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William T.
Sears, Danbury, CT
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 035304; Cal. No. 18166
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of income tax evasion.
Carley P. Byrne,
Gansevoort, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 046094; Cal. No. 17487
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of Failure to
File a Return or Report, a Class A Misdemeanor.
James R. Paolano,
Rego Park, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 041058; Cal. No. 17910
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired, an unclassified
misdemeanor.
Margaret Sherry
King, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
042296; Cal. No. 17608
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of Criminal
Facilitation in the Fourth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Robert E. James,
Springfield, NJ
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
019436; Cal. No. 17936
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First
Degree.
Theron G. Tucker,
Sr., Rochester, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
048847; Cal. No. 18033
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to
practice, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in
the Fifth Degree.
Benjamin Van Acker
III, Rensselaer, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 018283; Cal. No.
18178
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
February 2001)
Action: License summarily suspended.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
actions.
Michael M.
Friedman, Patchogue, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 032093; Cal. No.
17536
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain a patient record, which accurately reflected
the evaluation and treatment of said patient.
Alfonso John Merola
III, Liverpool, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042450; Cal. No.
17746
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
November 1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain a patient record that accurately reflected the
evaluation and treatment of a patient.
NMC General Dentistry,
P.C., 5100 West Taft Road, Liverpool, NY 13088
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 17747
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
failure to maintain a patient record that accurately reflected
the evaluation and treatment of a patient.
North Ocean Dental,
P.C., 99 North Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 17799
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charge of
failing to maintain a patient record which accurately reflected
the evaluation and treatment of a patient.
Raul Vassy Romoshan a/k/a Vasile
Damitru Romosan, Long Island City, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040490; Cal. No.
17963
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 18 month suspension, probation 2 years,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Controlled
Substance, a Class D Felony.
Laura Gaye Benish,
Eastchester, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039878; Cal. No.
18006
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $20,000 fine, 100
hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
issuing prescriptions for medications to treat non-dental
conditions.
John R. Calamia,
New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 034548; Cal. No.
18027
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain a record that accurately reflected the
evaluation and treatment of a patient.
Jose Del Carmen
Salcedo, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 193332; Cal. No. 16921
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of obtaining
a nursing certificate by fraud, deception and misrepresentation
by a sister state. Such conduct if committed within this state
would constitute professional misconduct.
William Alex Odom-Hickey a/k/a
William A. O. Hickey, Philadelphia, PA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
236763; Cal. No. 17406
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of violating the
Uniform Code of Military Justice by engaging in indecent acts
with a patient while on duty.
Jean Boffi LoRusso,
Rome, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
067186; Cal. No. 18208
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
diverting the controlled drug Fioricet for her own use.
Elizabeth L.
MacPeek, Lyndonville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
085442; Cal. No. 18248
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been found
guilty by Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33
of the Public Health Law for diverting the controlled substance
Dilaudid for her own use.
Claudette Richardson a/k/a
Claudette Jones, South Floral Park, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 111731, 276087; Cal. Nos. 18256,
18257
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender licenses
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of
neglecting to check a patient's vital signs for six hours,
failing to insure that a cardiac patient had an open and
functioning intravenous line, failing to write an incident report
on a patient who had fallen, and administering three and a half
times the ordered dose of a heart medication.
Natalie A. Young a/k/a Natalie
Ann Young, Niagara Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
203415; Cal. No. 17410
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
February 1994)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 2 years to take effect and commence as set forth in the
Regents Review Committee report.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of Petit Larceny
and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree,
both Class A Misdemeanors.
Sheila Marie Shortslef a/k/a
Sheila M. Shortslef, Fulton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 195037, 425939; Cal. Nos. 17654,
17655
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty by the
Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the
Public Health Law.
Matthew M.
Niedzielski, Aquebogue, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
238063; Cal. No. 17174
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
December 2001)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Required to successfully complete certain
course, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of falling
asleep while on duty, administering a medication that had been
discontinued, failing to administer a medication and
administering the wrong dose of medication.
Jennifer Jean Wentzell a/k/a
Jennifer Jean Boniface, Middletown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 200417, 447346; Cal. Nos. 17418,
17419
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
September 2003)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Forgery in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor,
on two occasions.
Jacqueline Severe,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 187201, 436790; Cal. Nos. 17793,
17792
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also June 2007)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
placing a patient at the wrong angle in bed, discontinuing
medication when there was no physician's order to do so,
administering medications without a physician's order and
failing to notify a physician that a patient's urine level
was low.
Laurajean
Motherway, Kings Park, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 416268; Cal. No. 17835
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against the charge of failing to properly assess patients.
Margaret Anne Dossert a/k/a
Margaret A. Tyler, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 142898, 342410; Cal. Nos. 17851,
17852
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been found
in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law for obtaining
the controlled substance Morphine for her own use by making false
statements in required controlled substance records.
Katherine May
Shufelt, Schaghticoke, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 172109; Cal. No. 17971
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been
convicted of Driving While Intoxicated on two occasions.
Francine D. Ellis,
Ballston Spa, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
127813; Cal. No. 17977
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been
convicted of the crime Petit Larceny.
Jennifer Lee Handy,
Amsterdam, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248569; Cal. No. 17989
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
committing nine medication administration and documentation
errors.
Mary A.C. Baker,
Rushville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
154340; Cal. No. 18000
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired By Drugs and
Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Second
Degree.
Ketty Agnant Moise a/k/a Ketty A
Moise, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 171317, 468281; Cal. Nos. 18007,
18008
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
willfully making false reports by altering a patient's
records to reflect that a different intravenous solution than the
one she administered had been given to the patient.
