Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
December 1994
Architecture- Certified Public Accountancy - Dentistry - Landscape Architecture - Nursing - Pharmacy - Professional Engineering and Land Surveying - Veterinary Medicine
Architecture
John J. Grosfeld, New York, NY
Profession: Architecture; Lic. No. 008752; Cal.
No. 13633
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against charges of signing a form that he was not qualified to
sign.
Certified Public Accountancy
Perry Barsky, Massapequa, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 014637; Cal. No. 12836
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of last
10 months of suspension stayed at which time probation 10 months.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges
of practicing the profession of public accountancy while his
license was suspended.
Henry Holtzman, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 020655; Cal. No. 14714
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of causing
a client to believe that he had prepared and/or filed forms and
records pertaining to the client's business when he had not,
and failing to maintain copies of the forms and records.
Bernard Tauger, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 012330; Cal. No. 14903
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
failing to timely prepare and submit New York State Gift Tax
Returns.
Dentistry
Marsha Ellen Cohen a/k/a Marsha C. Schiffmiller a/k/a Marsha E. Schiffmiller a/k/a Marsha Ellen Schiffmiller a/k/a Marsha Rappe, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 033881; Cal. No.
11626
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see
also December
2007)
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation
stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges
of having been convicted of crimes of Burglary in The Second
Degree, a Class C Felony (3 counts), Criminal Possession of Stolen
Property in The Fourth Degree, a Class E Felony (2 counts), Petit
Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor, and Criminal Trespass in The
Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Paul A. Palange, Bronx, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038157; Cal. No.
12559
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last
2 years of suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges
of gross negligence, gross incompetence, practicing the profession
with incompetence on more than one occasion, and unprofessional
conduct involving root canal treatment performed by him.
Michael Gelbart, Stamford, CT
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 034702; Cal. No.
12616
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges
of insertion of crowns on two teeth resulting in a poor prognosis
for the salvaging of either tooth.
Jerry Harold Lynn, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 022427; Cal. No.
12612
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see
also March 2002)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $15,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of advertising
or soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, violating
a term of probation by advertising or soliciting for patronage
not in the public interest, and negligent insurance billing.
Toothsavers Dental Services, P.C. formerly known as Jerry Lynn, D.D.S., P.C.; 57 West 57th Street, New York, NY
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 12613
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of advertising
or soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, violating
a term of probation by advertising or soliciting for patronage
not in the public interest, and negligent insurance billing.
Bogdan Butrymowicz, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040477; Cal. No.
14210
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to maintain a record for a patient that accurately reflects the
treatment of the patient.
Marc Mordecai Liechtung a/k/a Mordecai Marc Liechtung, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040754; Cal. No.
14494
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
submitting an insurance claim form for payment indicating that
porcelain with gold crowns had been placed on four teeth of a
patient when only porcelain laminates had been placed on the
teeth.
Jonathan Daniel Hirsh, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 026452; Cal. No.
14723
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Suspension for a period of not less
than 3 months and until fit to practice - upon termination of
suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence
if and when return to practice, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
submitting a fraudulent insurance claim form, abandoning a patient
and failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
William C. Tinelli, New Hartford, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 032337; Cal. No.
14880
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation
of Article 33 of the Public Health Law related to controlled
substances.
Jaime P. Portalatin, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041205; Cal. No.
14963
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of errors
in judgement regarding crown and denture fabrication.
Gutierrez Roberto Mauricio Rodriguez, Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041782; Cal. No.
15005
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of receiving
a fee from a third party in connection with the performance of
professional services.
Eduardo E. Albornoz, Brentwood, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035655; Cal. No.
15019
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year
under various terms, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of receiving
a fee from a third party in connection with the performance of
professional services.
Landscape Architecture
William C. Perkins, Sayville, NY
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No. 001056;
Cal. No. 15027
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing
his seal on a landscape plan which he did not prepare and retaining
a written evaluation of the professional services represented
by the plan.
Nursing
Eleanor Noisette a/k/a Eleanor Marie White Noisette, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
075788; Cal. No. 14799
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges
of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in
the Fourth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Nicolina S. Conaway, Niagara Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
169530; Cal. No. 12203
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year under various terms to commence upon
return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
failing to follow a physician's order requiring removal and/or
replacement of a dressing and a Transderm-Nitro 10 mg. ADH patch
on three patients.
Margaret M. O'Connell, Astoria, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 266253; Cal. No. 13992
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
administering medication to a patient twice although the physician's
order called for the medication to be administered only once
and administering three medications to a patient while failing
to record the administration of the medications on the Medication
Record.
