Certified Public Accountancy - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Nursing - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy - Speech-Language Pathology - Veterinary Medicine
Kenny Horng-Ching Du,
Flushing, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
068913; Cal. No. 18283
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000 (see also September 1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $1,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been
convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny, a class B misdemeanor.
Mark Edward Studin, Stony
Brook, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 003021; Cal. No.
17056
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension to be terminated earlier as
set forth in consent order application, $10,000 fine, probation 2
years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing
to perform a proper differential diagnostic evaluation of a patient
who was experiencing loss of leg mobility and numbness of the
extremities as well as failing to maintain a record which accurately
reflected the evaluation and treatment of said patient.
Jack W. Falsion,
Brockport, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023558; Cal. No.
18508
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to
use scientifically accepted infection prevention techniques
appropriate to dentistry for cleaning, sterilization, or disinfecting
of instruments, devices, materials and work surfaces.
Terry Edward Grant, Hempstead,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042150; Cal. No.
18266
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000 (see also December 2008)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of filing
false reports with insurance companies.
Marina Kipnis, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042510; Cal. No.
18280
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully
making a false report.
Emmett Joseph Folgert, Massena,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 013776; Cal. No.
18282
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000 (See also March 2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 month suspension with leave to apply for early
termination as set forth in consent order application - upon service
of the two month period of suspension or early termination of
suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully
verbally intimidating a patient and failing to maintain accurate
patient records.
Edward Lucker, Ray Brook,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
221931; Cal. No. 18393
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000 (see also December 1994)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of having
been convicted of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation in the Third
Degree, an unclassified misdemeanor, Driving While Intoxicated, a
class E felony and Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Joanne Morawski, Goshen, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
400023; Cal. No. 18559
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willful
patient abuse.
Shereen Ophelia Otto, Brooklyn,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
216680; Cal. No. 17849
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been
convicted of the crime Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Evelyn A. Greene a/k/a Evelyn A.
Hughes, Tampa, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
287022; Cal. No. 16628
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000 (see also November 1995)
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 2 years to commence if and when
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of violating
terms of probation imposed by the Board of Regents.
Judith Ann Woodard, Ticonderoga,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
383035; Cal. No. 17540
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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
stop an operation when alcohol was detected on a certified registered
nurse anesthetist.
Jamila Nurra-Uddin Ali, Freeport,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
354787; Cal. No. 17551
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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 Possession of Stolen Property in the Fourth
Degree, a class E misdemeanor, and Assault in the Third Degree, a
class A misdemeanor.
Elizabeth M. Vitale, Mastic
Beach, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
475840; Cal. No. 18047
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
telling a patient that he could self-administer a suppository after
being told by the patient that he wanted the licensee to administer
the suppository.
Ellen Marie Sheehan, Hudson
Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
239988; Cal. No. 18118
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been
convicted of Unlawfully Receiving Public Assistance.
Ann T. Joyce, Wappingers Falls,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
126051; Cal. No. 18252
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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 being drunk
on duty while rendering nursing care to a child.
Jennifer A. Christie a/k/a Jennifer A.
Salmon, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 209052, 425779; Cal. Nos. 18272,
18273
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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
verify that a patient was receiving the correct blood type.
Diana J. Manzi, Nedrow, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
157581; Cal. No. 18314
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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, $250
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of committing
medication administration and practice errors and maintaining
inadequate records.
Kathleen Mary Rich a/k/a Kathleen M. Rich
Zois, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 202584, 413088; Cal. Nos. 18349,
18348
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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 failure to
administer medication and a blood transfusion in accordance with the
physician's order.
Alicia Ann Stewart, Niagara
Falls, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
457444; Cal. No. 18366
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering the wrong medication to four patients.
Rachal Arakal, Garnerville,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
431446; Cal. No. 18415
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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 writing
another nurse's initials on a medex which deleted a medication
administration error.
William Frederick Menz,Jamestown, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026694; Cal. No.
18299
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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 charges of having been
convicted of a crime under the laws of another jurisdiction which if
committed in New York would have constituted the crime of Criminal
Conspiracy and filing a false report.
George G. Giovannone,
Johnson, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 008512;
Cal. No. 17991
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
delegating professional responsibilities to a person when the
licensee delegating such responsibilities knew or had reason to know
that such a person was not qualified, by training, by experience or
by licensure, to perform such tasks.
George Giovannone Physical Therapy,
P.C., 1219 Dolsontown Road, Middletown, NY 10940
Profession: Physical Therapy; Cal. No. 17992
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge of
delegating professional responsibilities to a person when the
licensee delegating such responsibilities knew or had reason to know
that such a person is not qualified, by training, by experience or by
licensure, to perform such tasks.
Roberta L. Carrubba,
Belle Harbor, NY
Profession: Speech-Language Pathologist; Lic. No.
003907; Cal. No. 18387
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
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 submitting
insurance claims for treatment rendered to two patients indicating
more treatment than actually occurred.
Matthew David Long,
Gloversville, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 006153; Cal. No.
17178
Regents Action Date: March 7, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of allowing an
unlicensed individual to routinely perform tasks that required
licensure.