Peggy Ann Cahill,
Lewis, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
151043; Cal. No. 18017
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been
convicted of Criminal Possession Of A Forged Instrument in the
Third Degree and guilty to the charge of stealing Demerol from a
hospital where she was employed.
James Christopher
Rotolo, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
256106; Cal. No. 18024
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to
practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
committing two medication administration errors.
Althea Kemmille
Robinson, Freeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
241468; Cal. No. 18026
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 12 month suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
abandoning a patient in need of immediate professional care
without making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of
said care.
Desmond Thomas
Antoine, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
201002; Cal. No. 18043
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 36 months, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of allowing
a former psychiatric patient, whom he had treated, to live in his
apartment for a year and not informing his superiors at the
hospital of this fact or the fact that this individual was not
taking her medication.
Christopher Robert
Burton, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
245966; Cal. No. 18061
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to
practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree.
Deborah Gail
James, East Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 461410; Cal. No. 18071
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
willfully trying to conceal that she failed to post and interpret
a telemetry strip for a patient.
Alice Nyonoon
Sei-Jedah, New York, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 210968; Cal. No. 18081
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
indicating on patients' medication administration records
that medications had been administered when no such
administrations had taken place.
Phyllis Ann
Abramson, Richmond, VA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
146881; Cal. No. 18087
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
diverting drugs from hospital stock for her own personal use.
Kenneth Alfonzo
Burwell, Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 423671; Cal. No. 18094
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
September 1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite suspension, until served at least
3 months of said suspension, and until terminated as set forth in
the consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
violating terms of probation imposed upon him by the Board of
Regents.
Joanne Elizabeth
Greene, Wappingers Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
241100; Cal. No. 18124
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing medication administration and documentation
errors.
Nathan Sull,
Buffalo, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 472456; Cal. No. 18139
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
committing an act, Petit Larceny, that constitutes a crime under
New York State Law.
Susan Lynn
D'Amico, Amherst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 218034, 440262; Cal. Nos. 18185,
18186
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
October 2002)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Esther
Benoit-Barthelemy, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 491342; Cal. No. 18229
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
June 2002)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Marie A. Boulin,
Queens Village, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 490603; Cal. No. 18200
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
December 2005)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Marie Claude
Charles, South Ozone Park, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 492619; Cal. No. 18199
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
September 2004)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
falsely indicating on her application for licensure as a
Registered Nurse that she had completed a basic nursing education
program.
Gladys Desvarieux,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 500088; Cal. No. 18203
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
November 2003)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Jeanny M. Gaillard,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 490721; Cal. No. 18201
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
July 2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Marlene Gerard,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499555; Cal. No. 18159
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
February 2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Marie F. Jacques, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499429; Cal. No. 18197
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (See also March 2006)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Carmen Jean-Pierre, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 493176; Cal. No. 18204
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Saintannia Lazarre,
Queens Village, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
257187; Cal. No. 18206
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Jocelyne Louis, Northwoodmere, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 500913; Cal. No. 18202
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
May 2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Mirza T. Tanis,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 255486, 492073; Cal. Nos. 18227,
18228
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended
pending disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents
action.
Alan
Feldman, Merrick, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No.
003918; Cal. No. 18020
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
November 1998)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of, while
during a period of actual suspension, the practice of ophthalmic
dispensing that included auto refracting, case histories and
vision peripheral fields.
Leonard Anthony
Rizzo, North Bay Village, FL
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039188; Cal.
No. 17572
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension, for no less than 3 years, and
until terminated, or sooner terminated, as set forth in consent
order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 3
years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
moral unfitness as the result of videotaping customers without
authorization.
Joel Brian Weiner,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033607; Cal.
No. 17691
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been
convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing, a Class A
Misdemeanor.
Kings Bronx,
Inc., 535 East 170th Street, Bronx, NY
10456
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 022841; Cal. No.
17762
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
May 2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
failing to verify the authenticity of prescriptions calling for
Tylenol with Codeine No. 4.
Shamsul K. Bakar,
New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 044114; Cal.
No. 17763
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
May 2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to verify the authenticity of prescriptions calling for Tylenol
with Codeine No. 4.
Louis A. Pisani,
Garden City, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029639; Cal.
No. 17868
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
dispensing drugs without being presented with a prescription,
filing false Medicaid claims and violating pharmacy
regulations.
Robert Douglas
Soto, Nanuet, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043583; Cal.
No. 18001
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been
convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Douglas C.
Linstruth, Canastota, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025564; Cal.
No. 18097
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $750 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
dispensing too great a quantity of a drug than what was
prescribed and, on two occasions, dispensing to one customer the
drug prescribed for another customer.
Robert Rochford,
Long Beach, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031945; Cal.
No. 18100
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also
April 2003)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of holding
for sale numerous misbranded drugs in that the medication
containers were overfilled mixing lot numbers.
N.O.B. Pharmacy,
Inc., 1336 Peninsula Boulevard, Hewlett, NY
11572
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019228; Cal. No.
18101
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of
holding for sale numerous misbranded drugs in that the medication
containers were overfilled mixing lot numbers.
Joel Brian
Weiner, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003820; Cal.
No. 17690
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second
Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
John Chester Pulaski,
Jr., Pinehurst, NC
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
046788; Cal. No. 18048
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor and Leaving the Scene of an Incident [involving
personal injury] Without Reporting, a Class B misdemeanor.
Sidney M.
Rosenblatt, Bronx, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003319; Cal.
No. 18181
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Offering a
False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.
Vincent Joseph
Gibney, Fort Thomas, KY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 005514; Cal.
No. 18183
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been
convicted of receiving in interstate commerce and proffering for
pay an adulterated drug.