New York State Education Department
Office of the
Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional
Misconduct and Discipline
June 20, 2006
Terms under which this information
is provided.
Architecture - Dentistry - Dietetics and
Nutrition - Engineering and Land Surveying
- Massage Therapy - Nursing - Pharmacy - Social Work
Architecture
Walter E. Blum,
Great Neck, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 006928; Cal. No.
21988
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree,
a class A misdemeanor.
Nicholas Vero,
Westhampton Beach, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 018461; Cal. No.
22638
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 9 month stayed
suspension, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
practicing the profession of architecture fraudulently, to wit:
fraudulently using a stamp from the Department of Health on a
site plan.
Dentistry
George M. Mantikas,
East Hampton, CT
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042389; Cal. No.
22721
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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
being found guilty of professional misconduct by the Connecticut
State Dental Commission.
Michael Anthony
Pesiri, New Hyde Park, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037695; Cal. No.
20037
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
making inappropriate telephone calls to two patients in 1992 and
2000.
Dietetics and Nutrition
Patricia Mary Lorenz a/k/a
Patricia Mary Lorenz-Wells, Ticonderoga, NY
Profession: Dietitian; Cert. No. 000742; Cal.
No. 22176
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being convicted of aggravated harassment in the 2nd Degree, a
misdemeanor.
Engineering and Land Surveying
Kenneth J.
Treiling, Catskill, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
066409; Cal. No. 22554
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
being convicted of the crimes of Operating a Motor Vehicle While
Under the Influence of Alcohol and Criminal Possession of a
Weapon in the 4th Degree and the charge of filing a false report
about the criminal convictions.
Massage Therapy
Susan Joy
Maksymowicz, Ridgefield Park, NJ
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 003528;
Cal. No. 22349
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an
Unclassified Misdemeanor.
Nursing
Maxine R. Anyanwu,
Selden, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
263502; Cal. No. 21562
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year
probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
administering the wrong medication, failing to maintain an
accurate count of a controlled substance, and failing to have the
wastage of a controlled substance witnessed.
Sheryl L. Avery,
Seneca Falls, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 545003; Cal. No. 22630
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for a minimum
of 1 year and until fit to practice, upon return to practice 5
years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
diverting narcotics from two hospitals for self
administration.
Lois E. Barber,
McGraw, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
083807; Cal. No. 21759
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of
suspension stayed, probation for last 18 months.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Offering a False Statement for Filing in
the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Jill A. Bishop,
Ticonderoga, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 350878; Cal. No. 22634
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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
being convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Issuing a Bad
Check.
Marianne Cody,
Selden, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 465050; Cal. No. 22658
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted guilt to the charges
of leaving two patients experiencing shortness of breath and
chest discomfort without making arrangements for their
appropriate care, incorrectly administering both the morning and
evening doses of medication to a patient, and failing to inform
anyone of said medication error.
Jennifer L. Coon,
Binghamton, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499353; Cal. No. 22481
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
failing to administer controlled substances to the proper
patients and failing to maintain accurate patient records.
Terry Ann Dehler,
Troy, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
267530; Cal. No. 22323
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 36 month suspension, execution of four consecutive
calendar days of each week of the first 15 months and of all of
the calendar days of each week of the subsequent 21 months of
suspension stayed, 36 months probation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Welfare Fraud in the 5th Degree.
Terrence Michael
Denning, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
206562; Cal. No. 22330
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 5 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Possession of Distribution of Heroin, a
felony.
Lori A. Dorman,
Ballston Spa, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
266921; Cal. No. 22199
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, 2
years probation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law
by the Commissioner of Health for failing to properly keep
required records for controlled substances on four occasions, and
failing to obtain a co-signer for the wasting of a controlled
substance, and obtaining two controlled substance prescriptions
from two separate practitioners while failing to advise them that
she was under the continuous medical care of a third practitioner
who was also prescribing controlled substances for her.
David Daniel
Durling, Niskayuna, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 454834; Cal. No. 22138
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: No further action.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law
by the Commissioner of Health for destroying a total of
approximately 32mgs. of Morphine Sulphate 10 mg. injectable
liquid, on seven separate occasions, without the destruction
being witnessed by a second practitioner.
Bonnie Marion
Ferrone, Utica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
228164; Cal. No. 22139
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, thereafter 3 years probation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A
misdemeanor.
Valentina Kryssina
Follo, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 275266, 550107; Cal. Nos. 22644,
22645
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
recording in patients’ records the administration of
medications which were not given, the values of vital signs that
were not taken, and the results of blood tests which were not
performed.
Bridget E. Grant,
Albion, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 494312; Cal. No. 22733
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for at least 1
year and until fit to practice – upon licensee’s
return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Shirleen V. Henry,
Mt. Vernon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
228369; Cal. No. 22664
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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.
John Brian Kearney a/k/a John B.
Kearney a/k/a John Brian Gleason, Swan Lake, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
267763; Cal. No. 22421
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Censure and Reprimand, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, a felony.
Melissa LaGoy,
Oneida, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
274028; Cal. No. 22572
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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
failing to disclose a criminal conviction and of having committed
medication errors.
