Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
July 1997
Acupuncture - Certified Social Work - Dentistry - Professional Engineering and Land Surveying - Nursing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Psychology - Public Accountancy - Respiratory Therapy
Acupuncture
Guo-Guang Chen, Flushing, NY
Profession: Acupuncture; Lic. No. 000190; Cal. No.
16581
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: $1,000 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of delegating professional
responsibilities to an unlicensed person.
Certified Social Work
Lawrence Arthur Malakie, Batavia, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 004211;
Cal. No. 12605
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Indefinite suspension of not less than 18
months and until terminated as set forth in consent order application,
after the period of actual suspension, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of having
sexual intercourse with a client.
Ronald W. LaDuca, Lewiston, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 033337;
Cal. No. 16415
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$750 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of abandoning
a patient in need of immediate professional care.
Robert J. Caruana, Potsdam, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 036443;
Cal. No. 16499
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Suspension for not less than 1 year and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of engaging
in physical contact of a sexual nature with another certified social
worker who was his supervisee at his place of practice, engaging
in a pattern of inappropriate conduct with female patients, inappropriately
expressing anger toward patients during therapy sessions, using and
attempting to use hypnosis despite lacking adequate training in hypnosis,
making inappropriate statements to patients about his own superiority
as a therapist and their inferiority, forcing the discussion of a
sexual abuse issue with a patient against her wishes, and failing
to pick up on a patient's statement that she was drinking heavily
and failing to offer treatment for that.
Dentistry
Michael C. Pignato, Penfield, NY
Profession: Dentistry; Lic. No. 033689; Cal. No.
14388
Regents Action Date: July 18,1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
record the issuance of a prescription for a controlled substance
in the patient's treatment record.
Jeffrey Leon, Stony Brook, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 034458; Cal. No. 16704
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of administering
Epinephrine to a patient when he knew the patient had a sensitivity
to it.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
Victor B. Buckstad, Washingtonville, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 044293;
Cal. No. 16498
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of affixing
his seal to plans that incorrectly indicated the location of test
pits and of incorrectly stating the results of deep pits tests.
Nursing
Lorleen Yvonne Harry, Cambria Heights, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 229366; Cal. No. 13994
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing
the profession of nursing while her ability to practice was impaired
by mental disability.
Elizabeth Wallace Worthey-Rivers, New York, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 063396;
Cal. No. 14682
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charting errors,
verbally stating that she administered cyclomydril to an infant patient
at three times when she had not, and failing to administer cyclomydril
to two patients as required.
David Jonathan Moeri, Derry, NH
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 215193, 440523; Cal. Nos. 15012, 15013
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 1 year
of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
prevent the infusion of an incorrect intravenous solution and incorrectly
charting the infusion.
Mary Cox Scott, Pompey, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 158656; Cal. No. 15015
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
prevent the infusion of an incorrect intravenous solution.
Gilberto Quiles-Rivera, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 215040;
Cal. No. 15514
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Annul license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of submitting
false information to the New York State Education Department on his
application for licensure.
Gregory L. Frazier a/k/a Gregory Frazier, Bronx, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 270163; Cal. No. 16242
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been
convicted of Attempted Assault in the First Degree, Criminal Contempt
in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance
in the Seventh Degree, Theft of Services, Assault in the Third Degree,
Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree,
two counts of Theft of Services, Criminal Impersonation in the Second
Degree, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree.
Jeanne Marcy Shapiro, Monsey, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 361534; Cal. No. 16264
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 6 month suspension, suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been
convicted of Forgery in the Second Degree.
Tammy Alberta Cushman, Stillwater, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 423856; Cal. No. 16010
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing six
documentation and medication administration errors.
Carolyn P. Adanti, Springville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 164880;
Cal. No. 16103
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of willfully physically
abusing clients.
Sylvia Joyce Horton, Liverpool, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 231827; Cal. No. 16207
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997 (see also September
1994)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing three
medication administration errors.
Gerald W. Davis, Cooperstown, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 296989; Cal. No. 16217
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of administering
the incorrect drug to repair a wet tap in an epidural anesthesia.
Cathleen Wales Burr, Phoenix, AZ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 234136; Cal. No. 16296
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of administering
the wrong medication to a patient.
Michael Frank Vaughn, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 203169;
Cal. No. 16393
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of placing
his hands on a patient's shoulder causing the patient to fall back
into a chair and placing his hands around the patient's neck.
Eliza Jane Mann, Utica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 218498;
Cal. No. 16479
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of making medication
administration errors.
Sandra Yvonne Reid a/k/a Sandra Y. Farrior, Islandia, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 209898, 446986; Cal. Nos. 16484, 16485
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Insurance Fraud in the Fifth Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Irene Ferguson Bacchus, East Northport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 091411;
Cal. No. 16532
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed; probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of three specifications
of Driving While Intoxicated and failing to disclose a criminal conviction.
