Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
April 1999
Certified Public Accountancy - Certified Social Work - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Nursing - Ophthalmic Dispensing - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy - Podiatry - Psychology - Veterinary Medicine
Certified Public Accountancy
Sheldon Paul Hirsch a/k/a Sheldon P. Hirsch, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 028277; Cal. No. 17217
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of five counts of Income Tax Evasion, a felony.
Stan Bleiman a/k/a Stanley Bleiman, Westbury, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 076378; Cal. No. 17774
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of criminal sale of marijuana and willfully making and subscribing
a false U.S. individual income tax return.
Rubin L. Gorewitz, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 016166; Cal. No. 17605
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, probation 1 year, $5,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the Internal Revenue
Service.
Alan S. Kappel, Lawrence, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making
errors during the performance of two annual audits of a company.
Certified Social Work
Paul James Dolmetsch, Bennington, VT
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
040260; Cal. No. 14911
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 5 year suspension, execution of last 4 years of suspension
stayed, probation for said last 4 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of engaging
in sexual intercourse with a patient; practicing the profession
while his ability was impaired by a mental disability, and for
failing to maintain a patient record which accurately reflected
the evaluation and treatment of said patient.
Edward John Daly, South Cairo, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
034418; Cal. No. 17640
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also October
2006)
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, a Class E Felony.
Chiropractic
Frank Joseph Mandarino, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Chiropractic; Lic. No. 006608; Cal.
No. 17478
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 5 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of the crime Money Laundering.
Dentistry
Paul J. Mraz, Jr., West Seneca, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 021164; Cal. No.
17682
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to obtain any orthodontic pre-treatment records or formulate
an orthodontic diagnosis or treatment plan.
Henry K. Kent, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 033773; Cal. No.
17626
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 permitting
an unlicensed person to place orthodontic brackets on a patient's
teeth.
Henry K. Kent, D.M.D., P.C., 4427 Union Road, Buffalo, NY 14225
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 17627
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of permitting
an unlicensed person to place orthodontic brackets on a patient's
teeth.
Elena Anca Florea, Flushing, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 034933; Cal. No.
17646
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 charge of
submitting erroneous dental insurance claim forms.
Robert Pierre Louis, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 043350; Cal. No.
17704
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also September 2011)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failure
to fully clean a patient's canals prior to placing posts.
Nursing
Marjorie A. Marshall, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
126440; Cal. No. 16331
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of willfully
physically abusing eight patients by improperly placing them
in restraints for her own convenience, walking out of facility
she was employed at without making any arrangement for the continued
care of her patients, and numerous treatment errors.
Gayle Louise Conley-Benjamin, Elmira, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
184161; Cal. No. 16362
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of making
medication errors, failing to administer medications as ordered
on numerous occasions, and willfully verbally intimidating a
patient.
Julianne M. Norton, Hornell, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 363267; Cal. No. 17678
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of the crime of Driving While Intoxicated, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Ellsworth Cahn, Albany, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
140032; Cal. No. 16021
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 12 month suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing
to administer medications to eight (8) different patients on
one occasion.
Noreen R. Yassa, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
197985; Cal. No. 16033
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of abandoning
a patient by leaving them unattended on two different occasions.
Joann Anzelone Lynch, Wantagh, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
203942; Cal. No. 16257
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of making
entries in patient's record that a dressing change had been made
when in fact it had not and failing to maintain a record for
each patient that accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment
of the patient.
Kathleen Margaret Van Wagner, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
124919; Cal. No. 16688
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last 1 year of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument
in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor, and submitting a
fraudulent registration application for licensure as a licensed
practical nurse.
Peter Henry Johnson, Jr., Limestone, ME
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234585; Cal. No. 17342
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Unlawfully Dealing With a Child in the First
Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor, and Issuing a Bad Check, a Class
B Misdemeanor.
Roland James Dominic, Gilboa, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
139963; Cal. No. 17505
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 5 year suspension, execution of last 3 1/2 years of
suspension stayed, probation for last 3 1/2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class
C Felony.
Michelle L. Hund, Olean, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
182081; Cal. No. 17585
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified
Misdemeanor.
Roxanne R.T. Harter, Davie, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
174467; Cal. No. 17007
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
making medication administration errors on numerous occasions.
Kimberly M. Ostrander, New Windsor, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 146392, 371408; Cal. Nos. 17059,
17060
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $500 fine, 50 hours of public service, probation
3 years to commence if and when return to practice, the aforesaid
penalty and probation shall supersede and be in satisfaction
of the probation previously set forth in Commissioner's Order
Nos. 8323 and 8322 and therefore said probation, previously set
forth in Commissioner's Order Nos. 8323 and 8322, as aforesaid,
need not be served.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled
Substance in the Fourth Degree, a Class D Felony; Petit Larceny,
a Class A Misdemeanor; and Driving While the Ability is Impaired
by Drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Sueanne Schwartz, Coxsackie, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
141593; Cal. No. 17073
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month suspension, after period of suspension
served, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Issuing a Bad Check, a Class B Misdemeanor,
on nine occasions, and Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor,
on two occasions.
