Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
July 1996
Architecture - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Engineering and Land Surveying - Nursing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Public Accountancy - Veterinary Medicine
Architecture
David Lee, Little Neck, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 017642; Cal. No.
16132
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing
his seal on a sprinkler system plan which was not prepared by him
or his employee, and he did not prepare a thorough written evaluation
of the professional services represented by the plan.
Chiropractic
Domenick Sacca, North Babylon, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 004298; Cal.
No. 14120
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of billing
for services not rendered.
Dentistry
Gregory L. Arthur, Bronx, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040615; Cal. No. 15825
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property.
Gregory L. Arthur, Bronx, NY
Profession: Dental Anesthesia; Cert. No. 000093;
Cal. No. 15826
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property.
Engineering and Land Surveying
Robert Lee Hall, Pacific, WA
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 065651;
Cal. No. 14677
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Annul license, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of fraudulently
obtaining his license to practice as a professional engineer. Licensee
knowingly and intentionally made false statements on a license application,
falsely representing that he had never been convicted of a crime.
James Edward Thomas, St. Johnsville, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045305; Cal.
No. 15201
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996 (see also October
2001)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to prepare and retain a thorough written evaluation of the services
represented by a survey he signed and sealed, failing to maintain
documents for a survey he signed and sealed, and permitting an unlicensed
person to share in the fee for the survey.
Paul William Hodor, Catskill, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049860; Cal.
No. 15710
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Assault in the Third Degree.
Harold T. Hyatt, Kingston, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049139; Cal.
No. 16087
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of multiple
errors in one survey.
Nursing
Sarah M. Simon, Carthage, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 323551; Cal. No. 11764
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
question the absence of medications on a patient's Medication Administration
Record.
Sonia C. Proujan, Phoenix, AZ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 300211; Cal. No. 13938
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having a conviction
of Driving While Intoxicated, falsely recording records for three
patients that treatment had been performed by her when she had not,
filing two false applications that indicated that she had not been
convicted of any crime when she knew she had, and failing to comply
with previously imposed terms of probation.
Inga Vidbergs, a/k/a Inga Kraus, Purdy's, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 359801; Cal. No. 14534
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Suspension until successfully completes
certain course of treatment, execution of suspension stayed, to extent
and as set forth in Regents Review Committee report, during which
respondent has an opportunity to demonstrate respondent is drug-free,
if the Executive Director of the Office of Professional Discipline
is satisfied that respondent demonstrates respondent is drug-free
under aforesaid opportunity; or if the Executive Director is satisfied
that respondent has successfully completed aforesaid course of treatment,
said suspension to be terminated - upon termination of suspension,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of diverting
and injecting herself with the controlled substance Versed, practicing
the profession while impaired by the controlled substance Versed,
and failing to appropriately dispose of a used syringe or needle.
Susan Christine Winkley a/k/a Susan Christine Taylor, Burt, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 290319; Cal. No. 14315
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996 (see also June
2005)
Action: Suspension for a period of no less than
6 months and until successfully participates in a course of therapy
and treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument, Possession
of a Forged Instrument, Issuing a bad Check, and Grand Larceny in
the Third Degree, failing to disclose criminal convictions on registration
applications, falsely accounting for a discrepancy in a narcotics
count, and falsely stating on a job application that she had not
been convicted of a crime.
Virginia Mary Baratta, Long Beach, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 230253; Cal. No. 14953;
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of practice
and charting errors made with respect to dialysis patients.
Marcia Annell Tyrrell, Binghamton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 050853, 447714; Cal. Nos. 15544, 15545
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Suspension until deemed fit to practice
- upon termination of suspension, partial suspension in certain area
until successfully completes certain course work - upon termination
of suspension until fit to practice, probation 2 years to commence
upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing
fifteen medication administration and documentation errors.
Linda Lou Stevens, Queensbury, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 209328;
Cal. No. 15567
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to administer a non-controlled drug to a patient after said patient's
temperature had risen, failing to turn a patient's feeding pump back
on after she had turned it off, and failing to correct another patient's
feeding pump after the alarm on the pump indicated "no flow."
Radames Aviles, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 180588, 378196; Cal. Nos. 16101, 16102
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of falsely
attesting to documentation regarding disposal of a controlled substance.
Mary Jane Walton a/k/a Mary Jane Paul, Gloversville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 205543;
Cal. No. 16150
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 month.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, Petit
Larceny, Criminal Facilitation in the Fourth Degree, as well as filing
a false registration statement.
Patricia M. Hammond, Voorheesville, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 270359; Cal. No. 15324;
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of making
false entries in the chart of a patient in her care.
Pharmacy
Prescription Drug Services, Inc., 500 Wheeler Road, Hauppauge, NY 11788
Profession: Pharmacy; Lic. No. 017889; Cal. No.
14062
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy was found guilty of dispensing
unmixed ingredients for making Benzamycin, delegating the professional
responsibility of evaluating prescriptions to individuals who were
not qualified by licensure to do so, permitting an unlicensed person
to evaluate prescriptions received, and failing to have proper procedures
to prevent improper shipment of two non-controlled substances.
Mohammedali H. Asar, Jamaica, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031169; Cal. No.