Tanya Ann Gilbert, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 174320, 379823; Cal. Nos. 16547, 16548
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Suspension for not less than 1 year and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon
termination of suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor,
and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree,
a Class B Felony.
Heather J. Schoenbauer a/k/a Heather J. Wilson, Bay Shore, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 209608, 437290; Cal. Nos. 16619, 16620
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of documenting
that controlled drugs were administered to patients when they were
in fact used for her personal use.
Waleska Santiago, Richmond Hill, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 213096;
Cal. No. 16622
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Conspiracy to Devise a Scheme to Defraud and Obtain
Money by False Pretenses.
Barbara A. Clauss, Orchard Park, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 254352; Cal. No. 16632
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Indefinite suspension until successfully
completes certain course of retraining, indefinite suspension until
terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination
of suspensions, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of multiple medication
administration and charting errors.
William George Weber, Schenevus, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 362076; Cal. No. 16633
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, following the period
of suspension, probation 3 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of diverting the
controlled substance Demerol on more than one occasion.
Annmarie Marrapese a/k/a Annmarie Bruno, Auburn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 166857, 427100; Cal. Nos. 16643, 16642
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of medication administration
and documentation errors.
Teresa M. Simcox, Owls Head, NY
Profession: Licensed Professional Nurse; Lic. No.
200229; Cal. No. 16647
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of willfully
abusing patients physically and verbally.
Margaret D. Ryniker a/k/a Margaret D'Alessandro, North Merrick, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 134719, 313787; Cal. Nos. 16658, 16659
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of a Scheme to Defraud in the Second Degree.
Jean-Ann Eckert, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 224728;
Cal. No. 16661
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997 (see also February
2000)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of practicing while
impaired by alcohol and/or drugs, submitting a fraudulent doctor's
note to her employer, and failing to disclose criminal convictions.
Linda S. Henderson, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 066862, 293078; Cal. Nos. 16672, 16673
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of transposing
the blood sugar values of two patients and directing a nurse to discontinue
an order for insulin without clarifying the order with the patient's
physician.
Mary C. Hojnacki, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 266989; Cal. No. 16674
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of checking
the blood at the nurse's station instead of following hospital policy
which required that she positively identify the intended recipient
and verify the blood unit information at the patient's bedside, while
assisting another nurse in verifying that a particular unit of packed
red blood cells was the proper unit to be transfused into a patient.
Mary C. Strong a/k/a Mary C. Broome, Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 216872;
Cal. No. 16693
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Attempted Receiving Reward for Official Misconduct in
the Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Frank Michaels Lafergola a/k/a Frank Michael Lafergola, Pompano Beach, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 430756; Cal. No. 16697
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: License annulled.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of falsely
indicating on his application for licensure as a registered professional
nurse in the State of New York that he had never previously been
found guilty of professional misconduct or unprofessional conduct
in another state.
Sheila Ann Latno, Hamlin, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 19184, 420720; Cal. Nos. 16709, 16710
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of making medication
administration and charting errors.
Paul G. Helm, Vestal, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 185469;
Cal. No. 16755
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of falsely telling
a patient that two products were equivalent, telling a patient that
a prescription was not required for a prescription-required drug,
making an unauthorized substitution, and mislabeling an over-the
counter product.
George Joseph Dagis, Woodstock, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 454043; Cal. No. 16762
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997 (see also May
2004)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been
convicted of Failure to Comply with Firearm Dealer Licensing Requirements.
Cheryl Lee McKinney, Hudson Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 229167;
Cal. No. 16788
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 12 month suspension with leave to apply
for early termination as set forth in consent order application upon
resumption of practice of nursing following service or termination
of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of failing
to respond to a patient's distress in a timely manner after being
notified by a nurses' aide of the distress, failing to notify a superior
of the deterioration of the condition of a patient, failing to sign
for treatments rendered to patients, and failing to administer medications.
David Lee Briggs, Binghamton, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 328031; Cal. No. 16803
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to practice,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of mistranscribing
a physician's order for a cough syrup, overlooking a physician's
order to reduce the rate of an intravenous infusion, administering
an incorrect intravenous medication, and signing off on a physician's
order indicating that it had been correctly transcribed when, in
fact, a secretary had mistranscribed it.
Judith De Leo, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 146099;
Cal. No. 16110
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits to charges of forging prescriptions
for controlled substances while on probation.
Mary C. Defreitas-Badlu a/k/a Mary Defreitas-Haripersaud, Ozone Park, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 157837; Cal. No. 16666
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of signing out Meperidine for administration
when in fact it was for her personal use.
