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Robert Townsend
Jones, Westhampton, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 025419; Cal. No.
20391
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of failing
to prepare and maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written
evaluation of plans signed and sealed by him that were not prepared
by him or under his supervision.
Robert Charles
Marsac, Williston Park, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 024537; Cal. No.
20697
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 6 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine, 100 hours of
public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree.
John Peter
Zietkiewicz, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 023627; Cal. No.
20378
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing
to prepare and maintain, for at least six years, a thorough written
evaluation of plans that were not prepared by him or under his
supervision and to which he affixed his signature and seal.
Anthony
Pugliese, Tannersville, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 005917; Cal. No.
20502
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
practicing the profession of chiropractic beyond the authorized scope
by offering to treat patients with a smoking cessation program.
Todd J. Rehm,
Lake George, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 008353; Cal. No.
20485
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of moral
unfitness.
Jeffrey A.
Solomon, Monsey, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 004300; Cal. No.
18554
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, after service of 3 year suspension,
probation 3 years, 40 hours of public service, $5,000 fine, complete
certain course work.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of rendering
excessive therapy and treatment, which was not warranted by the
condition of the patients; practicing negligently on more than one
occasion and with incompetence on more than one occasion.
John P.
Finocchio, Hicksville, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 029211; Cal. No.
20572
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
failing to recognize that a file had broken, failing to use a rubber
dam on two occasions, and failing to maintain an accurate patient
record.
Leonard Irwin
Fischbach, Williston Park, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 022325; Cal. No.
20277
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
making a bridge with an open margin that lacked retention.
Kevin Joseph
Grant, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 044444; Cal. No.
20477
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
submitting inaccurate insurance claim forms.
Stuart Novins,
Bay Shore, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023316; Cal. No.
19897
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 when licensee returns to practice, 100 hours of public service;
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to treat periodontal disease prior to performing bridgework;
failing to diagnose and treat an infection in two teeth after root
canal treatment; and failing to maintain accurate treatment
records.
Jairo Rendon,
Malone, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045410; Cal. No.
20201
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having been convicted of four counts of sexual abuse in the 1st
Degree.
William Melvin Stockton,
Jr., Buffalo, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042208; Cal. No.
18588
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when
licensee returns to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
submitting insurance claims for work that he did not perform; failure
to use appropriate protective gloves; failure to properly sterilize
dental equipment; and failure to comply with State regulations which
required him to register x-ray equipment with the New York State
Department of Health.
Josh Joseph
Therattil, Bronx, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046880; Cal. No.
19109
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $5,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
relying on inadequate x-rays to diagnose and treat the teeth of two
patients; placing fillings that were too large and overhung the teeth
filled; and preparing teeth for a bridge before a periodontal
treatment plan was established.
Louis W. Woolf,
Holbrook, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035450; Cal. No.
19631
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 4 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against the charges of writing seven prescriptions for Viagra for his
own use; writing four prescriptions for Vicodin for two patients who
were not patients at the time he wrote the prescriptions; and writing
fifty-one prescriptions for Vicodin for patients when there was no
indication in the patient treatment records that he had seen the
patients on the dates on which the prescriptions were written.
Victor Zeines,
Shokan, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 028616; Cal. No.
20552
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (See also March 2006)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
installing an ill-fitting bridge and failing to maintain a record,
which accurately reflected the treatment of a patient.
Engineering and Land Surveying
Ainsley Ainsworth
Ferraro, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 062079;
Cal. No. 20398
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
willfully submitting an application to the New York City Department
of Buildings which contained false information concerning a proposed
occupancy.
Cecilia Torres
Girard, Lynn, MA
Profession: Midwife; Lic. No. 000586; Cal. No.
20518
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to ensure that a physician responded to a patient, failing to
ensure that oxygen was being administered to a patient, and failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Michelle M. Amo a/k/a Michelle Weegar
Amo, Stanley, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 220679, 443724; Cal. Nos. 20313,
20312
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of advising
a patient's family to increase the dosage of Morphine to the
patient without a physician's order.
