New York State Education Department
Office of the
Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional
Misconduct and Discipline
May 18, 2004
Terms under which this information
is provided.
Architecture - Chiropractic - Dentistry -
Engineering and Land Surveying - Midwifery - Nursing - Optometry - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy - Public Accountancy
Architecture
Alvah Breitweiser, Fort
Meyers, FL
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016609; Cal. No.
21542
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
committing an act constituting the crime of Bank Fraud, a felony,
under Federal Law.
Michael Fitzpatrick,
Columbus, OH
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 018821; Cal. No.
21375
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been found guilty of professional misconduct in the State of Ohio
(signing and sealing plans prepared by another without preparing
his own evaluation and written report).
Chiropractic
James Charles Garofalo a/k/a James C.
Garofalo, Glens Falls, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 003265; Cal.
No. 20934
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of the following crimes: two counts of
Attempt to Evade or Defeat Tax, a felony; Willful Failure to File
Return, a felony; and four counts of Fraud and False Statements,
a felony.
Dentistry
Roben Brookhim, Elizabeth,
NJ
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039050; Cal. No.
21399
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, thereafter probation 2
years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having been found guilty by a duly authorized professional
disciplinary agency of another state based upon an act, which, if
committed in New York State, would constitute practicing the
profession of dentistry fraudulently (submission of false
insurance claims and falsification of patient records).
Attilius Cheng, New York,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041222; Cal. No.
20110
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $2,500 fine,
partial suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth
in consent order application.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
grossly negligent failure to comply with the New York State law
and regulations requiring completion of forty-five (45) hours of
continuing professional education.
Allan Abraham Goodstein, Sag
Harbor, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 028897; Cal. No.
19351
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
March 1996)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension to be terminated sooner,
but in no event before service of the first year and until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, thereafter
probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to have a written treatment plan; placing posterior
composites, which were contraindicated by the patient's
condition; replacing serviceable amalgams with posterior
composites that failed; and inserting a crown that was
ill-fitting and over-contoured.
Daniel Howard Miller,
Melville, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 029551; Cal. No.
21204
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain a record for a patient which accurately
reflects the evaluation and treatment of the patient.
Paul David Solomon, East
Stroudsburg, PA
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023836; Cal. No.
20524
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
April 1997)
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 charges of
failing to maintain accurate records; failing to fully inform
patients of treatment; and failing to take x-rays.
Sheldon J. Stern, New York,
NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038210; Cal. No.
20742
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $4,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to discover that he failed to remove the roots of two
teeth when extracting said teeth from an elderly patient; failing
to maintain x-rays of said patient's teeth; and failing to
use proper infection control techniques in his dentistry
practice.
Neil R. Woods, Senerna,
MD
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 029608; Cal. No.
21396
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
being found guilty by the Maryland State Board of Dental
Examiners of professional misconduct (submitting a claim for work
not completed, overcharging a patient, performing work not
authorized, and over-billing insurers).
Engineering and Land Surveying
Nicholas Joseph Casselano,
Rego Park, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
056964; Cal. No. 21483
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing on three separate occasions to prepare and maintain, for
at least six years, written evaluations of plans and
specifications that were signed and sealed by him, but not
prepared by him or an employee, under his direct supervision.
Midwifery
Rita E. Daley, Troy, NY
Profession: Midwife; Lic. No. 000534; Cal. No.
21208
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 3 years and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice, the aforesaid penalty to supercede the
current penalty in effect in Commissioner's Order No.
19207.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged
Instrument in the 3rd Degree, a class A
misdemeanor.
Nursing
Joann Marie Blair, Troy,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 415073; Cal. No. 21284
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
committing documentation and medication errors.
Andrea Bob, Middle Village,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 252268, 501986; Cal. Nos. 21358,
21359
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
transfusing blood into the wrong patient.
Angela F. Brancato, New York,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 085586, 241252; Cal. Nos. 21061,
21059
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
knowingly submitting a false medical form required for her
employment, stating in that form the results of a medical
examination of her, which was never done.
Shelby J. Carroll, Willard,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
249005; Cal. No. 20787
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed except for actual suspension in certain area hereafter
indicated, probation 2 years, $750 fine, suspension in certain
area until terminated as set forth in consent order
application.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of one count of driving while intoxicated,
an unclassified misdemeanor, and one count of driving while
intoxicated, a class E felony; and admitted to the charge of
failing to administer, on two different days, an ordered
medication to a patient in her care.
Michael Mark Carter, Malone,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
270228; Cal. No. 21259
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
having been convicted of two counts of Unlawfully Dealing With a
Child in the 1st Degree.
Kellie A. Corcoran a/k/a Kellie Anne
Moran, West Monroe, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 173835, 395824; Cal. Nos. 19999,
19998
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of
suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud a Financial
Institution, a felony.
Kevin T. Cummings, St.
Johnsville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
254133; Cal. No. 19832
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of not
administering medications to patients and of failing to maintain
a record for each patient which accurately reflects the
evaluation and treatment of the patient.
