New York State Education Department
Office of the
Professions
Summaries of Regents Actions on Professional
Misconduct and Discipline
November 3, 2005
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Architecture - Dentistry - Engineering and Land
Surveying -Massage Therapy - Nursing - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy - Public
Accountancy - Social Work
Architecture
Robert N. Deronde,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 013251; Cal. No.
21993
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to maintain for six years the required written evaluation
of the work for professional services represented by plans signed
and sealed by him, but not prepared by him or by an employee
under his direct supervision.
Peter C. Kurth a/k/a Peter Kurth
a/k/a Peter Christian Kurth, Mount Kisco, NY
Profession:
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed
suspension, 2 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Grand Larceny in the 2nd
Degree.
Dentistry
Asugman Atam,
Potomac, MD
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038259; Cal. No.
22327
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been found guilty of professional misconduct by the
Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners.
Timothy A.
Augustine, West Seneca, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 031535; Cal. No.
22347
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed
suspension – upon licensee’s return to practice, 2
years probation and fit to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
having been convicted in 2003 of Forgery in the 3rd Degree and of
having been found by the New York State Commissioner of Health to
have obtained a controlled substance by fraud.
Jordan Bluth,
Sunrise, FL
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 026313; Cal. No.
22398
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having been found guilty by the Florida State Board of Dentistry
of professional misconduct.
Santa LoCascio,
Ridgewood, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042722; Cal. No.
21815
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
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
failing to chart the periodontal condition of a patient and
recommending and inserting for said patient a four-unit bridge
that inappropriately included a tooth with a poor prognosis.
Bruce Jay
Schneider, Matawan, NJ
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038756; Cal. No.
22234
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Promoting a Sexual Performance by a
Child.
Engineering and Land Surveying
Mark L. Welles,
Hinsdale, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049632; Cal.
No. 22238
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to properly supervise an employee in the preparation of a
survey map and the setting of proper boundary lines, and of
failing to perform adequate fieldwork and to locate proper
boundary lines.
Massage Therapy
Donald J. Erickson,
Panama, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 012379;
Cal. No. 22297
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension of not less
than 6 months and until respondent provides proof of
psychological fitness to practice – upon licensee’s
return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree, a class B
misdemeanor.
Nursing
Regina
Desthers-Rykert, Islip, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
492473; Cal. No. 22171
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
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
administering intravenous fluids and medication to a patient
without a physician’s order.
Yolette Pygeol
Fanfan, Freeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234365; Cal. No. 21220
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Annul license under third specification, revoke license
under each of first and second specifications, revocations deemed
merged into above annulment, in event annulment is, in any
manner, rejected, modified, or overturned upon review in any
forum, revocations not merged into annulment and each revocation
to stand as independent recommendations under first and second
specifications.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of violating
a term of probation previously imposed upon her by the New York
State Board of Regents; stealing medications from her employer
and fraudulently obtaining her license to practice as a licensed
practical nurse by falsely indicating on her application that she
had never been convicted of a crime, felony or misdemeanor, in
any state or country and that she had never been charged with a
crime, felony or misdemeanor, in any state or country, the
disposition of which was other than by acquittal or
dismissal.
Gil P. Fitz,
Glenmont, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 369279; Cal. No. 22300 Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation.
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that
he committed medication administration and documentation
errors.
Ellen M. Gleason,
Olean, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
137830; Cal. No. 22291
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed
suspension – upon licensee’s return to practice, 2
years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Unlawful Use of a Communication Facility
to Commit a Drug Felony.
Robert Anderson
Harris, Niagara Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
224254; Cal. No. 22266
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
willfully physically intimidating a patient and of having been
convicted in 1993 of Misuse of Food Stamps.
Lisa M. Kretzmon,
Lancaster, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
237784; Cal. No. 22348
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005 (see also
April 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for not less
than 9 months and until fit to practice – upon
licensee’s return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Lisa Marie Layne,
Los Angeles, CA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 528783; Cal. No. 21503
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
knowingly submitting falsified payroll timesheets on three
separate occasions in order to receive payment for hours not
actually worked, and of knowingly submitting a falsified job
performance evaluation.