Gail A.
Boardway, Eden, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
139757; Cal. No. 20585
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
medication and documentation errors.
Rosa Curry,
Roosevelt, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
200042; Cal. No. 20419
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also April 2002)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree and Resisting
Arrest, both class A misdemeanors.
Colleen M.
Davis, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
259659; Cal. No. 20571
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing
to administer medications and maintaining inadequate patient
records.
Patricia Angella
Deans, Roosevelt, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 221147, 444285; Cal. Nos. 20323,
20324
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of making a
medication administration error and then altering a nursing note to
cover the medication administration error, and failing to indicate on
an application for employment that she had been previously employed
at another hospital.
Linda Christal
DiFasi, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
258382; Cal. No. 20792
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also April 2002)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failure
to administer medications and to exercise reasonable care in the
record keeping of eleven patients.
Elizabeth Knox
Dunning, Hendersonville, NC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
287209; Cal. No. 20694
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor and
failing to disclose the conviction to the Department.
Tim Theodore
Engdahl, Chicago, IL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
462162; Cal. No. 20589
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
diverting controlled substances for his own use, and obtaining
controlled substances for two patients, when in fact, there were no
physician's orders for the controlled substances to be
administered to the patients.
Rosanne Ficarra,
Glen Cove, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
454613; Cal. No. 20621
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of having
been convicted of Operating a Motor Vehicle while under the influence
of drugs or alcohol, and willfully making or filing a false report,
in that she failed to report the aforesaid conviction in her
application for re-registration.
Tami A. Garland,
Danbury, CT
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
214232; Cal. No. 20762
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and
to Distribute Cocaine.
Lorna Lee Guy,
Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
259027; Cal. No. 20539
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
neglecting a patient under her care by failing to assess the patient
for injury upon notification that the patient had fallen, and failing
to properly document and report the incident.
Olivia Windell
Hall, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
191416; Cal. No. 20141
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in
the 7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Nancy Hulihan,
Schenectady, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
359657; Cal. No. 20547
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of having
been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health of patient
neglect.
Karyn Lacertosa a/k/a Karyn
Croce, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 207311, 429457; Cal. Nos. 19598,
19599
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of Attempted Criminal Trespass in the 2nd Degree, a
class B misdemeanor.
Frank Jay Lazan,
Moriches, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
474811; Cal. No. 20070
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
failing to document the administration of medication to a patient;
failing to have a colleague witness the wastage of a controlled
substance; failing to account for 8 mg. of a controlled substance;
and practicing the profession of nursing beyond the authorized
scope.
Mary T. Lewis,
Mahopac, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
132323; Cal. No. 20375
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also February 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 1 year and until
terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence if and when
licensee returns to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree, and
Petit Larceny, both class A misdemeanors.
Carol Lincoln,
Garner, NC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
523043; Cal. No. 20533
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
improperly administering IV Dilantin to a patient causing the patient
cardiac arrest.
Phyllis
McIntyre, Shirley, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
269970; Cal. No. 19793
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
willful physical and verbal abuse, to wit: repositioning a patient in
bed by pulling his hair and using expletives.
Tiffany Nucole
Nicholson, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
261754; Cal. No. 20520
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of three
medication errors.
Catherine Marie Odonoghue a/k/a Catherine
Marie O'Donoghue, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 186317, 463585; Cal. Nos. 20214,
20215
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
falsely representing on hospital sign-in sheets that she worked hours
and shifts that she, in fact, had not worked.
Lovely Jeudy Pierre a/k/a Lovely
Jeudy, Queens Village, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 158995, 356056; Cal. Nos. 20617,
20611
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender licenses
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of while
the owner of a nursing registry service to failing to perform
licensing checks on applicants for nursing positions before employing
them as nurses and sending them out to health care facilities to work
in that capacity.