George Dagis, Saugerties,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; Lic. No. 454043, Cert. No. 332269; Cal. Nos. 20631,
20630
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
July 1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 3 months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
practicing the profession of nursing while his ability was
impaired by alcohol, of self prescribing controlled substances,
and prescribing controlled substances to a patient in excess.
Rita E. Daley, Troy, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 318162; Cal. No. 21207
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
July 2001)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 3 years and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged
Instrument in the 3rd Degree, a class A
misdemeanor.
Nancy A. Denofio, Ballston
Spa, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 380720; Cal. No. 21285
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
improperly counting instruments in the operating room.
Joseph W. English II,
Lakeland, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234918; Cal. No. 20935
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of the following crimes: Reckless
Endangerment in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor;
Forgery in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor; and
Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 2rd
Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Linda Gallagher Farrell,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
074838; Cal. No. 21437
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 2nd
Degree.
Marie Lucie Fleurimond,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
217529; Cal. No. 19228
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also September 2006)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12 months of
suspension stayed, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing
the profession of nursing fraudulently as a licensed practical
nurse, based on the claimed education in her application for
licensure as a registered nurse.
Julia Adina George-Sheriffe,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 436468; Cal. No. 21195
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (See also June 2007)
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
signing out Demerol on the narcotics sheets and failing to record
said administration in the medication administration record and
failing to administer a medication in accordance with a
physician's order.
Marie Hanna, Hauppauge,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; Lic. No. 236962, Cert. No. 420408; Cal. Nos. 21307,
21308
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, complete certain
course, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
disclosing confidential information without authorization to do
so.
Susan T. Harabedian,
Syosset, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 185374, 390365; Cal. Nos. 21292,
21321
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Kathleen Haran, Freeport,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 213889; Cal. No. 21319
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of,
on two occasions, arranging for her daughter to have an epidural
administered in a Labor and Delivery room when there was no
nursing staff or other assistant present to help the
anesthesiologist.
Patricia G. Hegarty,
Lindenhurst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
250464; Cal. No. 21290
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an
unclassified misdemeanor.
Yvonne Jackson, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
098189; Cal. No. 21377
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of simple possession of a controlled
substance.
Jocelyne Louis, North
Woodmere, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 208444, 500913; Cal. Nos. 18615,
18327
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
November 1999)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: L.P.N. license: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, $2,500 fine; R.N. license: Annul
license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
obtained her license to practice as a registered professional
nurse fraudulently and of practicing the profession of nursing
fraudulently as a licensed practical nurse, based on the claimed
education in her application for licensure as a registered
nurse.
Myra L. Machmer, Lanse,
PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 476770; Cal. No. 21397
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being found guilty by the Florida Board of Nursing of
professional misconduct (prepared wrong foot for surgical
procedure).
Gail J. MacWilliams, Newark,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 372446; Cal. No. 21370
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
failing to include in the patient record the vital signs of two
patients and information regarding the physical condition of a
third patient; and administering a treatment that was not
authorized by the patient's physician.
Althea Marriott, Laurelton,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 531566; Cal. No. 21314
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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,
while acting as the required witness to a blood transfusion,
failing to ensure that the blood was correctly cross-matched to
the patient by failing to check the name on the label for the
blood with the name on the patient's wristband.
Maliki F. Massie, Bronx,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
185973; Cal. No. 21231
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled
Substance in the 7th Degree, and Criminal Possession
of a Weapon in the 4th Degree.
Leslie A. Mayo, Watervliet,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
155685; Cal. No. 21269
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
failing to administer medications.
Leah Mae McCurdy, Branchport,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
200480; Cal. No. 21340
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, following termination
of suspension, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that
prior to the prescribed administration time for the medication of
several patients, she recorded on each patient's medication
administration record that said medication had been administered
and when the prescribed time for the administration came, she
wasted the medications because she forgot that she had
pre-charted the administrations and thought that she had already
administered the medications.
Deveka Montalvo, Bay Shore,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 489410; Cal. No. 21291
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
submitting duplicate copies of nursing notes and vouchers that
contained different information for the same patients, as well as
different patient signatures from those on file.
Barbara A. Panico, Syracuse,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 328635; Cal. No. 20151
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
November 1995)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of: forging
the initials of a co-worker as a witness of the wasting of a
controlled substance; wasting medications without obtaining the
countersignature of a witness; administering two tablets of the
medication Lortab, in spite of the physician's order for the
patient in question, which only called for the administration of
one tablet; failing to account for seven missing dosage units of
Lortab; failing to record a dosage of medication in the MEDEX
form used in the facility where she worked; signing out two
tablets of Lortab for a patient under her care, although the
patient's order called for the administration of only one
tablet; documenting the administration of more controlled
substances to a patient than the patient actually received;
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor;
making a false statement on her May 1998 application for license
and registration by answering "no" to the questions
regarding whether she had been charged with or convicted of a
crime; and willfully making or filing a false report.
Kellie L. Parsons, Phoenix,
AZ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
216743; Cal. No. 20710
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
November 1998)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Violation of probation - Revocation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
and was found guilty at a Direct Referral Hearing of violating
the terms of probation stated in NYS Education Department
Commissioner's Order #16818.
