New York State Education Department
Office of the
Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional
Misconduct and Discipline
May 23, 2006
Terms under which this information
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Architecture - Chiropractic - Dentistry -
Engineering and Land Surveying -Massage Therapy - Nursing -
Ophthalmic Dispensing - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy -
Podiatry - Psychology -
Public Accountancy - Podiatry - Social Work - Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Architecture
Peter Lawrence
Schulte, New York, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 019717; Cal. No.
22622
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
giving a fee to a third party for the referral of a client.
Ronald Victorio,
Staten Island, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 017206; Cal. No.
22488
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years
probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that he
failed to complete mandatory continuing education within the
prescribed time period.
Chiropractic
Joseph James
Brusca, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 004423; Cal.
No. 22621
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice 2 years
probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled
Substance in the 1st Degree.
Robert S.
Gladstone, Melville, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 003974; Cal.
No. 21778
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 months suspension, execution of last 18 months of
suspension stayed, probation for last 18 months.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A
misdemeanor.
Raymond Pellegrino,
North Babylon, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 008404; Cal.
No. 22335
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
writing physical therapy notes for patients he did not examine or
treat.
Alexander A.
Regalbuto, Congers, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 006673; Cal.
No. 22685
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Insurance Fraud,
Health Care Fraud, Making False Statements Relating to Health
Care Matters and Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud.
Dentistry
Abdel Baghal,
Wayne, NJ
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 044147; Cal. No.
22617
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the New
Jersey State Board of Dentistry.
Ira J. Cohen,
Jamaica Estates North, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 036941; Cal. No.
22549
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
improperly constructing two crowns for a patient.
David Douglas
Gardner, Dansville, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041343; Cal. No.
22536
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006 (see also
September 2004 and July 2006)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial actual suspension in certain area
until terminated as set forth in consent order application, 2
years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
failing to perform adequate root canal treatment and failing to
maintain the original or a copy of pre-treatment radiographs.
Joseph Gorfien,
Coral Springs, FL
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 036136; Cal. No.
22411
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the
Florida Board of Dentistry.
Sandy R. Peresmik,
North Las Vegas, NV
Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 019092;
Cal. No. 22606
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Murder in the 2nd Degree, a class A-1
felony.
Zahreh Tafreshi
Rasoulinejad, Stamford, CT
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041061; Cal. No.
22471
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing
in the 1st Degree, a class E felony.
Ellen Zbar, New
York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046141; Cal. No.
22258
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted guilt to the charge
of having failed to take adequate diagnostic radiographs for two
patients.
Engineering and Land Surveying
Richard H. Green,
Albany, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
053776; Cal. No. 22546
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to complete a thorough written evaluation and to include
an Energy Conservation Statement and the alteration of statement
as required.
Massage Therapy
Thomas Lo Cascio,
Floral Park, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 006112;
Cal. No. 22647
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
performing oral sex on a female massage therapy client at his
place of employment.
Michelle A.
Verhalen, Branchport, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 016671;
Cal. No. 22523
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice 2 years
probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Nursing
Gladys Bass, Bronx,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
220525; Cal. No. 22123
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 months suspension, execution of suspension
stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a misdemeanor.
Ann Boccanfuso a/k/a Ann
Ciafone, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 124793, 337960; Cal. Nos. 22344,
22345
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, thereafter
partial actual suspension in certain area for not less than 2
months and until terminated as set forth in consent order
application, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
charting that she had administered medications when she had not;
attempting to orally administer medication to a patient on a
gastronomy tube; failing to disconnect a gastronomy tube while
changing a patient's dressing; and administering a wrong dose
of medication.
Erin Patricia
Britt, West Seneca, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
271136; Cal. No. 22558
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed probation, 2 years probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the 1st
Degree.
Deanna Buckland,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
241226; Cal. No. 22355
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice 2 years
probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to properly waste narcotics which were withdrawn but not
administered to patients and failing to maintain records for
patients which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment
of the patients.
Joanne M.