Paula R. Pillo a/k/a Paula R.
Recchio, Byron, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248161; Cal. No. 20543
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also May 2006)
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 the charge of failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Richard Albert Randolph,
Jr., Middletown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
225615; Cal. No. 20686
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also June 2001)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a class E felony
and Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor.
Linda Ann
Richardson, Albany, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
206607; Cal. No. 20625
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
administering drugs incorrectly and erroneously documenting the
administration of such drugs in patient records.
Rhonda Marie
Romig, Montoursville, PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
510118; Cal. No. 20646
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
medication administration and record keeping errors.
Karen Rothblat,
Melville, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
336850; Cal. No. 20036
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 18 months and until
terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor; stealing medication from a patient's home; willfully
filing a false registration form that did not disclose the
aforementioned misdemeanor conviction; and to a charge she was under
investigation for a July 2000 conviction for Driving While
Intoxicated, a class E felony.
Cynthia Kay
Rotondo, Port Byron, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234015; Cal. No. 20602
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in
the 4th Degree.
Robert Francis
Smith, Myrtle Beach, SC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
489353; Cal. No. 20763
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the 1st Degree.
Ruth L. Smith,
Beaver Dams, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 255430, 501671; Cal. Nos. 20644,
20645
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
medication and treatment errors.
Kathleen L.
Sullivan, Liverpool, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
465961; Cal. No. 20435
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
negligent disposal of a controlled substance and failure to secure an
intravenous infusion pump.
Maria Zoraida
Tan, New York, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
193562; Cal. No. 18520
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
practicing the profession of nursing while the ability to practice
was impaired by mental disability.
Aimee Thrasher,
Astoria, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
447480; Cal. No. 20540
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to document a potential fall by a patient or to notify the
nursing supervisor or physician of the potential fall, and failing to
generate an incident report of the incident.
Kendra Ann
Travis, Gouverneur, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 195085, 447469; Cal. Nos. 20434,
20422
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 3 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Vehicular Assault in the 2nd Degree, a class E
felony, and Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor.
Patty Ann
Wallis, Verona, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248413; Cal. No. 20544
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also June 2004 and December 2004)
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 the charge of failing
to maintain a record, which adequately reflected the treatment of a
patient.
Wayne R. Welsh,
Blasdell, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
507910; Cal. No. 19378
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension with leave to apply, after
service of first six months of suspension, for stay of execution of
unserved portion of suspension as set forth in consent order
application, probation 2 years to commence upon return to
practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering the wrong medication to a patient.
Linda S.
Wheeler, Morris, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
245296; Cal. No. 20542
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of willful
abuse of a patient.
Cynthia B.
Womble, Bronx, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
356534; Cal. No. 20674
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of last 9 months of
suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Patrick Francis
Hanrahan, Hornell, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No. 004925;
Cal. No. 20671
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
willfully failing to register.
Aumiller's Pharmacy
Inc., 1340 State Street, Schenectady,
NY 12304
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 014599; Cal. No.
20399
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge of
holding outdated and misbranded drugs for sale, failing to maintain
oral phone-in prescriptions, failing to record the generic
manufacturer's name, and dispensing prescriptions which lacked
required information.
Buena Vista Pharmacy,
Inc., 2022 Third Avenue, New York, NY
10029
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 012457; Cal. No.
20490
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also March 1994 and May 2007)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 3 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of filing
a re-registration application with the New York State Education
Department and stating on said application that certain persons were
officers of the corporation and shareholders when, in fact, they were
not.
John Joseph Duffy,
Jr., Clifton Park, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024591; Cal. No.
20400
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
holding outdated and misbranded drugs for sale, failing to maintain
oral phone-in prescriptions, failing to record the generic
manufacturer's name, and dispensing prescriptions which lacked
required information.
Brian D.
Koehler, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030868; Cal. No.
20401
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of
failing to maintain oral phone-in prescriptions, failing to record
the generic manufacturer's name, and dispensing prescriptions
which lacked required information.
