New York State Education
Department
Office of the Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional Misconduct and
Discipline
June 12, 1997
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Architecture - Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry -
Nursing - Pharmacy -
Podiatry - Psychology -
Public Accountancy - Occupational Therapy - Veterinary
Medicine
Architecture
John Peter Knauth,
Amherst, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 011762; Cal. No.
16646
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of the
unauthorized affixing of his signature and seal to a master site
plan.
Certified Social Work
Lisa Dobbs,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
030994; Cal. No. 15495
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of rendering an
opinion on the mental state of someone she never interviewed.
Chiropractic
Edward J.
Lauterbach, Wappingers Falls, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 001902; Cal.
No. 13824
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last
21 months of suspension stayed, probation 12 months.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of certifying
tests that he did not perform and certifying the gait of a
patient as normal when it was abnormal.
Edward J. Lauterbach,
P.C., Wappingers Falls, NY
Profession: Professional Corporation; Cal. No.
13825
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last
21 months of suspension stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of certifying
tests that he did not perform and certifying the gait of a
patient as normal when it was abnormal.
Charles J.
Cancellieri, Melville, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 004628; Cal.
No. 15530
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
November 1998)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of 21
months of suspension stayed, actual suspension shall commence on
July 1, 1997 and shall conclude on September 30, 1997, probation
2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of
touching a patient's breasts for no legitimate chiropractic
purpose.
Cancellieri Chiropractic,
P.C., 900 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747
Profession: Professional Service Corporation;
Cal. No. 15573
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of
touching two patients' breasts for no legitimate purpose.
Dentistry
Howard B. Marshall,
New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023288; Cal. No.
14736
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of wrongfully
using the title "specialist in implant dentistry."
Mid Manhattan Dental,
P.C., 119 West 57th Street, New York, NY
10019-2301
Profession: Dentist; Cal. No. 14737;
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of wrongfully
using the title "specialist in implant dentistry."
James Nelson
Liemberger, Clarence, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035381; Cal. No.
16529
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of perforating
the gumwall of a patient's tooth and failing to properly
treat the patient when she complained of pain and discomfort.
David Molho, New
York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024118; Cal. No.
16533
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Suspension until served at least 3
months of suspension and until terminated as set forth in consent
order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 3
years, $10,000 fine, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of the crime of Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, a
class A misdemeanor.
Mark J. Mergler,
New York, NY, and Long Island City, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 033031; Cal. No.
16605
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: $500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of errors on
insurance claims.
Mark Mergler,
P.C., New York, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation;
Cal. No. 16606
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: $500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of making
errors on insurance claims.
Daniel C. Kaczor,
Blasdell, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024512; Cal. No.
16614
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Offering a False Instrument of Filing in the Second
Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Nursing
Alicia R. Florendo,
Jersey City, NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
170022; Cal. No. 15547, Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
369302; Cal. No. 15548
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to
use an infusion pump when administering an intravenous solution
to a premature infant and failing to properly monitor the rate of
infusion.
Dianna Lynn Charo,
Ballston Spa, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
227676; Cal. No. 16011
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing
eleven medication administration and documentation errors.
G.D. Grenda a/k/a Gregg D.
Grenda, Grand Island, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 375744; Cal. No. 16155
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to
use proper care in transporting a patient to her room which
caused the patient to suffer physical injury.
Patrick Joseph
Reilly, Rock Tavern, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 446582; Cal. No. 16218
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Indefinite suspension until terminated
as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of
suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being
convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree, a class
A misdemeanor.
Sheila M. Sexton,
Verona, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
099419; Cal. No. 16236
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing
medication errors/omissions.
Bonita M. Caldwell,
Ithaca, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 256021; Cal. No. 16404
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 month suspension - following the
period of suspension, probation 3 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being
convicted of Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree, a Class
Misdemeanor on each occasion.
Charles Joseph
Hartz, Malone, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 232502, 466060 ; Cal. No. 16510,
16511
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
April 2001)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of a
transcription error and failure to properly assess a patient.
Rosalina Eugenio
Jabon, Largo, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 214102, 435376; Cal. Nos. 16558,
16559
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last
23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of transfusing
a third unit of blood into a patient when the physician's
order called for only two units of blood to be transfused into
the patient.
Caroline Havens,
Hammondsport, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 464949; Cal. No. 16567
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to
properly chart the administration of the controlled substance
Demorol and the non-controlled habit forming substance
Nubain.
Adlain Zintel,
Maryland, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
164395; Cal. No. 16596
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of medication
administration and documentation errors.
Amelia Zeigerman,
Schenectady, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 396829; Cal. No. 16615
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
June 1999 and February 2005)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being a
habitual user of heroin from on or about 1994 to on or about
early, 1996.
Linda E. Rizzo,
Levittown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
183128; Cal. No. 16663
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to
practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being
convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny.
Dawn DeForest, Mt.
Upton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
227862; Cal. No. 16664
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of physical
abuse of a patient.
Ilene Dori Klajer,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 437752; Cal. No. 16687
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of diverting
Restoril from the hospital where she was employed.
Sheril Althea
Scarlett, Mt. Vernon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
212035; Cal. No. 16690
Regents Action Nurse: June 12, 1997
Action: 3 month suspension - upon service of
suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits to allegations that she
failed to file a report concerning an act of patient neglect and
made false entries in the business records of Hebrew Hospital
Home in September, 1994, to wit: she failed to report that a
patient had fallen from a hoyerlift and she represented that she
was present during the transfer of a patient from a chair to a
bed and that she has assisted in the transfer when she had
not.
Sharon Jubrey, East
Greenbush, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 434844; Cal. No. 16729
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 6 month suspension - upon service of
suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being
convicted of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a class E
felony.