Jayne Lenda, Long Beach, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 325252; Cal. No. 17470
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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
making a false report by failing to disclose having been disciplined
in another state on the application to register to practice as
a registered professional nurse in New York State.
Dennis Palisoc Ramos, Tampa, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 222343, 446573; Cal. Nos. 17492,
17493
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence on April 1, 2001, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of taking
the controlled substance Demerol without authorization.
Charlotte Aliene Worden, Apalachin, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 475575; Cal. No. 17506
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 failing
to follow a physician's order for continuous pulse oximetry monitoring
of an elderly patient and failing to obtain a physician's order
for oxygen for said patient.
Tricia Marie Wilbur, Morrisville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 223033, 447718; Cal. Nos. 17526,
17527
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of representing
that she rendered certain nursing services on certain dates when
she had not and failing to disclose a criminal conviction on
her registration application.
Dawn Margaret Stiedl, Rochester, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 468557; Cal. No. 17554
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified
Misdemeanor.
Patrick W. O'Neill, Clifton Springs, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 130684, 371381; Cal. Nos. 17565,
17564
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
October 21, 2011months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application -
upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
and having been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in
violation of Article 33 by diverting Demerol from a hospital's
drug supply for personal use and substituting another liquid
similar to water.
Merline Caluza Pasag, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 215117, 440788; Cal. Nos. 17579,
17580
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 charge of administering
50 mg. of the non-controlled medication Labetalol to a patient,
then preparing to administer another 50 mg. of said medication,
although the physician's order called for the administration
of 20 mg., and failing to record said incident in the hospital
records.
Jenifer Christine Burnard, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 415157; Cal. No. 17641
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth
in consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 3 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of forging
two prescriptions for controlled substances on prescription blanks
that she misappropriated from the offices of her nursing employer.
Sung Hee Kim Chang, Smithtown, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 198019; Cal. No. 17644
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 setting
up a patient's patient-controlled anesthesia with the wrong medication.
Oswald C. David, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 248398; Cal. No. 17672
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 Attempted Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree.
Beatrice Sikah, Madison, MS
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 456569; Cal. No. 17689
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon commencement of practice,
$750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making
a false statement to obtain a permit to practice as a registered
professional nurse in Mississippi and did not contest charge
of willfully making a false statement on the application for
re-registration as a registered professional nurse in New York.
Katherine Davis Streeter, Castorland, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
091148; Cal. No. 17754
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to practice,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of administering
medications to several patients at times other than the times
ordered and failing to reflect the accurate times of administration
on the medication administration records.
James A. Nowik, Rhinebeck, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 313056; Cal. No. 17767
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also November
10, 2000)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to practice,
50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been found in violation of Article Thirty-three of the Public
Health Law for diverting the controlled substances Morphine Sulfate
and Meperidine for his own use.
Jacqueline Vedette Balzora, Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 491891; Cal. No. 17883
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also September
2000)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had completed courses in anatomy,
biology, pharmacology and physiology.
Quetlie F. Jean Baptiste, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 492181; Cal. No. 17901
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had graduated from Ecole Nationale
D'Infirmieres.
Marie Hernante Cadet, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
256305; Cal. No. 17942
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of licensed practical nurse
license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a licensed practical nurse in
the State of New York that she had attended and obtained an Associate's
Degree in Nursing from Ecole Nationale D'Infirmieres.
Guylene Charles, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 489607; Cal. No. 17885
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Nicole David, Rosedale, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Lic.
No. 492279; Cal. No. 17878
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also December
2000)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Marlene Domingue, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 252089, 489788; Cal. Nos. 17931,
17930
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of licensed practical nurse
and registered professional nurse licenses.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on each of her applications for licensure in the State of New
York that she had attended Ecole Nationale D'Infirmiere and obtained
a diploma therefrom.
Carline Emmanuel, Brentwood, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499292; Cal. No. 17903
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had attended from Ecole Nationale
des Infirmieres.
Annie Adella Fleary, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 490293; Cal. No. 17880
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also April
2001)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received An Associate Nursing
Degree.
Micheline Fleurantin, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 483638, Cal. No. 17877
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also November
2000)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Barbara Tulie Fleurima, Queens, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
252691; Cal. No. 17917
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of licensed practical nurse
license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Ghislaine Ganthier, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 489328; Cal. No. 17884
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also September
2000)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Jacqueline Jacques, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 486061; Cal. No. 17890
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also November
2001)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had attended Universite d'Etat
d'Haiti.
Marie Jose Jean-Baptiste, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 472212; Cal. No. 17947
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also October
2001)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on her application for licensure as a registered professional
nurse in the State of New York that she had attended Ecole Nationale
des Infirmieres.
Lea Jean-Felix, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499137; Cal. No. 17897
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Monique Jean-Paul, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 504941; Cal. No. 17879
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Marie Fredine Laroche, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 490315; Cal. No. 17916
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Constant Maignan, Cambria Heights, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499729; Cal No. 17889
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also April
2001)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Marie Carmen Merveille, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 494956; Cal. No. 17895
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had attended L'Ecole Nationale
d'Infirmiere.