Michael J.
Leonti, Auburn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035099; Cal. No.
20685
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of while
the supervising pharmacist of a pharmacy, he stole controlled drugs
from the pharmacy's drug supply for his personal use.
Wayne Patterson,
Hauppauge, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026711; Cal. No.
20661
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to provide adequate supervision of a registered
establishment.
Thomas John
Sobieski, Flushing, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027165; Cal. No.
20481
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also October 2006)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22 months
of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
dispensing a prescription-required drug without a prescription.
Robert Tremmel,
Bellmore, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034977; Cal. No.
19147
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12 months
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
maintaining in the drug stock of his pharmacy sixty (60) overfilled
bottles of medications that he knew, in part, contained sample drugs
that had been stolen, and admitted to the charge of having been
convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 2nd
Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
V.L.V. Med Pharmacy,
Inc., 4085 Broadway, New York, NY
10032
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 018488; Cal. No.
18304
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
dispensing, on two occasions, prescription- required drugs, not
pursuant to prescriptions or other lawful authority.
Westchester-Ellenville,
Inc., Shoprite Boulevard, Route 209,
Ellenville, NY 12428
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 024914; Cal. No.
20551
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of not
having a pharmacist on duty at all times when the pharmacy was
open.
Jerry F.
McNamara, Clifton Park, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist Assistant; Cert. No.
001077; Cal. No. 20658
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender certificate
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated on two occasions,
unclassified misdemeanors.
Ross Matthew
Roden, Wantagh, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 014726;
Cal. No. 20556
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Louis Vernon
Greer, North Syracuse, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 005381; Cal. No.
20505
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
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 the charge of failing
to maintain accurate patient records.
Arthur Andersen,
LLP, Public Accountancy Partnership,
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105
Profession: Public Accountancy; Lic. No. 74030; Cal.
No. 20633
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Respondent was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of Obstruction of Justice, a felony.
Dennis M. Gaito,
Fort Dix, NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
038288; Cal. No. 20761
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Commit Securities Fraud,
three counts of Conspiracy to Launder Money, eleven counts of Money
Laundering, one count of Attempted Money Laundering, and one count of
Witness Tampering, all federal felonies.
Alan Elliot
Hurwitz, Syosset, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 028287; Cal. No. 20721
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
(certificate) granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of two counts of Wire Fraud, and one count of Tax
Evasion, both federal felonies.
Edward McCrae,
East Orange, NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
037230; Cal. No. 20368
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension with leave to apply for early
termination as set forth in consent order application - upon early
termination or service of suspension, probation 1 year, $2,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of willful
failure to complete continuing education requirements for the period
September 1, 2000 through September 1, 2001.
Jordan Roberts,
Long Beach, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 019575; Cal. No. 20709
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
(certificate) granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing
to follow auditing standards by not obtaining a management
representation letter and not preparing a written audit program in
three audits of financial statements.
Barbara Joan
Deam, New York, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 026050; Cal. No.
20523
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to maintain a record of the evaluation and treatment of
patients.
Charles Walter
Jones, Bay Shore, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 043105; Cal. No.
20126
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted twice of the unclassified misdemeanor of Operating a
Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol.
Victor Klein,
New York, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 018175; Cal. No.
20825
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Rape in the 3rd Degree.
Marlena Vega a/k/a Marlene Golub
Harrington, New York, NY
Profession: Social Worker; Lic. No. 006122; Cal. No.
20421
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted in New Jersey of Conspiracy in the 2nd Degree and
Theft by Deception in the 2nd Degree, both felonies and which, if
committed within this state, would have constituted crimes under New
York State law.
Joseph Warren
Adams, Warwick, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 002314; Cal. No.
20529
Regents Action Date: March 25, 2003 (see also April 1997)
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 the charge of
failing to perform a dental treatment and failing to maintain an
adequate record of visits, diagnoses and prescribed treatments.