Calverley, West Seneca, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 540918; Cal. No. 22265
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
committing medication administration errors and to being
convicted in 2004 of Driving While Intoxicated.
Maureen Cannella,
Parlin, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 529703; Cal. No. 22560
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension – upon
licensee’s return to practice 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to follow a physician's order for the administration
of insulin to a patient.
Anna R. Collins,
Albany, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
081095; Cal. No. 22499
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to maintain accurate patient records by failing to
document that medications were administered to the patients.
David Crossley,
Port Jefferson, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 505959; Cal. No. 22485
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to administer medication, failing to discontinue
medication as ordered, and failing to properly monitor a
patient’s pain medication.
Karen J. Crawley,
Colkden, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 210400, 429436; Cal. Nos. 22325,
22326
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
failing to notify a physician of a patient’s worsening
health status and failing to provide appropriate medical
care.
David Horatio
Daniels, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
154615; Cal. No. 22224
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to document and report a patient fall and dozing while on
duty providing home nursing care to a patient.
Tina Marie DeLeo,
Twinsburg, OH
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248018; Cal. No. 21669
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of: having
been convicted of Attempted Resisting Arrest, a class B
misdemeanor; Attempted Petit Larceny, a class B misdemeanor;
falsely answering on her re-registration document that she had
not been convicted of a crime since her last registration with
the intent of deceiving the Division of Professional Licensing
Services at the New York State Education Department.
Dennis James De
Lotto, Lancaster, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 121516, 318289; Cal. Nos. 22629,
22628
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender licenses
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
removing medication from a Pyxis machine without a
physician’s order.
Danielle M. Devito,
Mechanicville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
265248; Cal. No. 22433
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice 2 years
probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
moral unfitness.
Amy L. Di Joseph a/k/a Amy
Watson, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
269847; Cal. No. 22070
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice 2 years
probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
theft of a blank prescription, filling out the prescription as
prescribing Lortab to herself, forging the signature of a
physician on the prescription, and presenting the forged
prescription to a pharmacist to be filled.
Karen E. Dulko,
Brookfield, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 528945; Cal. No. 22360
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to account for controlled drugs signed out by her and not
administered to patients and failing to record the administration
of controlled drugs to patients.
Charlene Francis
Elminowski, Lancaster, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 531175; Cal. No. 22535
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice 1 year
probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain accurate patient records.
Antje K. Fray,
Washington, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 308203; Cal. No. 22600
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
making three separate false entries in records regarding
medication administered to a patient.
Heather Lynn
Gallaway, Stony Point, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 514640; Cal. No. 22601
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of,
while employed and on duty as a registered professional nurse,
having taken and tested a sample of a co-worker’s blood and
then having administered insulin to said co-worker, all without
obtaining a physician’s order.
Raahkeba A. Goree,
Buffalo, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 500848; Cal. No. 22492
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
failing to provide treatment to patients as per physician orders
and failing to maintain accurate patient records.
Jean Gulliver,
Homestead, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
201967; Cal. No. 19226
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 months suspension, execution of last 12 months of
suspension stayed, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of
intentional misrepresentation as to her nursing education on her
application to obtain a registered professional nursing license
and intentionally misrepresenting her licensure history in New
York State by failing to disclose her prior application and
licensure as a licensed practical nurse.
Joan Hardt, Forest
Hills, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 259071; Cal. No. 21867
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Criminal Impersonation in the 2nd
Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Gregory Hays
Harris, Hope, AR
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 374475; Cal. No. 22619
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the Texas
Board of Nurse examiners.
Wayne Kenard Hunt,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 486954; Cal. No. 21530
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having a
sexual encounter with a patient at the hospital he was employed,
thereby evidencing moral unfitness to practice the profession of
nursing.
Susanne Marie Camacho
Japson, Brookhaven, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 202173, 420745 Cal. Nos. 22083,
22084
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 years suspension, execution of last 18 months of
suspension stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Kathi Kunselman,
Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
170776; Cal. No. 22522
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed
suspension, upon licensee’s return to practice 2 years
probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
administering 54 units of insulin instead of the prescribed 5
units.
