Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
July 2000
Architecture - Certified Public Accountancy - Certified Social Work - Dentistry - Land Surveying - Nursing - Ophthalmic Dispensing - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy - Psychology - Speech-Language Pathology
Architecture
Hwei Sze Chen, Flushing, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 015179; Cal.
No. 18540
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000 (see also July 2009)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of using
another architect's plans without preparing a written evaluation.
Hwei Sze Chen R.A., P.C., 41-36 College Point Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11355
Profession: Architect; Cal. No. 18541
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of using
another architect's plans without preparing a written evaluation.
Harley Philip Abrams, Roslyn, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 019897; Cal.
No. 18547
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
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 having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor, and Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree,
a Class A misdemeanor.
Certified Public Accountancy
Jerry Martin Bernstein a/k/a Jerry M. Bernstein, Brigantine, NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
(Cert.) No. 025501; Cal. No. 18556
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Racketeering, a felony.
Certified Social Work
Beatrice Brooks Misch, Douglaston, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
019036; Cal. No. 18211
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Driving While Intoxicated.
Daniel Marc Peck, East Moriches, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
051523; Cal. No. 18457
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
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 being
dependent on prescription-required narcotics and of failing to
disclose on his application for licensure both a violation and
criminal conviction.
Dentistry
Martha Cornejo a/k/a Marta Cornejo, Far Rockaway, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039773; Cal. No.
18416
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 4 year suspension, execution of last 2 years
of suspension stayed, probation 4 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class D felony.
Ellen Lebitz Raffel, Bohemia, NY
Profession: Dentist, Dental Anesthesia; Lic.
No. 036096, Cert. No. 000374; Cal. Nos. 18542, 18543
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $8,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of administering
nitrous oxide, not for dental purposes and without parental consent,
to four minors.
Land Surveying
Charles William Cumming, Jr., Port Chester, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 039716;
Cal. No. 17710
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
making errors in two surveys.
Nursing
Betsy Christine Reniff, Baldwinsville, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 244247; Cal. No. 17241
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of:
failing to assess and monitor as often as warranted a patient
with a history of recent head trauma, failing to properly and
thoroughly assess a patient who presented with complaints of
abdominal pain, failing to assess a newly admitted, insulin-dependent
diabetic patient to ensure that a blood glucose test was promptly
administered, failing to examine a patient complaining of stomach
pain for approximately two hours after a licensed practical nurse
requested that she do so, failing to thoroughly assess a patient
who complained of recent vomiting and failure to have a bowel
movement for approximately one week prior thereto, and failing
to request that said patient be transferred to the infirmary
or a hospital emergency room when speaking with a physician.
Ann Marie Corlew, Ballston Spa, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 303236; Cal. No. 18337
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge
of falling asleep while on duty, documenting records illegibly,
and failing to return an unused medication.
Dana Perna, Kenmore, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
193610; Cal. No. 18640
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of willfully
making changes to her licensed practical nurse registration document
indicating that she held a license as a registered professional
nurse.
Michael James Christopher Brennan, Ontario, Canada
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 457642; Cal. No. 17945
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty by a sister
state of crimes that if committed in New York State would have
constituted moral unfitness, in that he was found in possession
of a tablet visually identified as Tylenol #4, and a small bottle
containing nitroglycerine tables, labeled as belonging to a patient.
It was also found that he removed two tablets of Percocet from
the Pyxis system for patient A that he charted as being given
to patient C instead.
Harry Ernest Dodd, Damon, TX
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 448397; Cal. No. 17920
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice,
$750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
diverting the controlled substance morphine sulfate for his own
use.
Sandra D. Cummings, Virginia Beach, VA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 258482; Cal. No. 18041
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
receiving payments for home visits she did not make.
Pamela A. Pierce, Liverpool, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
250929; Cal. No. 18176
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000 (see also September 2011)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree, Driving While
Intoxicated, and Attempted Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Shirley Mary Watson, Ontario, Canada
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 472487; Cal. No. 18237
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to practice,
25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of committing
medication administration and documentation errors.
Linda S. Castellitto, Salisbury Mills, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 299027; Cal. No. 18358
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000 (see also February
2000 and January
2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month suspension to be terminated sooner
as set forth in consent order application - upon termination
or service of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of giving
a patient, on three occasions, 40 mgs. of a medication when the
prescribed dosage was 4 mgs.
Allison Jayne Conway, West Babylon, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
256201; Cal. No. 18359
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension with leave to apply for
early termination of suspension as set forth in consent order
application - upon service or termination of suspension, probation
2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of administering
medications to patients without physicians' orders.
Valsamma Thomas, Spring Valley, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 441675; Cal. No. 18400
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of rewriting
a medex order omitting a medication administration error.
Maureen Alice Glennon, Summitville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
191539; Cal. No. 18489
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth
in consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of diverting
Percocet from a hospital drug supply for her own use by indicating
that it was for patients that she knew were not being treated
with Percocet.
Susan Ellen Hawkins, Constable, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 204753, 437374; Cal. Nos. 18498,
18499
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000 (see also February 2010)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to assess numerous patients under her care.
Lori Ann Carlson, Franklinville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
195826; Cal. No. 18501
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
performing a patient assessment, failing to sign a patient record,
and starting an IV at the wrong rate.
Jeramy A. Orgass, Ronkonkoma, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 446135; Cal. No. 18548
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000 (see also November 2009)
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 charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed
Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Second Degree.
Susan M. Auslander, Northport, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 236172; Cal. No. 18549
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
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 ordering
radiographs to be taken without a physician's authorization and
failing to check the expiration dates on blood collection vials.
Rode Apollon, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 492079; Cal. No. 18207
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000 (see also September
2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Ophthalmic Dispensing
Mary E. Koerner a/k/a Mary Ellen Koerner, Canandaigua, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No. 004175;
Cal. No. 18562
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 6 month suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, and of two
counts of the crime of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument
in the Second Degree, both class D felonies.
Pharmacy
Harry S. Morelli, Putnam Valley, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026320; Cal.
No. 18581
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Unlicensed Wholesale of Prescription Drugs.
Physical Therapy
John Peter Goodbody, Wolcott, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 001568;
Cal. No. 18545
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class
D felony.
Psychology
Daniel A. Goldfarb, Hauppauge, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 008390; Cal.
No. 18552
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
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 revealing
to two clients personally identifiable facts, data or information
about each other that he had obtained in a professional capacity
without the prior consent of the clients.
Speech-Language Pathology
Wanda Morales Losito, Port Jefferson Station, NY
Profession: Speech-Language Pathologist; Lic.
No. 004773; Cal. No. 18235
Regents Action Date: July 14, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
not providing all of the services that she claimed to provide
a client on a Service Visit Report.
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