Certified Public Accountancy - Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Massage Therapy - Nursing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Professional Engineering and Land Surveying - Psychology - Respiratory Therapy - Veterinary Medicine
Andrew Youngwook
Choi, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 056231; Cal. No. 19280
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 (see also
June 1996)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
violating terms of probation regarding registration and
continuing education.
Douglas C.
Kabat, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
015438; Cal. No. 17719
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Pursue certain course, 3 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Engaging In A Prohibited Practice, a class E
Felony.
Marie T. Eagan,
New York, NY
Profession: Chiropractic; Lic. No. 003730; Cal.
No. 18853
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than one month and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
engaging in a consensual sexual relationship with an adult
patient.
Michael Berlin,
Plainview, NY
Profession: Chiropractic; Lic. No. 006576; Cal.
No. 19000
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 6 months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of engaging
in a sexual relationship with an adult patient.
Dennis Nelson
Burns, New Hartford, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023131; Cal. No.
17581
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of partial suspension, probation 2 years, $2,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
installing an ill-fitting bridge, extracting two impacted wisdom
teeth in one visit when only one should have been extracted at
that time and failing to document various aspects of that
extraction treatment.
Marcos
Eustaquio, Woodhaven, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040464; Cal. No.
17791
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 (see also
April 1997 and February 2002)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension with leave to apply for
early termination as set forth in consent order application -
upon service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of not
paying a fine and failing to take a one-semester course in
prosthodontics.
Howard Gordon,
Bayside, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 026955; Cal. No.
18843
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
submitting an insurance claim for payment for the making of a
post and core that he modified but did not make.
Rolando
Guardiola, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042756; Cal. No.
19136
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 charge of
filing a false report with an insurance company.
Titus Anthony
Howell, Rochester, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045360; Cal. No.
19161
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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
delegation of professional responsibilities to a person or
persons when he knew or had reason to know that such person or
persons were not qualified by licensure to perform the acts and
failure to maintain accurate patient records.
Kevin D.
Poupore, Malone, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035617; Cal. No.
19186
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, 100 hours of
public service, $30,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
delegating professional responsibilities to a person or persons
when he knew or had reason to know that such person or persons
was/were not qualified by licensure to perform the acts;
submitting insurance claims for reimbursement for professional
services performed by unlicensed persons; and having been
convicted of attempted unauthorized practice of dentistry and/or
dental hygiene.
George Ove
Vihlstrand, Flushing, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 000908;
Cal. No. 16831
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of:
permitting an unlicensed person to perform activities requiring a
license; delegating to an unlicensed individual the professional
responsibility of performing massages on clients when he had
reason to know said individual was not qualified by licensure to
do so; knowingly allowing individuals to engage in prostitution
at his office; failing to make reasonable efforts to prevent
prostitution from occurring on said premises; and hiring
individuals neither licensed or otherwise authorized to practice
massage therapy in the State of New York, without having first
made reasonable efforts to determine whether they were licensed
or otherwise authorized to practice massage therapy in the State
of New York.
Jean Sanders,
Baldwinsville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
183013; Cal. No. 18626
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain an accurate patient record.
Joy R. Thompson,
Stanley, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
176950; Cal. No. 19263
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of
Public Health Law Article 33.
Jacqueline
Sahadi, Newington, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 452921; Cal. No. 19370
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
having been convicted of fraudulent practice of nursing in the
State of Connecticut.
David Joseph
Diraimondo, Lockport, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 355170; Cal. No. 19386
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
willfully making and filing a false nurse registration
application with the New York State Education Department.
Richard Bryan
Watrous, Homer, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 352200; Cal. No. 17515
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Partial suspension in certain area until terminated as
set forth in Regents Review Committee report - upon termination
of partial suspension, probation 3 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of:
erroneously administering a non-controlled substance to a patient
when it was not required by a physicans order; failing to
document that he did so; failing to report the error to the
facility where he was employed when it was his responsibility to
do so; and practicing the profession while impaired by drugs.
Richard Albert Randolph,
Jr., Bloomingburgh, NY and Middletown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
225615; Cal. No. 18022
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 (see also
March 2003)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
stolen a box containing ten (10) vials of the drug Dilaudid from
an employer for his own use in 1996.
Dawn E. Funk,
Broadalbin, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
094168; Cal. No. 19140
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 5 year suspension, execution of last 41/2 years of
suspension stayed, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Attempted Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a
class E felony.
Poiry Joloire
Lauture, Hollis, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 450552; Cal. No. 17923
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
falsely stating on his licensure and employment application that
he had no criminal convictions, and performing an unchaperoned
vaginal examination on a female patient.
Betty E.