Marilyn Margaret
Kurz, Cold Spring, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 168353; Cal. No. 22497
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having violated section 2803-d of the Public Health Law in that
while employed and on duty as a registered professional nurse at
a residential health care facility, she neglected a patient in
that she failed to immediately call a code and initiate
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a patient who had no
vital signs and whose patient chart did not contain a “do
not resuscitate” (DNR) order.
Roberto Laguio,
Liberty, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 181920, 404405; Cal. Nos. 22467,
22468
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to
practice – upon licensee’s return to practice 2 years
probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
giving cigarettes to a psychiatric patient and kissing said
patient on the cheek.
Gail M. La Mont a/k/a Gail M.
Wolven, Mellenville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 113953, 464839; Cal. Nos. 22566,
22567
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to notify a physician and provide education, and of
failing to maintain accurate patient records.
Edythe M. Levell,
Mastic Beach, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
262523; Cal. No. 21498
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of
documenting that she wasted 1 mg. of Xanax when in truth and in
fact she did not, thereby conducting herself in the practice of a
profession which evidences moral unfitness and practicing the
profession fraudulently.
Tami Lisa Loscalzo,
Glen Cove, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 478130; Cal. No. 22555
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to commence cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a patient
whose health-care proxy had consented to the patient being a
do-not-resuscitate patient when no physician had issued a
do-not-resuscitate order for the patient, and failing to note in
another patient’s medical record the deterioration in that
patient’s respiratory status or the actions that licensee
took in response thereto.
Richard J.
MacDougall, Warwick, RI
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 472076; Cal. No. 21576
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor and practicing the profession fraudulently, by
answering a question on his re-registration document falsely.
Jill E. Madden,
Naples, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
181951; Cal. No. 22573
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being convicted of falsifying a business record and petit
larceny.
Rolonda Lee Marrow a/k/a Rolonda
Ashley Lee, Bronx, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 559214; Cal. No. 22684
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely and
fraudulently indicating on an Application for Licensure and First
Registration as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of
New York that she had attended a school of nursing at a specified
college and received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Degree from said college.
Theresa M. Morris,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
260768; Cal. No. 21781
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, upon licensee’s return to
practice probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
administer medications on several occasions to differing
patients; and falsely indicating in some of the patient’s
records that she had.
Amber Laree
Niespodzinski, Arcade, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
264591; Cal. No. 22290
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, if and when return
to practice 1 year probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to perform tests and/or treatments, failing to administer
medications, and failing to maintain accurate patient
records.
Paula R. Pillo a/k/a Paula R.
Recchio a/k/a Paula R. Kalmbacher, Bryon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248161; Cal. No. 22228
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006 (see also
March 2003)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to administer medication to patients, failing to take
vital signs, failing to maintain accurate patient records, and
violating a term of probation imposed upon her by the Board of
Regents pursuant to Education Law section 6511.
Adrianne Ruth
Proper, South Cairo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
183944; Cal. No. 22643
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006 (see also
March 2002)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial actual suspension in certain area
until terminated as set forth in consent order application, upon
licensee’s return to practice 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
making medication administration and documentation errors.
Wilhelmina G.
Quindo, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 186513, 386417; Cal. Nos. 22604,
22605
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted guilt to violating
section 2803-d of the Public Health Law by neglecting a
residential health care patient under her care.
Christopher Allen
Reese, Clinton, NY and Venice, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 475519; Cal. No. 21254
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
administer medication to eighteen patients, and erroneously
documenting that he administered the medication in question to
almost all of these patients.
Carmen C. Rengifo,
Staten Island, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 540338; Cal. No. 22616
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain accurate patient records.
Pamala A. Rice,
Catskill, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 537385; Cal. No. 22286
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed
suspension – upon licensee’s return to practice 2
years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
administering the wrong dosage of a drug.
