issuing a Bad Check, a class B Misdemeanor.
Chhaya Arun Sangave, Rochester,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039638; Cal. No.
17216
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree for submitting false Medicaid
claims.
Beata Gizella Priore, Glen Head,
NY
Profession: Certified Dietitian and Certified
Nutritionist; Cert. No. 003783; Cal. No. 17201
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fourth
Degree.
Jo-Ann Budd, Pt. Richey, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
368270; Cal. No. 15589
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been
convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified Misdemeanor;
failure to administer medications, erroneously recording that
medication was administered; administering medications without a
physician's order; and failing to complete records, all on more
then one occasion, and failure to comply with terms of probation as
set forth by the Board of Regents.
Bruce J. Randall, Beaver Dams,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
315363; Cal. No. 16996
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of the crime Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the
Seventh Degree.
Catherine A. Hughes a/k/a Catherine A.
Misik, Verbank, NY, Lagrangeville, NY and West Palm
Beach, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
211598; Cal. No. 16390
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998 (see also April 2001)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of knowingly
altering her registration certificate to fraudulently indicate that
she was registered with the State Education Department as a Licensed
Practical Nurse.
Joy L. Southard, Moravia, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
205712; Cal. No. 15579
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having made numerous
medication administration errors from October, 1992 through January,
1994.
William T. Newman, Schenectady,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
381173; Cal. No. 16333
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998 (see also July 2001)
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 having been convicted
of the crime of Driving While Intoxicated; of having inappropriately
administering Insulin on three occasions, and did not contest the
charges of failing to disclose a Driving While Intoxicated conviction
on his application for licensure, and failing to disclose two Driving
While Intoxicated convictions on an employment application.
Adam Richard Harr, New York,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
450123; Cal. No. 16579
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month suspension, following execution of said
one month suspension probation 11 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to entering into and
permitting a social relationship to exist with a patient.
Colleen Lynn Mahoney, Olean,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 152042, 435311; Cal. Nos. 16963,
16962
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing
to start the reinfusion of salvaged blood at the correct time and
failing to document the time of the initiation of the reinfusion of
salvaged blood.
Ardell M. McGrane, North
Granville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
240505; Cal. No. 17043
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to practice,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of medication
administration errors and failing to respond to a written
communication sent by the New York State Education Department.
Herbert James Hoos, New Port
Richey, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 170481, 373594; Cal. Nos. 17068,
17090
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
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
administering medications to patients without a physician's
order.
Cheryl Yvonne Dessaure, Forest
Park, GA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
460134; Cal. No. 17086
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of phoning in a
prescription to a pharmacy using a physician's name when the
physician had not authorized the prescription.
Nancy Johnson Laquay, Elbridge,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; Lic. No. 126641; Cert. No. 330576; Cal. Nos. 17133,
17134
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 5 year suspension with leave to apply for early
termination, after serving at least 6 months of said suspension, as
set forth in consent order application - upon service or termination
of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to properly and thoroughly assess a patient who was in pain,
and who had been ordered by a physician to receive a pelvic
examination.
Joe Tersago, Woodside, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 230002, 458453; Cal. Nos. 17155,
17036
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 12 month suspension - upon service of
suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of committing an act constituting a Federal crime by knowingly and
willfully making a false, fictitious and fraudulent statement and
representation on an application for compensation.
Donna M. Viento, Pound Ridge,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
232398; Cal. No. 17165
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
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 charge of failing to
inform an infant patient's doctor of a drastic change in vital
signs.
Danietta Jo Tronetti, Arkport,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
219554; Cal. No. 17177
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
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 having been convicted
of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, a Class E Felony.
Caroline J. McLennon, St. Albans,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
450772; Cal. No. 17204
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $1,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of submitting a
false health assessment examination form to an employer, taking a
physician's identification stamp from a hospital where she was
employed, and permitting a nurse to affix it to a form submitted to
her employer.
Arlene J. Firth, Babylon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 194060, 407501; Cal. No. 17263,
17264
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to administer three doses of a controlled substance to a
patient, and subsequently removing said drugs from the hospital,
discarding them and making false entries on the controlled substance
sign-out sheet and the patient's medication administration record
to make it appear as if she had administered the doses in
question.
Cherrie Agnes McQuilkin,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
169663; Cal. No. 17266
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
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
willfully making a false report.
Alberta Schiller Toth,
Huntington, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
183167; Cal. No. 17294
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to
correctly document a medication error and a physician's order
relating to said error.
Regina M. Kircher, Owego, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
309211; Cal. No. 17297
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to
administer medications in accordance with the physician's
order.
Jill Earl, Norwood, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
463489; Cal. No. 17314
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
committing medication administration errors.
J. David Boyd, Elizaville, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
401722; Cal. No. 17339
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998 (see also April 2003)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month suspension and until terminated as set
forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
documenting vital signs for four patients.
Steven Leonard Shapiro,
Cedarhurst, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027156; Cal. No.
16889
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of the crime Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the
Seventh Degree.
Irwin G. Luftig, Pomona, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028943; Cal. No.
16992
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18 months
of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Federal crime of purchasing drug samples.
Jeffrey S. Alexander, Tenafly,
NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025406; Cal. No.
17100
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of fraudulent
billing of Medicaid and chemical dependence.
Steven H. Berman, Merrick, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026466; Cal. No.
17121
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of offering
for sale misbranded drugs.
Philmar Pharmacy, Inc., 1111 Old
Country Road, Plainview, NY 11803
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 008646; Cal. No.
17122
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $250 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charge of
offering for sale misbranded drugs.
Roger W. Wehr, Eldred, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 058496;
Cal. No. 17220
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of violating a
Federal law of Mail Fraud, a felony.
Darin V. Liska, Plattsburgh,
NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 046733;
Cal. No. 16671
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
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 performing
site and soil evaluations on two separate parcels of land and
incorrectly certifying the seasonal high water tables.
Roy Asbjorn Fredriksen, Mahopac,
NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 050505;
Cal. No. 17023
Regents Action Date: July 17, 1998
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 month suspension, upon service of suspension,
probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of the crime Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.