Stewart, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 393069; Cal. No. 18361
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to keep an accurate patient record by falsely documenting that
she had made a home care visit to a patient and evaluated and
assessed that patient.
Donna S. Hays,
Saratoga Springs, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 448122;
Cal. No. 18535
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 charge of
administering a medication without a physician's order.
Kristel Lynn
Bashaw, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
217315; Cal. No. 18596
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 (see also September 2006)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, probation 2 years to
commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Forgery in the Third Degree, a Class A
Misdemeanor; Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree, a Class
A Misdemeanor; Prostitution, a Class B Misdemeanor; and Resisting
Arrest, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Brinette Rodriques a/k/a
Brinette Ann Randle, Hollis, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248651; Cal. No. 18754
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine, 25 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny, a class B
Misdemeanor.
Stefani Robin Negrin a/k/a
Stefani R. Goldick, Commack, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 129053, 326878; Cal. Nos. 18785,
18786
Regents Action Date: June 12, 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 did not contest charge of
failing to make home visits as required.
Denise Agnes
Frith-Williams, Roosevelt, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 221138, 444699; Cal. Nos. 18797,
18798
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as forth in consent order application, 24 month
suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed,
probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering I.V. Benadryl to a patient when there was no order
for said patient to receive I.V. Benadryl.
Roger Lynn
Crespo, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 471353; Cal. No. 18822
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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
committing five medication administration errors.
Jean M. Messina,
Centereach, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
098246; Cal. No. 18841
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of opening
vials of Dilaudid, removing a portion thereof, and substituting
saline and water. Licensee then falsely charted the wasting of
Dilaudid when, in fact, she self-administered the medication.
Lillian Bernice
Jeffrey, Richmond Hill, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
252075; Cal. No. 18846
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to administer medications and tube feedings to several residents
of a nursing home.
Blair Malcolm
MacLeod, Ithaca, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 370654; Cal. No. 18848
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 (see also
September 1998)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 3 years to commence if and when return to
practice, $500 fine, 50 hours of public service - above penalties
shall supercede penalty imposed under Order No. 17365.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Attempted Assault in the Third Degree.
Maureen A.
Hughes, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
199480; Cal. No. 18956
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
administering a lesser dosage than required of Hepatitis B
vaccine to patients and by failing to document the dosages
administered to other patients.
Mary Jean
Lackaff, Windham, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 494104; Cal. No. 18963
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension with leave to apply for a
stay of execution of any unserved portion of suspension as set
forth in consent order application - upon termination of
suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to properly monitor tube feedings; discontinuing medications as
ordered; administering ordered medications; discontinuing an I.V.
without a physician's order; and inaccurate record
keeping.
Donna Turk
Webster, Cicero, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
071994; Cal. No. 18979
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing medication errors and omissions.
Karen Jeanette
Conrad, St. James, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 415087; Cal. No. 18981
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 charge of
abandonment of a patient by failing to make a home visit.
Flora E.S.
Lincoln, Bridgewater, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 255661; Cal. No. 19008
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 summon the cardiac emergency response team, "call a
code".
Joan Weller
Diehl, Nedrow, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 076015, 480000; Cal. Nos. 19011,
19012
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 giving a
patient a minor burn while drying a bedsore and changing a
ventilator setting without authorization to do so.
Lenore Theresa
Gipp, Coram, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 222515; Cal. No. 19029
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 charge of
making practice errors.
Maureen M.
Rasmussen, Toms River, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 181010; Cal. No. 19038
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
reporting to work while intoxicated by alcohol.
Deborah Ann
Grandenetti, Bellport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 125684, 324804; Cal. Nos. 19043,
19044
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
administering a medication to a patient without a physician's
order.
Marianne Judith
Witkowski, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
200390; Cal. No. 19060
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Roxanne Marie
Bigelow, DeKalb, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 254972, 499117; Cal. Nos. 19067,
19068
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering 60 units of NPH insulin and 40 units of regular
insulin to a patient, pursuant to a physician's order that
called for 6 units of NPH insulin and 4 units regular
insulin.
Nancy Wallock
Kuhn, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
064876; Cal. No. 19097
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 charge of
recording blood glucose readings that were not in fact taken, and
filing a false employment application.
Lisa Ann
Baumgartner, Geneva, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 103036, 422845; Cal. Nos. 19110,
19105
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Millicent McFarlane
Rose, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 202534; Cal. No. 19131
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to ensure that a newborn infant with a low blood sugar
level received an early feeding, as ordered by the infant's
physician.
Gail Padden
Heald, Watervliet, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 359511; Cal. No. 19151
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
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 charge of
failing to keep adequate medical records.