John Sanchez,
Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
263723; Cal. No. 22568
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
accepting a verbal physician assistant’s order for
administering an intravenous controlled substance medication, of
willfully violating the New York State controlled substance rules
and regulations regarding administration and wastage of
controlled substances, and of failing to accurately record in a
patient’s medication record the route of administration of
a controlled substance.
Sara Shannon,
Chandler, OK
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
267389; Cal. No. 22489
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 month actual suspension, 10 month stayed
suspension, upon licensee’s return to practice 1 year
probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Patricia Sheehan,
Syosset, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 209247, 426080; Cal. Nos. 22365,
22366
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
writing an order for a medication for a patient without the
approval of a physician.
Alison Rosanna
Singh, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
256658; Cal. No. 22035
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 4 month actual suspension, 20 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
willfully abusing a patient physically and willfully making false
reports.
Ian Nicholas
Smith, Rochester, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 534079; Cal. No. 22608
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
William Henry
Smith, Fort Plain, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
268387; Cal. No. 22631
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Willful Violation of Health Laws, an
unclassified misdemeanor, and Endangering the Welfare of an
Incompetent or Physically Disabled Person, a class A
misdemeanor.
Barbara Lynn
Stewart, Hudson Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
096713; Cal. No. 22640
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years
probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to administer medications and documenting that
medications had been administered to patients.
Roslyn C.
Terranova, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
077112; Cal. No. 22553
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Endangering the Welfare of a
Child.
Deborah J. Whiting,
Honeoye, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
244270; Cal. No. 22510
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired by
Drugs.
Ophthalmic Dispensing
Rosemary V. Strock a/k/a
Rosemary A. Vinci a/k/a Rosemary A. Czechowicz,
Lancaster, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No.
003885; Cal. No. 22540
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Arson.
Pharmacy
Philip E. Altman,
Ardsley, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036393; Cal.
No. 22314
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being convicted of Insurance Fraud in the 4th Degree.
American Outcomes Management,
L.P., 40 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 024832;
Cal. No. 22583
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charges of
failing to comply with regulations governing the practice.
Richard W. Barker,
Brookline, VT
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026562; Cal.
No. 22639
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Sexual Abuse.
Narmin Beshai,
Flushing, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 046291; Cal.
No. 22545
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
dispensing Clonidine 0.3 mg. to a patient in a vial labeled as
containing Clonidine 0.2 mg. in filling a prescription calling
for Clonidine 0.2 mg., and of allowing an unlicensed person to
assist him by taking oral prescriptions by telephone from
prescribers.
CVS 249 First Avenue
LLC, 253 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 024264;
Cal. No. 22483
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
willfully failing to comply with substantial provisions of New
York State law governing the practice of the profession of
pharmacy, to wit: failing to have a supervising pharmacist.
CVS 8th Avenue
LLC, 272 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 022461;
Cal. No. 22484
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
willfully failing to comply with substantial provisions of New
York State law governing the practice of the profession of
pharmacy, to wit: failing to have a supervising pharmacist
oversee the operation of its pharmacy.
CVS 540 Amsterdam Avenue
LLC, 540 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10024
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 024516;
Cal. No. 22487
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of
willfully failing to comply with substantial provisions of New
York State law governing the practice of the profession of
pharmacy, to wit: failing to have a supervising pharmacist
oversee the operation of its pharmacy.
Inese B.
Cederbaums, Pearl River, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029407; Cal.
No. 21753
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge
of dispensing 5.0 mg. of Coumadin when the patient’s
physician prescribed 2.5 mg. of Coumadin.
William L.
Grubessi, Westbury, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033327; Cal.
No. 21886
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud,
a felony and Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain a Controlled
Substance, a felony.
Mohammad Haider Ismail a/k/a
Mohamed Ismail, Ringoes, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039876; Cal.
No. 21713
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class
D felony.
Lewis Opper Marks,
Charlotte, NC
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042569; Cal.
No. 22393
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
filing a re-registration application which contained false
information regarding the completion of continuing education
credits.
Salvatore M.
Motisi, Farmingdale, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030938; Cal.