John Robert Lash,
Seneca Falls, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 408264; Cal. No. 22172
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006 (see also
October 2002)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child
in the 2nd Degree, a class D felony.
Rebecca A.
Lockwood, Rochester, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 489894; Cal. No. 22702
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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
being convicted of Petit Larceny and Unauthorized Use of a Motor
Vehicle.
Patricia Ann Lucas,
Liverpool, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
218590; Cal. No. 22377
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of one count of Scheme to Defraud in the
1st Degree, a felony, two counts of Grand Larceny in 4th Degree,
a felony, and three counts of Petit Larceny, a misdemeanor.
Deborah Ann
Mastrodonato, Greensboro, NC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 455868; Cal. No. 22654
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Evan Maza, Sound
Beach, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 525364; Cal. No. 22518
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to provide basic nursing care including giving a bath,
properly assessing patients, properly hooking up an IV piggyback,
and completing documentation.
Paulette V.
McDonald-Emeh, Queens Village, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 225393, 460629; Cal. Nos. 22593,
22594
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension of not less
than 1 month and until fit to practice, upon termination of
suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
being convicted of Assault in the 2nd Degree, a class D
felony.
Debra Louise
Mercer-Sears, Far Rockaway, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
171263; Cal. No. 22303
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to administer 7 medications on one occasion to a person
receiving care and services in a residential health care facility
and documenting in the patient’s record that said
medication had been administered.
Kelly Owens a/k/a Kelly
Schasel, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 182988, 436422; Cal. Nos. 22773,
22691
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006 (see also
May 2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, if and when
licensee returns to practice 1 year probation, 50 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
failing to perform a complete assessment of a patient and failing
to enter correct times and doses of medication administrations in
patient records.
Gilbert Lenard
Payne, Owings Mills, MD
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
270849; Cal. No. 22625
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension as stated in
consent order application – upon licensee’s return to
practice in New York State, 2 years probation, $250 fine payable
by October 31, 2006.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
willfully failing to comply with substantial provisions of State
law, rules or regulations governing the practice of the
profession of nursing.
Cecilia Peppenelli,
New Hartford, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 277811; Cal. No. 22653
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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
failing to maintain an accurate record.
Linda Michele
Scinta, Kenmore, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 241546, 496659; Cal. Nos. 22636,
22635
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering a dose of Keflex to a co-worker without a
physician’s order.
Michael D. Simpson,
Norwalk, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; Lic. No. 433120, Cert. No. 380419; Cal. Nos. 22714,
22715
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license and
certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Possession of Child Pornography.
Stephanie L. Smith,
Orchard Park, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 382093; Cal. No. 22633
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years
probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to follow physician orders and instructing staff not to
follow orders.
Sharman Vita, South
Salem, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
235174; Cal. No. 22210
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 month actual suspension.
Summary:Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 2nd Degree, a class
C felony.
Patrick Walters,
Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 243669, 486146; Cal. Nos. 22610,
22609
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years
probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain accurate patient records.
Francis L. Watts,
South Daytona, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 279582; Cal. No. 22187
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Attempted Arson in the 3rd Degree, a
class D felony.
Lori Anne
Zuhlsdorf, Vestal, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
270455; Cal. No. 22338
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having committed medication errors.
Pharmacy
Nicholas Amaxas,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 045878; Cal.
No. 22642
Regents Action Date: June 20, 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 the wrong strength of Coumadin in a mislabeled vial to
a patient.
Bardonia Drug,
Inc., 4 Bardonia Mall Route 304, Bardonia, NY
10956
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019812;
Cal. No. 22577
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
failing, for a period of one and one-half hours, to have a
pharmacist on duty while the pharmacy was open.
Moushira Iskander,
Piermont, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028926; Cal.
No. 22576
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to provide adequate supervision of a pharmacy in that,
while the licensee was a supervising pharmacist, the pharmacy was
open for one and one-half hours without a pharmacist on duty.
Samir Khaldi,
Tripoli, Lebanon
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042562; Cal.
No. 22671
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the North
Carolina Board of Pharmacy.
Allyn Norman,
Buffalo, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031872; Cal.
No. 22626
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year stayed suspension, 3 years probation,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of failing to maintain adequate and
accurate records relating to the use of investigational new
drugs.
Toy & Novelty Workers
Pharmacy, Inc., 147 East 26th Street, New York, NY
10010
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 026632;
Cal. No. 22655
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$3,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
willfully failing to comply with substantial provisions of New
York State law governing the practice of the profession of
pharmacy, to wit: allowing its retail pharmacy to remain open
without a licensed pharmacist present to supervise and manage the
pharmacy.
Social Work
Emmet Charles
Simpson, Oswego, NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker;
Lic. No. 058096; Cal. No. 22503
Regents Action Date: June 20, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 9 month stayed
suspension, upon licensee’s return to practice, 1 year
probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain appropriate personal boundaries with a client
and failing to maintain any records of treatment of the
client.
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Last Update: February 16, 2007
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