Ann Marie
Morrow, Ogdensburg, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
200968; Cal. No. 19152
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 (see also
May 2005)
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 failing
to follow infection control policy, making medication errors and
failing to maintain an accurate record for each patient.
Veta Clarke,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
090400; Cal. No. 19155
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering, on numerous occasions, double the dose of
medications prescribed to a patient.
Mary J. Metzger,
Yonkers, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 204769; Cal. No. 19158
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Veta Brown,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
252281; Cal. No. 19165
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering, on numerous occasions, double the dose of
medications prescribed to a patient.
Debra Rudden,
Rockaway Park, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
121182; Cal. No. 19177
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
documenting she had seen a patient when that patient had expired
a month earlier.
Michelle Elizabeth
Lawrence, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
246442; Cal. No. 19180
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
administering the wrong dosage of medication to a patient,
failing to properly administer medication to a patient with a
gastrostomy tube, and failing to properly report that a patient
had fallen.
Robert James
Morton, Cheektowaga, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 500679; Cal. No. 19185
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Valerie Nesmith,
Webster, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
182740; Cal. No. 19198
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny.
Irene David,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
080324; Cal. No. 19250
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering, on numerous occasions, double the dose of
medication prescribed to a patient.
Evelyne Desamours,
Mableton, GA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
221142; Cal. No. 19293
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of the last
20 months stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate
Nursing Degree.
Robert Harold
Branshaw, Oswego, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024740; Cal.
No. 18169
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of:
maintaining in his inventory drugs that were misbranded in that
said drugs were in containers that did not contain the name and
place of business of the manufacturer or distributor, the lot
number, expiration date or an accurate statement of the quantity
of the contents in terms of weight, measure or numerical count;
holding for sale and offering for sale misbranded drugs; having
in stock numerous medication containers each containing repacked
drugs; and failing to maintain a record regarding said
repackaging.
Wayne Drugs of Pulaski,
Inc., 24 West Bridge Street, Oswego, NY 13126
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019649; Cal. No.
18170
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand, $250 fine.
Summary: Respondent was found guilty of:
maintaining in it's inventory drugs that were misbranded in
that said drugs were in containers that did not contain the name
and place of business of the manufacturer or distributor, the lot
number, expiration date or an accurate statement of the quantity
of the contents in terms of weight, measure or numerical count;
holding for sale and offering for sale misbranded drugs; having
in stock numerous medication containers each containing repacked
drugs; and failing to maintain a record regarding said
repackaging.
Kevin Arthur
Ferry, Bohemia, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037459; Cal.
No. 18277
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001 (see also
December 2004)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
substituting a drug in place of another without authorization,
failing to record the failure to obtain written follow-up to oral
prescriptions, and failing to sign the daily record of
prescriptions filled and refilled.
Richard Matthew
Tinger, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026877; Cal.
No. 18919
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Filing a Fraudulent Tax Return.
Marvin F. Peck,
Saddle Brook, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023587; Cal.
No. 19113
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
causing his employer pharmacy to bill an insurance company for
reimbursement for prescription-required drugs dispensed to
himself as if they had been dispensed pursuant to prescription
when he knew that he had no prescriptions or other lawful orders
for these drugs.
Natasha Marie
Altshuler, New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 045677; Cal.
No. 19132
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
dispensing a prescription when there was no prescription written
by a person legally authorized to issue the prescription.
Barry O. Fagin,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 002694; Cal.
No. 18892
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree and
admitted to charge of denying the conviction on his
re-registration application.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
Francis W.
Meyer, Manhasset, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
035243; Cal. No. 19195
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
affixing his signature and professional seal to plans for a
scaffolding drawn by an unlicensed individual without thoroughly
reviewing said plans.
Ronald Joseph
Goodrich, Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 011962; Cal.
No. 17798
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of last 33
months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
negligently handling transference of feelings between himself and
a former client.
Allison
Margolies, Cedarhurst, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 007041; Cal.
No. 18845
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
permitting an unlicensed management company to use her signature
stamp on billings that included billing for preparation of
reports and failing to review said claim forms.
Shibu Mathew,
Glen Oaks, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
003327; Cal. No. 18766
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension with leave to apply, after
service of 3 months of suspension, for early termination as set
forth in consent order application - upon service or termination
of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of altering
a ventilator setting to an unacceptable level, and fraudently
making false claims on an employment application.
Deborah Joan
Thompson
Profession: Veterinary Technician; Lic. No.
002133; Cal. No. 19191
Regents Action Date: June 12, 2001
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of manslaughter in the First Degree under the laws
of another state, which if committed within New York State would
have constituted a crime under New York State Law.