No. 22586
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006 (see also July 2007)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
stealing medication for his personal use from his pharmacy
employer.
Chad Evan Wolf,
Flushing, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 047518; Cal.
No. 21966
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of
suspension stayed, probation for last 2 years, $5,000 fine, 100
hours of public service.
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.
Physical Therapy
Rosario Carreon
Sepe, Avon, IN
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 016050;
Cal. No. 22618
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Insurance Fraud in the 5th Degree.
Podiatry
William L.
Grubessi, Westbury, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004098; Cal.
No. 21885
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud,
a felony and Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain a Controlled
Substance, a felony.
Mitchell Pearce,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004178; Cal.
No. 22031
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud;
Health Care Fraud; and Kickbacks Conspiracy.
Psychology
Jerome August
Cerny, Terre Haute, IN
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 008364; Cal.
No. 22502
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
being found guilty by the Indiana State Psychology Board of
professional misconduct.
James K.
Morrison, Latham, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 004791; Cal.
No. 22390
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, upon
licensee’s return to practice 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being convicted of Aiding and Abetting False Statements or Fraud
to Obtain Federal Employee’s Compensation.
Freyda Zell,
Saugerties, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003611; Cal.
No. 22413
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
Public Accountancy
Christine S. Drew,
Las Vegas, NV
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 063604; Cal. No. 22584
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 11 month stayed
suspension, upon licensee’s return to practice 1 year
probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of the crime of Petit Larceny.
John Anthony
LaRossa, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 057922; Cal. No. 22252
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension of not less
than 6 months, to commence June 1, 2006 and until fit to practice
– upon licensee’s return to practice 3 years
probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being convicted of Attempted Rape in the 3rd Degree, a class A
misdemeanor.
Rapheal Manela,
Flushing, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 037824; Cal. No. 22537
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing
in the 1st Degree, a class E felony.
Francisco Oliveras,
Wesley Chapel, FL
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 084322; Cal. No. 22574
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being
convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the
2nd Degree.
Douglas A. Vernoia,
Medford, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 045108; Cal. No. 21934
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Make
False Statements in Loan Applications to Financial Institutions,
a felony and Bank Fraud, a felony.
Joseph Wolf, New
York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 065899; Cal. No. 22521
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 2 year stayed
suspension, 3 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
being convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the
2nd Degree.
Respiratory Therapy
Michael W.
Shannon, Waterford, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
000307; Cal. No. 22200
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 2nd Degree, a class
C felony.
Social Work
Jennifer Croke
Kumpf, New York, NY
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic.
No. 059737; Cal. No. 22598
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Conspiring to Possess with Intent to
Distribute Cocaine, a felony, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846.
Billy Nelson Lott,
Tully, NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker;
Lic. No. 035842; Cal. No. 22565
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
failing to maintain an accurate record for each patient.
Speech-Language Pathology and
Audiology
Shmuel Cymerman,
Brighton, MA and Brookline, MA
Profession: Audiologist; Lic. No. 000825; Cal.
No. 20203
Regents Action Date: May 23, 2006
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $25,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of:
delegating the professional responsibility of conducting certain
audiological tests for various patients to unlicensed persons who
he knew, or had reason to know, were not qualified by licensure
to perform them; permitting the performance of activities
requiring a license by persons who were not licensed or
authorized to perform those activities; causing insurance claims
to be submitted, seeking insurance payment to himself for these
claims, indicated by his claims that all the tests billed by him
were lawfully performed, billing for tests that were performed by
unlicensed or unauthorized persons or were not conducted at all,
and knowing that he intentionally used unlicensed or unauthorized
persons to perform audiological testing that he had not performed
or supervised such person’s performance of these tests, and
that some of the tests were not conducted at all; using the title
“Doctor” on his stationery and bills, in offering to
perform professional services, without also indicating the
profession, if any, in which he holds a doctorate; and committing
conduct in the practice of the profession which evidences his
moral unfitness to practice the profession.
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Last Update: January 18, 2008
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