14480
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of dispensing
a prescription although the prescription did not have the date on
which it was written or the name of the prescriber.
Thomas W. Mannion, Elma, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037790; Cal. No.
16046
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having a conviction
of Driving While Intoxicated.
Julio A. Delerme, Dix Hills, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027682; Cal. No.
15496
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996 (see also December
2002)
Action: $5,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of failing to
maintain biennial controlled drug inventories from 1988 to 1993;
failing to keep records of all controlled drugs received, delivered,
or disposed of; holding for sale outdated drugs; and violating probation.
Delvin Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a Athenas Pharmacy, 32-24 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11103
Profession: Pharmacy; Lic. No. 017800; Cal. No.
15497
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996 (see also December
2002)
Action: $2,500 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted charges of failing
to maintain biennial controlled drug inventories from 1988 to 1993;
failing to keep records of all controlled drugs received, delivered,
or disposed of; and holding for sale outdated drugs.
Genovese Drug Stores, Inc., Portion Road, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Profession: Pharmacy; Lic. No. 019777; Cal. No.
15913
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996 (see also March
1998)
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy did not contest charges
of holding for sale misbranded non-controlled substances; failing
to have complete repacking records for non-controlled substances;
and dispensing pharmacists failing to sign daily logs.
Franwin Pharmacy-Mineola Surgical Supply Corp., 127 Mineola Boulevard, Mineola, NY 11501
Profession: Pharmacy; Lic. No. 022147; Cal. No.
16061
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: $5,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted to charges of
holding misbranded drugs for sale, holding outdated drug samples
for sale, and operating the pharmacy at times when there was no pharmacist
on duty.
Mark J. Bahna, Fort Dix, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037044; Cal. No.
15712
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Knowingly and Intentionally Conspiring to Distribute and Possess
Cocaine, and Knowingly and Intentionally Attempting to Possess with
Intent to Distribute Cocaine.
Suzanna Scherl, Flushing, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 027965; Cal. No.
16070
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that,
at the pharmacy where she worked as Supervising Pharmacist, third
party insurance claim forms were filed requesting payment for: prescriptions
that had not been authorized; prescriptions that had not been dispensed;
and prescriptions that purportedly had been filled with brand name
drugs when written for generic brand drugs.
Arnold Gerald Rosenthal, Valley Stream, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023201; Cal. No.
16131
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of knowingly
and unlawfully possessing and selling schedule III controlled substances.
Surfway Pharmacy, Inc., 2913 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11224
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 014451; Cal. No.
16287
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender registration granted,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted to charges of
holding for sale adulterated and/or misbranded non-controlled prescription
drugs, holding for sale outdated non-controlled prescription drugs,
holding for sale non-controlled prescription drugs that were physician
samples, and possessing non-controlled prescription drugs for sale
that were stolen.
Irving Abrams, Morganville, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030410; Cal. No.
16288
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of holding
for sale adulterated and/or misbranded non-controlled prescription
drugs, holding for sale outdated non-controlled prescription drugs,
holding for sale non-controlled prescription drugs that were physician
samples, and possessing non-controlled prescription drugs for sale
that were stolen.
Jack Vitale, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028564; Cal. No.
16289
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of holding
for sale adulterated and/or misbranded non-controlled prescription
drugs, holding for sale outdated non-controlled prescription drugs,
holding for sale non-controlled prescription drugs that were physician
samples, and possessing non-controlled prescription drugs for sale
that were stolen.
Podiatry
William Jay Eisenberg, New York, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003501; Cal. No.
14551
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation stayed,
probation 5 years, $24,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of filing
three false insurance claim forms and violating a term of probation.
William Jay Eisenberg, D.P.M., P.C., New York, NY
Profession: Professional Corporation in Podiatry;
Cal. No. 15371
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation stayed,
probation 5 years.
Summary: Professional Corporation admits to charges
of filing three false insurance claims forms.
Psychology
Agnes E. Murray, Mt. Kisco, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 007370; Cal.
No. 14692
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996 (see also February
2000)
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 18 months,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing
to exercise reasonable care in the practice of psychology while rendering
psychological services to a patient.
Rocco J. Cirigliano, Glen Cove, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 005209; Cal.
No. 15306
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 5 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 5 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of engaging
in physical contact of a sexual nature with a patient.
Milton Irwin Klein, New York, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003148; Cal.
No. 16025
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing
to request a report from a patient's former psychiatrist and failure
to record a patient's suicidal ideation.
Randall R. Michaelson, Dewitt, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 008982 Cal. No.
16120
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing
to ensure that an outpatient in his psychology practice whom he knew
had taken more than her prescribed dosage of Ativan and who had inflicted
cuts on her arms was taken to a hospital immediately for evaluation
and engaging in sexual intercourse on several occasions with a patient
in his psychology practice.
Public Accountancy
John James Rohan, Islip Terrace, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
052947; Cal. No. 16181
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Tax Evasion, a felony.
Veterinary Medicine
Robert Douglas Grohulski, Queens Village, NY
Profession: Veterinary Medicine; Lic. No. 004657;
Cal. No. 16092
Regents Action Date: July 19, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of Driving While Intoxicated.
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