Irlande Milord, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 247449, 481144; Cal. Nos. 17927,
17926
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of licensed practical nurse
and registered professional nurse licenses.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on each of her applications for licensure in the State of New
York that she had attended Ecole Nationale D'Infirmiere and obtained
a diploma therefrom.
Mimose Montina, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 247451; 481373; Cal. Nos. 17951,
17950
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of licensed practical nurse
and registered professional nurse licenses.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on each of her applications for licensure in the State of New
York that she had attended Ecole National Des Infirmieres and
obtained a diploma therefrom.
Suze M. Obas, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 495927; Cal. No. 17902
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had graduated from Ecole Nationale
D'Infirmiere.
Lude Pierre, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 490872; Cal. No. 17921
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Marie Gehane Saint-Jean, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 251952, 494329; Cal. Nos. 17940,
17941
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of licensed practical nurse
and registered professional nurse licenses.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on each of her applications for licensure in the State of New
York that she had attended Ecole Nationale D'Infirmiere and obtained
a diploma therefrom.
Marie Jose Santelli, Flushing, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 493530; Cal. No. 17908
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had obtained an Associates
Degree in Nursing from Ecole Nationale D'Infirmieres.
Merline Elizabeth Turner, South Ozone Park, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 488781; Cal. No. 17882
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also July
2001)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to falsely indicating
on application for licensure as a registered professional nurse
in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing
Degree.
Ophthalmic Dispensing
Mary Jean Bruce Neddy a/k/a Mary Jean Bruce,Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No. 007102;
Cal. No. 17411
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
in the Fifth Degree, a Class D Felony.
Pharmacy
Vincent P. Defilippo, Manhasset, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025286; Cal.
No. 17772
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of the crime Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor
and Driving While Intoxicated, a felony.
Anthony C. LoPresti, Miller Place, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025751; Cal.
No. 17448
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge
of filling prescriptions written by a dentist for drugs having
no dental purpose.
Jyotsna Kapuria, Centereach, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042735; Cal.
No. 17449
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge
of filling prescriptions written by a dentist for drugs having
no dental purpose.
Dennis John Briganti, Green Lawn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036506; Cal.
No. 17455
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $750 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge
of filling prescriptions written by a dentist for drugs having
no dental purpose.
Robert Hliboki, Nesconset, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022666; Cal.
No. 17456
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge
of filling prescriptions written by a dentist for drugs having
no dental purpose.
James Michael Whelan, Sands Point, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028822; Cal.
No. 17653
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation for last 21 months, $5,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of receiving in interstate commerce prescription drugs that were
adulterated and misbranded and delivering the same for pay.
Mary Margaret Becker, Walden, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042154; Cal.
No. 17661
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
unauthorized substitution of a prescription drug and failure
to counsel or offer to counsel regarding a prescription drug.
Mukul H. Kinariwalla, Sayville, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037077; Cal.
No. 17674
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $1,500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of medication
dispensing error, dispensing medication in an unlabelled vial,
inspection violations, to wit: holding for sale outdated medications,
failure to posses current pharmacy regulations, and failure to
have complete biennial controlled drug inventory.
Salvatore Puca, Red Hook, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022546; Cal.
No. 17703
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 found in
violation of Article thirty-three of the Public Health Law for
failing to safeguard and securely keep a controlled drug.
Muhammad Hanif, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030489; Cal.
No. 17718
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 30 month suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the
Third Degree.
Physical Therapy
Donna Shamy Cantor, Kenner, LA
Profession: Physical Therapy Assistant; Cert.
No. 001010; Cal. No. 17173
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence no
sooner than the first four months of suspension and upon return
to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of submitting
false Daily Attendance Records to her former employer for a period
of about fifty-six days.
Podiatry
Jack Cohen, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003906; Cal.
No. 14779
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999 (see also February
1994)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing
the profession of podiatry beyond it's scope, practicing with
negligence on more then one occasion, practicing with gross negligence
and with unprofessional conduct. Respondent failed to adequately
examine and evaluate his patient's pre-operatively. He performed
multiple podiatric surgeries without substantiating the need
for such multiple operative procedures. He proceeded from one
surgery to another without considering the patient's post-operative
condition based upon prior surgeries. He failed to document in
the patients' records a follow-up evaluation, a treatment plan
or the post-operative care provided by him. In addition respondent
was found to have been in violation of the terms of probation
from a prior disciplinary proceeding.
Joanne Conte, New York, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004218; Cal.
No. 16866
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class
D felony.
Psychology
Dominick Esposito, Amityville, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 004391; Cal.
No. 17599
Regents Action Date: April 27, 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 charge that during
the course of treating a patient, he was also the patient's business
advisor and that he did not keep records for the patient that
accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of the patient.
Veterinary Medicine
Paul Martin Nolan, Lake Worth, FL
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 002872; Cal.
No. 17590
Regents Action Date: April 27, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of the crime Failure to Properly Test for a Communicable
Disease.
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