Occupational Therapy
Margaret A. Gioia a/k/a Margaret
Adamczak, 112 Albertson, NY
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No.
003469; Cal. No. 16534
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny
Sarah Nosel-Kates,
New York, NY
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No.
003410; Cal. No. 16639
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the
Second Degree (17 counts) and Falsifying Business Records in the
First Degree (19 Counts).
Pharmacy
Mahmood Alam Malik,
Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 038302; Cal.
No. 15092
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
March 1996)
Action: 3 month suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of holding
for sale and offering for sale misbranded drugs and dispensing
inaccurate amounts of drugs.
Samica Pharmacy,
Inc., 6407 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11204
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 017478;
Cal. No. 15093
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 3 month suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy was found guilty of
holding for sale and offering for sale misbranded drugs and
dispensing inaccurate amounts of drugs.
Hwa Jin Yoo Park,
Melville, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030561; Cal.
No. 14365
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 2
years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of signing
daily computer generated logs for approximately six months during
which she was not regularly dispensing prescriptions.
Pratt Drug, Inc.,
488 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Profession: Pharmacist; Reg. No. 017690; Cal.
No. 15873
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
June 1999)
Action: $500 fine
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
medication on one occasion without a prescription, and minor and
technical violations found during an inspection.
Mohammad R.
Qureshi, Plandome Manor, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031923; Cal.
No. 15874
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
April 1995 and July 16, 1999)
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
medication on one occasion without a prescription, and minor and
technical violations found during an inspection.
Soundview Drugs,
Inc., 1515 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 017810;
Cal. No. 15893
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation
stayed, probation 1 year, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing a
controlled substance without a prescription and not having a
current Pharmacopeia.
Myers Community Hospital
Foundation, Inc., 6600 Middle Road, Box 310, Sodus,
NY 14451
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 015333;
Cal. No. 16121
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
prescriptions and maintaining records which did not contain the
name of the dispensing pharmacist, repacking drugs and
maintaining records without a pharmacist present.
Nicholas George
Athanas, Jamesville, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026093; Cal.
No. 16455
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension to be terminated
earlier if and when certain terms of consent order application
are satisfied, $1,500 fine, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing
five (5) dispensing errors and handing two (2) dispensed
medications to the wrong patient.
Charles Hartman,
Merrick, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034766; Cal.
No. 16588
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
April 1998)
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last
20 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $10,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
prescription-required drugs not on the basis of prescriptions or
other legal authority.
E.F.C., Inc. d/b/a Economy
Drugs, 703 North Newbridge Road, Levittown, NY
11756
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021384;
Cal. No. 16589
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
April 1998)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
prescription-required drugs not on the basis of prescriptions or
other legal authority.
Economy Drugs,
703 North Newbridge Road, Levittown, NY 11756
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021384;
Cal. No. 16589
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
April 1998)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
prescription-required drugs not on the basis of prescriptions or
other legal authority.
Joseph William
Stelzer, Riverhead, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022757; Cal.
No. 16590
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of unauthorized
substitution of a drug.
Burton Ettinger,
Jericho, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 021379; Cal.
No. 16624
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of violations
found during a pharmacy inspection.
Ettinger, Burton d/b/a
Ettinger Pharmacy, Garden City, NY
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 010309;
Cal. No. 16625
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of violations
found during a pharmacy inspection.
Superior Pharmacy
Inc., 78-14 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY
11372
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 023066;
Cal. No. 16724
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997 (see also
October 2002)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
drugs not pursuant to prescriptions written by an authorized
prescriber.
Elena M. Luna,
Bellerose, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036940; Cal.
No. 16725
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing
drugs not pursuant to prescriptions written by an authorized
prescriber.
Syed R. Abbas,
Plainview, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031156; Cal.
No. 15892
Regent Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing a
controlled substance without a prescription.
Nicole Lizaveta
Tani, New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Cert. No. 001206; Cal.
No. 16678
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the
seventh degree (2 counts) and Criminal Sale of a Controlled
Substance in the Fifth degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled
Substance in the Third degree.
Podiatry
Mayde Ann
Lebensfeld, Highland Beach, FL
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003946; Cal.
No. 16187
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last
18 months of suspension stayed - upon service of said actual
suspension, probation 24 months to commence if and when return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of two counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing
in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Rafael Angel
Muñoz, Jackson Heights, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004345; Cal.
No. 16612
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last
23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing.
Psychology
Helen Moses Fogarty a/k/a Helen
M. Moses, New York, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003729; Cal.
No. 1281
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Revocation, $15,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of verbally
abusing her patient, permitting multiple relationships to exist
between herself and her patient, signing billing statements for
services not provided, attempting to exercise undue influence on
a patient to drop accusations of professional misconduct, and
engaging in sexual relations with two supervisees.
Stephen Ira Hyman,
Roslyn, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003852; Cal.
No. 15593
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of revealing
personally identifiable facts, data, and information about a
patient without prior consent.
John G. Amos,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 008518; Cal.
No. 15463
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to
maintain a record of the evaluation and treatment of a
patient.
Public Accountancy
Edward G. Donnelly,
Melville, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 030078; Cal. No. 15673
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of unlawfully
supplementing the salary of an employee of an agency of the
United states.
Richard A.
LaCondre, Woodbourne, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 041669; Cal. No. 16542
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to
return records to a client.
Salvatore Dimeglio,
Ronkonkoma, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 052018; Cal. No. 16566
Regents Action date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of driving while intoxicated.
Robert C. Leonard,
Cold Spring, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Enrollment) No. 003407; Cal. No. 16388
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree.
Veterinary Medicine
Louis O. Nezvesky,
Bridgeport, CT
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 001963; Cal.
No. 16694
Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing
the profession with gross negligence.
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