Pharmacy
Fritz C. Unger, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 018951; Cal. No. 13932
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of holding for sale drugs
later than the date marked upon the label, failing to prepare and maintain a
biennial inventory of all controlled substances, failing to have a thermometer
in the pharmacy refrigerator, failing to possess the pharmacy handbook, failing
to possess a list of drugs together with their current selling prices, maintaining
the pharmacy in an unsanitary condition, filling and refilling a prescription
without authorization and failing to indicate the strength prescribed.
Fritz C. Unger d/b/a Conklin's Pharmacy, 466 Hawkins Avenue, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 008599; Cal. No. 13933
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: $1,000 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of holding for sale drugs
later than the date marked upon the label, failing to prepare and maintain a
biennial inventory of all controlled substances, failing to have a thermometer
in the pharmacy refrigerator, failing to possess the pharmacy handbook, failing
to possess a list of drugs together with their current selling prices, maintaining
the pharmacy in an unsanitary condition, filling and refilling a prescription
without authorization and failing to indicate the strength prescribed.
Francis Paul A. DiFiglia, Somerville, MA
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 014140; Cal. No. 15744
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: No disciplinary penalty be imposed.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to enter his initials
on the daily record of prescriptions filled and attesting to its accuracy when
another pharmacist's initials incorrectly were listed thereon.
Michael Freed, Longwood, FL
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025879; Cal. No. 15348
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 9 month suspension - upon service of suspension, probation
2 years to commence upon return to practice, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of filing false claims
for prescriptions that had not been dispensed.
Halsey Drug Co., Inc., 1827 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233
Profession: Manufacturer of Drugs and/or Devices; Reg. No. 101017;
Cal. No. 16592
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: $175,000 fine, revocation, execution of revocation stayed,
probation 6 years with right to apply for early termination of period of probation
as set forth in consent order application.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of manufacturing batches of
a non-controlled drug whose raw materials had been shipped in interstate commerce
with ingredients not included in licensee's approved Abbreviated New Drug Application,
selling batches of an adulterated drug, and willfully making false batch production
records.
Stephen Pino, Hauppauge, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032686; Cal. No. 16623
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of falsely telling a patient
that two products were equivalent, that a prescription was not required for a
prescription-required drug, making an unauthorized substitution and mislabeling
of an over-the counter product for a prescription-required one.
Thomas Farkas, New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035919; Cal. No. 16679
Regents Action Date: July 18,1997 (see also November
2001 and February 2011)
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of, while employed
as a supervising pharmacist, having misbranded drugs in the drug stock, maintaining
no record of repacking drugs and having the pharmacy not kept in a clean and
orderly manner.
Zanergot Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a Anatole Pharmacy, 650 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Profession: Retail Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019931; Cal. No. 16680
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997 (see also November
2001)
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of having misbranded
drugs in the drug stock, maintaining no record of repacking drugs and having
the pharmacy not kept in a clean and orderly manner.
Seung Woo Lee, Hauppauge, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028938; Cal. No. 16737
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997 (see also November
2004 and December 2008)
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of billing a patient's insurance
company for medications not provided to the patient or authorized by written
prescriptions from the patient's physician.
Paul A. P. Connell, Tucker, GA
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036021; Cal. No. 16775
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee does not contest charges of fraudulently obtaining
controlled substances from his places of employment for his own use and fraudulently
diluting controlled substances.
Podiatry
Louis Scotti, Nesconset, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003439; Cal. No. 15875
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12 months of suspension
stayed, probation 24 months, $7,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of one count of Grand Larceny
in the Third Degree and twenty-two counts of offering a False Instrument for
Filing in the First Degree.
Psychology
Marc Rice, Astoria, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003903; Cal. No. 10401
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of verbally abusing his patient,
directing his patient to drink alcoholic beverages, directing the patient against
being alone with her children, permitting multiple relationships to exist between
himself and his patient, directing his patient to cease communicating with patient's
mother and father, and directing his patient to have sexual relationships with
many people over the same period of time.
Robert J. Rogers, Millwood, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003579; Cal. No. 16765
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Pursue a course of continuing education, probation 1
year.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to reserve an earlier
diagnosis that was shown to be incorrect.
Public Accountancy
Peter Mertz, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 044599; Cal.
No. 16637
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of
Operating a Motor Vehicle While Ability Impaired by Drugs, Criminal Possession
of a Controlled Substance Seventh Degree, and Possession of a Hypodermic Needle.
Donald Lionel Bunsis, Merrick, NY; Boca Raton, FL
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. (Cert.) No. 019920;
Cal. No. 16766
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of
six counts of Mail Fraud, a federal felony.
Respiratory Therapy
John L. Kutzma, Levittown, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No. 004012; Cal. No.
16736
Regents Action Date: July 18, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of
the Unauthorized Dispensing of a Drug, and knowingly failing to disclose a criminal
conviction before licensure on his application for licensure.
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