Milton Winston Piper,
Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
211880; Cal. No. 21229
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, following termination
of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to check the blood-sugar level of a diabetic patient
before administering insulin and then administering insulin
despite being aware of a recently documented low blood-sugar
level.
Mary Autumn Poleto, Albany,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
134988; Cal. No. 20777
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of committing the following crimes: three
counts of Attempted Petit Larceny, a class B misdemeanor;
Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the
7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor; 4 counts of Petit
Larceny, a class A misdemeanor; Criminal Impersonation in the
2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor and Forgery in the
3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor; and Forgery in the
2nd degree, a class A felony.
Marion G. Reiners a/k/a Marion Moore a/k/a
Marion Bruzzi, Syosset, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
112486; Cal. No. 21201
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
having been convicted of acts constituting crimes under New York
State law and to willfully filing a false report.
Rodney Warren Roach, Massena,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
092945; Cal. No. 21100
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Arson in the 3rd
Degree.
Beth M. Snyder, Blasdell,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
144537; Cal. No. 21224
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 upon return to practice, $250
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
diverting medication for her own use.
Julita N. Walter a/k/a Julita D.
Namoc, Vallejo, CA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 182386, 386135; Cal. Nos. 21535,
21536
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender licenses
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been found guilty by the California Board of Registered
Nursing of professional misconduct based on failure to report and
record an incident concerning a patient's IV infusion.
Kevin Bruce Wolfe, Auburn,
NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 447724; Cal. No. 20675
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also
December 1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, probation 2 years,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
committing treatment and documentation errors.
Optometry
William B. Goodrich,
Valatie, NY
Profession: Optometrist; Lic. No. 004734; Cal.
No. 21212
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
delegating responsibilities to a person who was not licensed to
practice optometry in New York State.
Pharmacy
Country Village Pharmacy,
Inc., 242 East Main Street, East Islip, NY 11730
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 010285; Cal. No.
21244
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
willfully violating pharmacy rules and regulations, to wit:
holding numerous misbranded and outdated drugs in the active
pharmacy stock including overfills, professional samples, and
outdates; and failing to complete a current biennial inventory of
controlled drugs.
Steven Charles Dershowitz,
Bronx, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028461; Cal.
No. 21309
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of two
dispensing errors.
Michael F. Dooley, East
Syracuse, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039517; Cal.
No. 21383
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Scheme to Defraud in the 1st
Degree.
Joseph Goldstein, Scarsdale,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023007; Cal.
No. 21184
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, probation 2 years to
commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Paying Medicare Kickbacks, and
Subscribing to False Corporate Income Tax Returns, both Federal
felonies.
Nicholas Francis Guarino,
Menhoopany, PA
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033643; Cal.
No. 21436
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; Wire
Fraud; Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud; Conspiracy to
Transport and Distribute Explosive Materials in Interstate
Commerce.
Amy Marie Hoag, Mamaroneck,
NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043146; Cal.
No. 21018
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
selling a misbranded drug by dispensing the
prescription-required, non-controlled drug Labetatol with a label
stating it was the prescription-required, non-controlled drug
Lamictal.
Thomas Patrick Mulhern, Jr.,
Massapequa Park, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034850; Cal.
No. 21203
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
filling a patient's prescription with the wrong medication
and thereby causing the patient harm.
Physical Therapy
Herbert Henry Doerr,
Pleasantville, NY
Profession: Physical Therapy; Lic. No. 009687;
Cal. No. 21346
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
entering the name of another physical therapist in the treatment
record of each of several patients as an additional treating
therapist when he knew that he was the only physical therapist
who had treated these patients.
Debora D. Gosch, Fulton,
NY
Profession: Physical Therapist Assistant; Cert.
No. 005475; Cal. No. 21529
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender certificate
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
making false entries on facility records and failing to maintain
accurate patient records.
Public Accountancy
Aaron Joseph Chaitovsky,
Plainview, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 051074; Cal. No. 21339
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to refer, in an audit opinion, to the work of another
auditor who had prepared a substantial part of the work papers
that served as the basis for the audit opinion.
Robert Henry Glass, New York,
NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 026207; Cal. No. 21336
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to note that an audit opinion did not refer to the work
of another auditor who had prepared a substantial part of the
work papers that served as the basis for the audit opinion.
Anthony G. Pirro, Scarsdale,
NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 043587; Cal. No. 20798
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Commit Tax
Evasion and Fraud, a felony; four counts of Tax Evasion, a
felony; and eighteen counts of Tax Fraud, a felony.
Michael D. Watson, River
Edge, NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 045477; Cal. No. 21335
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, following termination
of suspension, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, as
the concurring partner on each of two separate audits of the
financial statements of an entity, agreeing with the audit
team's erroneous conclusion that aspects of the said
financial statements were in compliance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Gregory Michael Woods,
Schenectady, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 053482; Cal. No. 21274
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A
misdemeanor.
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Last Update: January 18, 2008
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