Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
February 1994
Chiropractic - Dentistry - Nursing - Ophthalmic Dispensing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Public Accountancy - Veterinary Medicine
Chiropractic
Charles R. Solano, Indianapolis, IN
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 001636; Cal.
No. 14189
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to make records available to a patient upon request.
Charles R. Solano, D.C. and Peggy A. Grabinski-Solano, D.C., P.C.; Yonkers, NY
Profession: Chiropractic; Cal. No. 14190
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to make records available to a patient upon request.
Dentistry
Gilbert Y. Kim, Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037981; Cal. No. 14427
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of giving
a patient a previously used cup.
Nursing
Margaret E. Thrasher, Fulton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 127587;
Cal. No. 9814
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 18 month suspension and thereafter, probation
18 months under various terms to commence to be served upon return
to practice.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
failing to correctly administer medications on several occasions
and of numerous charging errors.
Wayne Sparling, Walton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 183131, 392304; Cal. Nos. 12144, 12143
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, to be followed by probation
1 year, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having wilfully, verbally, and physically abused a patient and having
referred an infant patient to another facility without assessing
the patient's condition.
Lorraine C. Brisotti a/k/a Lorraine C. DiPalermo, Harriman, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 401526; Cal. No. 13345
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994 (see also March
1998)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, at which time probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a Class
E Felony and Issuing Bad Checks, a Class B Misdemeanor.
Suzanne M. Evans, Utica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 147859, 338981; Cal. Nos. 13747, 13748
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994 (see also July
1995)
Action: Suspension until successfully completes
a course of treatment; upon termination of suspension, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of the charge
of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree,
a Class A Misdemeanor.
Sharon Parker a/k/a Sharon R. Worthington-Parker a/k/a Sharon R. Parker-Worthington; Cambria Heights, NY; Laurelton, NY; Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 195120;
Cal. No. 14029
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years
of suspension stayed at which time probation for last 2 years, $500
fine, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of violating
the terms of probation that were imposed under Order #12751.
Elizabeth A. Maroone a/k/a Elizabeth A. Haumesser, Hamburg, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 415839; Cal. No. 14163
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years
of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $500 fine, 100 hours of
public service.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of the charge
of Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Gerard Astudillo Atos, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 216837, 439201; Cal. Nos. 13925, 13926
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of falsifying
immigration status on a nursing school application and falsifying
immigration status on a hospital employment application.
Gloria A. Beattie, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 125288;
Cal. No. 13991
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of falsely
stating, on a patient's record, that she had performed a glucose
test.
Marie B. Murphy, Rego Park, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 095721;
Cal. No. 14008
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of eleven
charges of incorrectly indicating on a Medication Administration
Record that an administration had been made.
Thelma C. Chamberlain, Fort Plain, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 388988; Cal. No. 14018
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to follow hospital policies and procedures regarding the measure
that a nurse supervisor should take in cases involving the alleged
impairment by drugs or alcohol of its employees.
Natalie A. Young, Niagara Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 203415;
Cal. No. 14048
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994 (see also November
1999)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if and
when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to render proper tracheostomy care to two patients.
Rony Archange Perard, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.197482;
Cal. No. 14119
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree.
Melanie Dawne West a/k/a Melanie Wakefield, Albany, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 197912;
Cal. No. 14226
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against charges of failing to perform four treatments and recording
that the treatments were done.
Barbara Bullock, Rocky Mount, NC
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 052792;
Cal. No. 14248
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Suspension until fit to practice; Upon termination
of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence
upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of practicing
the profession of nursing while her ability to practice was impaired
by alcohol and of charges of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree.
Valerie Drake, North Babylon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 130578, 326568; Cal. Nos. 14349, 14350
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to become effective
and to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of administering
medication to a patient on seven occasions, but failing to indicate
on the medication Administration Record for said patient that she
had done so.
Hilda Shanley, Cadyville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 133349;
Cal. No. 14397
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to administer blood sugar tests to ten patients and recording that
the tests had been done.
Ophthalmic Dispensing
Frank C. Hornbeck, Hornell, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No. 001794;
Cal. No. 12872
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to exercise appropriate supervision over a dispenser of eyeglasses.
Pharmacy
Mohammad Saleem, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032728; Cal. No.
9686
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: No penalty imposed.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
failing to indicate the manufacturer and distributor on two prescriptions
for generic products; filling 5 non-controlled substance prescriptions
pursuant to an interim physician's order which did not contain any
signature of the prescriber; and dispensing one controlled substance
when the interim physician's order failed to contain the age of the
patient.
Rodney Bookman a/k/a Harvey Bookman, Howard Beach, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031509; Cal. No.
13239
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
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, $250 fine, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having
been convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance,
Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Criminal Possession of a Controlled
Substance and two counts of Possession of a Controlled Dangerous
Substance.
Celso A. Bilbao, Carle Place, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030429; Cal. No.
13990
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine, probation
1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of giving
the wrong directions for use on a medication dispensed to a patient
and permitting a dispensed medication to be delivered to the wrong
patient.
Arnold Adoff, Monsey, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024704; Cal. No.
14180
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994 (See also July
2005)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of dispensing
a greater strength of a drug in a volume greater than called for
in a prescription.
John E. Malke, Hamburg, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025574; Cal. No.
14301
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of dispensing
the wrong drug to a patient.
Podiatry
Jack Cohen a/k/a Jack J. Cohen, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003906; Cal. No.
13579
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994 (see also April
1999)
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 30
months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a Class
C Felony; sixty counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing
in the First Degree, a Class E Felony; and twenty-one counts of Falsifying
Business Records in the First Degree, a Class E Felony.
Public Accountancy
Paul R. Doran, Rochester, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
025932; Cal. No. 14087
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994 (see also June
2002)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of wilfully
failing to register with the New York State Education Department.
Veterinary Medicine
Louis A. Grasso, South Salem, NY
Profession: Veterinary Medicine; Lic. No. 005827;
Cal. No. 13928
Regents Action Date: February 18, 1994
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed at which time probation for said last
18 months, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
three counts of Unlawfully, Intentionally and Knowingly Distributing
and Possessing with Intent to Distribute Anabolic Steroids.
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