Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
February 1998
Certified Social Work - Dentistry - Landscape Architecture - Nursing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Public Accountancy - Respiratory Therapy
Certified Social Work
Ann P. Smollon, Garden City, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 039137;
Cal. No. 16937
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of willfully
filing a false experiential report with State Education Department
in support of an application to obtain an "R" number.
Dentistry
Karen Armour, Bronx, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035369; Cal. No.
16292
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of last
6 months of suspension stayed, partial suspension in certain
area until satisfactory proof of successful completion of certain
course of retraining, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of allowing
an unlicensed person to clean a patient's teeth and of inserting
a crown with extremely poor retention on a patient's mouth.
William A. Peppiatt, Copaigue, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039133; Cal. No.
16713
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing
to properly fit a patient for dentures and failure to formulate
an adequate treatment plan for said patient.
A. & I. Dental, P.C., 1723 Great Neck Road, Copaigue, NY 11726
Profession: Dentist; Cal. No. 16714
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admits charges of failing
to properly fit a patient for dentures and failure to formulate
an adequate treatment plan for said patient.
Shambhuprasad Mulshanker Mehta, Troy, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035697; Cal. No.
16810
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
practicing profession with negligence on more then one occasion
(by redoing a bridge without redoing work on two teeth with perforations
and by doing one crown with overhangs).
Olga Loseva, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039766; Cal. No.
16834
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
practicing profession with gross negligence (overdrilling a patient's
tooth in preparing to perform a root canal therapy).
Pasquale Charles Gabriele, White Plains, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 021865; Cal. No.
16924
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted
of crime of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States by evading
taxes.
Timothy Slavin, Floral Park, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041601; Cal. No.
16958
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998 (see
also February
2002)
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 2 years,
50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing
to repay his student loan for dental education.
William Joseph Peruso, Central Islip, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040180; Cal. No.
16968
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: $5,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of negligence
on more then one occasion in insurance claim errors.
Landscape Architecture
Timothy Araiys Rumph, Hampton Bays, NY
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No. 000852;
Cal. No. 16970
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
negligence on more then one occasion by preparing two preliminary
landscape plans with errors.
Nursing
Kathleen Sarel, Carmel, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
149705; Cal. No. 16521
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of DWI, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Darryl Lynn Jebbett, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234001; Cal. No. 16837
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, and thereafter probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of crime of
Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.
Jacquiline M. Voorhees, Dudley, NC
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
226991; Cal. No. 16000
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of medication
administration errors.
Margaret R. Dolin, Rockville Centre, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 200539; Cal. No. 16051
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted
of Attempted Criminal Possession of A Forged Instrument in the
Third Degree.
Collette S. Hart, Hastings, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
234184; Cal. No. 16535
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of medication
administration errors.
Regina Lynn Marth, Lockport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
218287; Cal. No. 16749
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998 (see
also June 1996)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted
of Misuse of Food Stamps and violation of probation.
Monique Jeanty a/k/a Monique J. Henning, Uniondale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 173013, 380347; Cal. Nos. 16856,
16857
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: $500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted
of crime of Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Patricia S. Hill, West Monroe, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 200336; Cal. No. 16879
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998 (see
also September
2000)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of diverting
controlled drugs for her own use.
Sueanne Santiago a/k/a Sueanne Sheppard a/k/a Sue Sheppard Santiago a/k/a Sue Sheppard-Neidhammer, Gansevoort, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
200223; Cal. No. 16939
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998 (see
also November
2003)
Action: 3 month suspension upon service of suspension,
probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted
of crime of Forgery In The Third Degree, Issuing A Bad Check,
and Scheme To Defraud In The Second Degree.
Laura Tralongo, Manhasset, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 274989; Cal. No. 16957
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of practicing
the profession of nursing fraudulently by repeatedly indicating
on a medication administration record that two tablets of medication
had been administered when she knew only one tablet had been
administered.
Rosa L. Stacker, Central Islip, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 373612; Cal. No. 16965
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Partial suspension in certain area until
terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation
2 years to commence if and when return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of medication
administration and charting errors on more then one occasion.
Robin Lee Marshall-Schmidt a/k/a Robin L. Marshall-Schmidt, Batavia, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 199236, 445913; Cal. Nos. 16983,
16984
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last
23 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of practicing
profession beyond its authorized scope by discontinuing medications
and supportive measures from a patient in the absence of physician's
order to do so.
Robert William Cross, Winston-Salem, NC
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
230360; Cal. No. 16917
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee cannot successfully defend
against charges of practicing profession with gross negligence
and negligence on more then one occasion by committing several
medication administration errors, including feeding a patient
solid food when physician's order called for pureed food.
William A. Works, Horseheads, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 410040; Cal. No. 17015
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of
diverting a controlled substance for personal use.
Pharmacy
Craig Arthur Ritchko, Otego, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028119; Cal.
No. 15828
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998 (see
also October
2003)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
practicing profession with negligence on more then one occasion
(having pharmacy violations during two inspections).
William A. Hogan, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027480; Cal.
No. 16640
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted
of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree.
Joseph John Leone, Manalapan, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035678; Cal.
No. 16923
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of committing conduct constituting a crime under New
York State law of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Offering
A False Instrument For Filing in the First Degree.
Podiatry
Jeff Everett Robbins, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 004271; Cal.
No. 16862
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of crime of
Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.
Psychology
John R. Lick, Amherst, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 004902; Cal.
No. 15900
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing
to keep accurate patient records.
Public Accountancy
Camellia R. Pirrone a/k/a Camellia Pirrone Alico, Orchard Park, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 038028; Cal. No. 16949
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last
18 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of committing conduct constituting a crime under federal
law, to wit conspiring with a client to impede the lawful functions
of the Internal Revenue Service.
Benjamin Louis Herskovich, Flushing, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 058171; Cal. No. 16636
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of committing conduct constituting a crime under New
York State law, Grand Larceny.
Kenneth N. Alico, Bradford, PA
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 035629; Cal. No. 16888
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of committing conduct constituting a crime under federal
law, conspiring with a client to impede the lawful functions
of the Internal Revenue Service.
Respiratory Therapy
Aleyamma Kurian, Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
001938; Cal. No. 16708
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing
to provide emergency care to an infant on a ventilator in a neo-natal
intensive care unit.
David Lawrence Buchalter, Lindenhurst, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No.
000751; Cal. No. 16979
Regents Action Date: February 10, 1998
Action: $1,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charge of
permitting an unlicensed person to perform duties requiring a
license.
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