Linda A. Widrig, Lackawanna, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
121132; Cal. No. 14447
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see
also December
2000)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to administer medications to patients.
Elaine Taylor Lannon, Newark, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 152021; Cal. No. 14455
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
failing to indicate on a medication sheet for students in an
elementary school that one student's dosage of a controlled medication
had been changed, failure to indicate on the medication sheet
what medication one student was to receive, administering medication
on two occasions to the students in the school but failing to
indicate on the medication sheet that she had done so, and preparing
to administer the wrong medication to a student.
Kay Loraine Pinkney, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
129985; Cal. No. 14571
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
seven occasions of committing medication errors.
Ann M. Quinn, Queens Village, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 286704; Cal. No. 14632
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of indicating
on a patient's medication administration record that she had
administered four medications when she had not.
Salome Alethea Edwards-Harbajohn, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 200432, 412264; Cal. Nos. 14654,
14653
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to maintain two patient records that accurately reflected evaluations
of the two patients.
Bernice J. Merritt, Mt. Vernon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
141945; Cal. No. 14803
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation
of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled
substances.
Mary L. Van Patten, Watervliet, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
051676; Cal. No. 14815
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if
and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against charges of verbally abusing two patients.
Sue Carol Stout, Canastota, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 197561, 437611; Cal. Nos. 14846,
14845
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
errors in medication administration.
Kathleen Marie O'Neill, Richmond, TX
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 112683, 304627; Cal. Nos. 14891,
14892
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, 50 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified
Misdemeanor.
Jeffrey A. Harter, Brockport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
213072; Cal. No. 14906
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of physically
abusing a nursing home resident by throwing a urinal at the resident.
Leslye D. Blackstock, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 147131, 334206; Cal. Nos. 14908,
14909
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of posing
as being on duty in order to obtain syringes from a hospital
unit.
Bruce Vivier Wiseley, San Antonio, TX
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
223341; Cal. No. 14913
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see
also December
1998)
Action: Suspension until successfully participates
in a course of therapy and treatment - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years under various terms to commence upon return
to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of diverting
narcotic drugs from his employment for his own use.
Janice Ann Laguerra a/k/a Janice Laguerra, Shirley, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
185906; Cal. No. 14952
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to commence upon
return to practice, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Unauthorized Sale of a Controlled Substance.
Edward Lucker, Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
221931; Cal. No. 14982
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994 (see
also March 2000)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Susan Obenauer a/k/a Susan M. Obenauer, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 128083, 362280; Cal. Nos. 14984,
14985
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of
Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled substances.
Quincie Fuller, Parishville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
138233; Cal. No. 14988
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year
under various terms, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Steven R. Williams, Skaneateles, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 113912, 347308; Cal. Nos. 15034,
15035
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of writing
or altering medical orders for hospital patients.
Pharmacy
Daniel Gonzalez, New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034413; Cal.
No. 14931
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of dispensing
prescription-required drugs in the absence of a valid prescription.
Howard Oscar Blechman, Hampton Bays, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024152; Cal.
No. 14966
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of refilling
a prescription for the non-controlled drug Stadol Nasal Spray
by erroneously dispensing the non-controlled drug Zouivax instead,
and mislabelling the package containing the drug.
Richard K. Aikens, Delhi, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024706; Cal.
No. 15016
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
in The Fourth Degree.
We Care Supplies, Inc. d/b/a Safety Drugs.
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021570; Cal.
No. 14761
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Application to surrender registration
granted.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted to charges
of having the pharmacy open for business although there was no
licensed pharmacist on duty, and violations of pharmacy rules
and regulations. Retail pharmacy does not contest allegations
of submitting claims to third party insurers for reimbursement
on fraudulent prescriptions.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
Richard Allen Styles, Kingston, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045892;
Cal. No. 14685
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against charges of preparing an incorrect survey and failing
to respond to a verbal request by the client's attorney to consult
further with her with regard to the survey.
Gerald T. O'Buckley, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 039834;
Cal. No. 14829
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year
under various terms, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to indicate on a survey map that the map was based on a survey
in his possession.
John C. Hoeflich, Long Beach, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
054082; Cal. No. 14994
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Donald C. Gregory, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
028979; Cal. No. 14187
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of
errors in the plans for a residence.
Veterinary Medicine
Donald Ellis Theodorson, East Rockaway, NY
Profession: Veterinary Medicine; Lic. No. 003487;
Cal. No. 15045
Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to keep an adequate patient record.
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