Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
December 1996
Chiropractic - Dentistry - Massage - Nursing - Ophthalmic Dispensing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Public Accountancy
Chiropractic
James Joseph Barile, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 001691; Cal.
No. 12036
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: Revocation, $15,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
practicing the profession beyond its authorized scope, and offering
unauthorized services.
James Joseph Barile, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Chiropractic, P.C.; Cal. No. 12037
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Professional corporation was found guilty
of charges of practicing the profession beyond its authorized scope,
and offering unauthorized services.
Dentistry
Lawrence D. Orvieto, White Plains, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024599; Cal. No. 16188
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to have been convicted
of one count of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and twenty counts
of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.
Rene Horvilleur, Port Washington, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041181; Cal. No. 16241
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to maintain a record which accurately reflected evaluation and treatment
of a patient and failing to maintain copies of advertisements of
licensee's dentistry practice for a least one year.
Massage
Stuart Friedman, New York, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 002339;
Cal. No. 15271
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 4 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of conduct
in the profession which evidences moral unfitness and failure to
maintain patient records.
Nursing
Estelle Gibson, Nedrow, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 270238; Cal. No. 13375
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
medication administration errors.
Marilou Cielo A. Pacumio a/k/a Marilou Cielo Augustin Agpalo, Richmond Hill, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 200789, 436300; Cal. Nos. 14219, 13984
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 6 months suspension to be followed by 18
months probation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
failing to monitor and assess a patient's condition and failing to
indicate the status of intravenous fluids in the IV/CLYSIS record.
Carol Ann Boughton, Waverly, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 181099;
Cal. No. 15602
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
medication omissions and transcription and labeling errors.
Genevieve Deloris Walters, Albany, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 405121; Cal. No. 16073
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed at which time probation 23 months, $1,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction of Misprision
of a Felony.
Tammy L. Garner, Potsdam, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 234593;
Cal. No. 16204
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996 (see also October
2007)
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of medication
administration and charting errors.
Michelle Lorrainne Conlin a/k/a Michelle L. Sipps, Staatsburg, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 224184;
Cal. No. 16214
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a Felony
conviction of Driving While Intoxicated.
Jacqui P. Bowman a/k/a Jacqueline Bowman a/k/a Jacqueline M. Pracella, Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 167415;
Cal. No. 16262
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996 (see also November
1998)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being convicted
of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree, a
Class A Misdemeanor.
Elaine Kathleen Smith, Parishville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 225911;
Cal. No. 16351
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996 (see also April
2001)
Action: Partial suspension in certain area until
successfully completes certain course, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to enter in patient records the administration of medication, administering
medications at the wrong time, and leaving medication by a patient's
bedside.
Lillian Mary Maxon a/k/a Lillian Galante Maxon, Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 081405, 380974; Cal. Nos. 16359, 16358
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 12 month suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 12 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to properly report an incident involving a patient under licensee's
care.
Janet E. Fox, Lakeland, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 231339; Cal. No. 16439
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of transferring
controlled substances without medical authorization to another person
for use by a third person.
Ophthalmic Dispensing
James Thomas La Rocco, Scotia, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No. 005916;
Cal. No. 16352
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
convictions for Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified Misdemeanor
and a Class E Felony, and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor
Vehicle in the Second Degree, and unclassified Misdemeanor.
Pharmacy
Momort Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a Central Pharmacy, Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 009650; Cal. No.
13691
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: $10,000 fine.
Summary: Retail pharmacy was found guilty of charges
of dispensing numerous prescriptions that had no patient name, failing
to number prescriptions consecutively, and signing inaccurate daily
records.
Morton Friedman, Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022994; Cal. No.
13692
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
dispensing without legal authority, dispensing numerous prescriptions
that had no patient name, failing to number prescriptions consecutively,
and signing inaccurate daily records.
Anthony Angelo Mercaldo, Wantagh, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036162; Cal. No.
13693
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
dispensing without legal authority, dispensing numerous prescriptions
that did not bear the patient's names, failing to number prescriptions
consecutively, and signing inaccurate daily records.
Mindy Schwartz, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 038518; Cal. No.
15235
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed at which time probation for last 11 months,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of changing
a physician's order without first obtaining the permission of the
physician.
Vinode Ramprashad, Jamaica Hills, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 040374; Cal. No.
16117
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 35
months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $7,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction of Grand
Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a Class E Felony.
Hasmukh Shah, Bergenfield, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031981; Cal. No.
16223
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: $2,500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of selling
misbranded drugs.
Minh Pharmacy, Inc., New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021788; Cal. No.
16324
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Retail pharmacy admitted to charges of
permitting the dispensing of prescription-required drugs without
a prescription.
Pharmaco, Inc. d/b/a Bac Ai Pharmacy, New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021547; Cal. No.
16345
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Retail pharmacy admitted to charges of
permitting the dispensing of prescription-required drugs without
a prescription.
Christine Mong Chao, Cliffside, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035753; Cal. No.
16348
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of permitting
the dispensing of prescription-required drugs without a prescription.
Robert G. Curns, Alpine, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027414; Cal. No.
16412
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of stealing
the prescription-required drug Imitrex from his employer.
Podiatry
Paul D. Giovinco, Ridgewood, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 002603; Cal. No.
16119
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to have a conviction
of Failure to File a Tax Return, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Michael I. Spielman, Smithtown, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 002315; Cal. No.
16045
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having a conviction
for Attempted Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Psychology
Robert G. Strickland, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 005158; Cal.
No. 14738
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of allowing
a patient to disrobe.
Public Accountancy
Larry J. Kushner a/k/a Larry Jay Kushner, White Plains, NY; New York, NY; White Plains, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
034060; Cal. No. 16042
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: $10,000 fine, revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to have a conviction
of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a Class E Felony.
Edward Aloysius Clark, Hicksville, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
056100; Cal. No. 16425
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: 24 month suspension.
Summary: Licensee admitted to convictions of the
crimes of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, a Class D Felony, and
Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified Misdemeanor.
Lloyd Merrill, New York, NY; New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
028978; Cal. No. 16386
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted a conviction of A Scheme
to Defraud in the First Degree.
Alfred M. Givens, East Norwich, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
033313; Cal. No. 16402
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction of Operating
a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol, a Felony.
Harold Monroe Hofflin, Boca Raton, FL
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. (Cert.)
No. 013191; Cal. No. 16434
Regents Action Date: December 20, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license (certificate)
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction of Conspiracy
to Bribe an Internal Revenue Service Agency, a Felony.
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