Karen Leviner,
Massapequa, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
228947; Cal. No. 22198
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension of not less
than one year and until respondent is found fit to practice
– upon licensee’s return to practice, 2 years
probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that
she was convicted of two counts of Promoting Prison Contraband in
the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Evelyne Mathelier,
Charlotte, NC
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 157468, 503816; Cal. Nos. 19209,
19768
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005 (see also
July 2001)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Annul Registered Professional Nurse license, 24 months
suspension of Licensed Practical Nurse license, execution of last
12 months of suspension stayed, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of submitting
an application to be licensed as a Registered Professional Nurse
in which she intentionally misrepresented her nursing education
and licensure application history and practicing the profession
of nursing fraudulently.
Kylle-Jean Medeiros a/k/a Kylle
Jean Kosner, North Babylon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 138296, 329946; Cal. Nos. 22086,
22087
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
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 that
she was dependent upon narcotics, namely Percocet.
Margarette
Mompoint, Rosedale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
246509; Cal. No. 18710
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12 months of
suspension stayed, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of submitting
an application to be licensed as a Registered Professional Nurse
in which she intentionally misrepresented her nursing education
and licensure application history.
Deborah Alice
Quinn, Pomona, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
189824; Cal. No. 22191
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years
probation, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that on
eight occasions she withdrew a drug from the hospital’s
drug supply and after administering it to the patient, she failed
to indicate on the patient Medication Administration Record that
she had administered the drug.
Lolita D. Ribley,
Ghent, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 532196; Cal. No. 22301
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year
probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
committing medication administration and documentation
errors.
Joseph Rotolo,
Hauppauge, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 513441; Cal. No. 22409
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Burglary in the 2nd Degree, a class C
felony.
Barbara Amanda
Spooner, Plattsburgh, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
271243; Cal. No. 22249
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that
she was convicted of Forgery in the 3rd Degree.
Linda Tay
Terwilliger, Camden, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 534410; Cal. No. 22280
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years
probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
committing medication errors and omissions.
Jo-Anne Elizabeth Williams a/k/a
Jo Anne E. Davis, Inwood, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 164317, 375055; Cal. Nos. 22040,
21692
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed
suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to properly coordinate the care of a diabetic
patient.
Anzhella
Yagudayeva, Flushing, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 515198; Cal. No. 22220
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years
probation, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to properly check an infant's identification wrist
band to insure that the right infant was circumcised.
Pharmacy
Genovese Drug Stores, Inc.,
d/b/a Eckerd, 178-13 Union Turnpike, Flushing, NY
11366
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021497; Cal. No.
22282
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant admitted to the charge of
having the pharmacy open without a licensed pharmacist on
duty.
Blair Arthur
Johnson, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035438; Cal.
No. 21799
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005 (see also
June 2002)
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 and fit to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
having been convicted of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a
Motor Vehicle in the 1st Degree and Driving While
Intoxicated.
Paul P. Politoski,
Manhasset, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035198; Cal.
No. 22281
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
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 that a
pharmacy of which he was the supervising pharmacist was open for
business when it was not under the immediate supervision and
management of a licensed pharmacist.
Kenneth John Rizzo,
Montvale, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 041261; Cal.
No. 22410
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 2nd Degree and
Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree.
Physical Therapy
Andrew Quasha, Glen
Cove, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 006648;
Cal. No. 22274
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for not less
than 6 months and until fit to practice – upon
licensee’s return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge
that during two physical therapy sessions with female patients,
he engaged in physical contact of a sexual nature without medical
justification or necessity.
Public Accountancy
Perry Mario
Colletti, North Massapequa, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 051423; Cal. No. 22192
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Partial actual suspension – upon
licensee’s return to full practice, 2 years probation,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
made several documentary errors in a single audit report.
Linda Liwei Wang,
Manhasset, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 083215; Cal. No. 22209
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, upon licensee’s
return to practice, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Attempted Endangering the Welfare of a
Child.
Social Work
Allen Steven Levy,
Fairfield, CT
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker;
Lic. No. 031114; Cal. No. 22412
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005 (see also
March 2005)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 2nd Degree.
Steven Arie
Wittner, New York, NY
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic.
No. 051126; Cal. No. 22296
Regents Action Date: November 3, 2005
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
falsely documenting a single home visit which he did not
make.
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