Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
May 2004
Architecture - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Engineering and Land Surveying - Midwifery - Nursing - Optometry - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy - Public Accountancy
Architecture
Alvah Breitweiser, Fort Meyers, FL
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016609; Cal. No.
21542
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of committing
an act constituting the crime of Bank Fraud, a felony, under Federal
Law.
Michael Fitzpatrick, Columbus, OH
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 018821; Cal. No.
21375
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been
found guilty of professional misconduct in the State of Ohio (signing
and sealing plans prepared by another without preparing his own evaluation
and written report).
Chiropractic
James Charles Garofalo a/k/a James C. Garofalo, Glens Falls, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 003265; Cal.
No. 20934
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of the following crimes: two counts of Attempt to
Evade or Defeat Tax, a felony; Willful Failure to File Return, a
felony; and four counts of Fraud and False Statements, a felony.
Dentistry
Roben Brookhim, Elizabeth, NJ
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039050; Cal. No. 21399
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, thereafter probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
having been found guilty by a duly authorized professional disciplinary
agency of another state based upon an act, which, if committed in
New York State, would constitute practicing the profession of dentistry
fraudulently (submission of false insurance claims and falsification
of patient records).
Attilius Cheng, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041222; Cal. No. 20110
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also June
2008)
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22 months of
suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $2,500 fine, partial suspension
in certain area until terminated as set forth in consent order application.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of grossly
negligent failure to comply with the New York State law and regulations
requiring completion of forty-five (45) hours of continuing professional
education.
Allan Abraham Goodstein, Sag Harbor, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 028897; Cal. No. 19351
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also March
1996)
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 3 year suspension to be terminated sooner, but in no
event before service of the first year and until terminated as set
forth in consent order application, thereafter probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to have a written treatment plan; placing posterior composites,
which were contraindicated by the patient's condition; replacing
serviceable amalgams with posterior composites that failed; and inserting
a crown that was ill-fitting and over-contoured.
Daniel Howard Miller, Melville, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 029551; Cal. No. 21204
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing
to maintain a record for a patient which accurately reflects the
evaluation and treatment of the patient.
Paul David Solomon, East Stroudsburg, PA
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023836; Cal. No. 20524
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also April
1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year to commence upon return to practice, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to maintain accurate records; failing to fully inform patients
of treatment; and failing to take x-rays.
Sheldon J. Stern, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038210; Cal. No. 20742
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $4,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
failing to discover that he failed to remove the roots of two teeth
when extracting said teeth from an elderly patient; failing to maintain
x-rays of said patient's teeth; and failing to use proper infection
control techniques in his dentistry practice.
Neil R. Woods, Senerna, MD
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 029608; Cal. No. 21396
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
being found guilty by the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners
of professional misconduct (submitting a claim for work not completed,
overcharging a patient, performing work not authorized, and over-billing
insurers).
Engineering and Land Surveying
Nicholas Joseph Casselano, Rego Park, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 056964;
Cal. No. 21483
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing on three separate occasions to prepare and maintain, for
at least six years, written evaluations of plans and specifications
that were signed and sealed by him, but not prepared by him or an
employee, under his direct supervision.
Midwifery
Rita E. Daley, Troy, NY
Profession: Midwife; Lic. No. 000534; Cal. No. 21208
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 3 years and until terminated
as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, the aforesaid
penalty to supercede the current penalty in effect in Commissioner's
Order No. 19207.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the
3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Nursing
Joann Marie Blair, Troy, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 415073; Cal. No. 21284
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of committing
documentation and medication errors.
Andrea Bob, Middle Village, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 252268, 501986; Cal. Nos. 21358, 21359
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of transfusing
blood into the wrong patient.
Angela F. Brancato, New York, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 085586, 241252; Cal. Nos. 21061, 21059
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of last 11 months of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of knowingly
submitting a false medical form required for her employment, stating
in that form the results of a medical examination of her, which was
never done.
Shelby J. Carroll, Willard, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 249005;
Cal. No. 20787
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed except
for actual suspension in certain area hereafter indicated, probation
2 years, $750 fine, suspension in certain area until terminated as
set forth in consent order application.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of one count of driving while intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor, and one count of driving while intoxicated, a class
E felony; and admitted to the charge of failing to administer, on
two different days, an ordered medication to a patient in her care.
Michael Mark Carter, Malone, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270228;
Cal. No. 21259
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of having
been convicted of two counts of Unlawfully Dealing With a Child in
the 1st Degree.
Kellie A. Corcoran a/k/a Kellie Anne Moran, West Monroe, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 173835, 395824; Cal. Nos. 19999, 19998
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of suspension
stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud a Financial Institution,
a felony.
Kevin T. Cummings, St. Johnsville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 254133;
Cal. No. 19832
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of not administering
medications to patients and of failing to maintain a record for each
patient which accurately reflects the evaluation and treatment of
the patient.
George Dagis, Saugerties, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; Lic. No. 454043, Cert. No. 332269; Cal. Nos. 20631,
20630
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also July
1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 3 months and until terminated
as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing
the profession of nursing while his ability was impaired by alcohol,
of self prescribing controlled substances, and prescribing controlled
substances to a patient in excess.
Rita E. Daley, Troy, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 318162; Cal. No. 21207
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also July
2001)
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Suspension for no less than 3 years and until terminated
as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the
3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Nancy A. Denofio, Ballston Spa, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 380720; Cal. No. 21285
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of improperly
counting instruments in the operating room.
Joseph W. English II, Lakeland, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 234918;
Cal. No. 20935
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of the following crimes: Reckless Endangerment in
the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor; Forgery in the 3rd Degree,
a class A misdemeanor; and Offering a False Instrument for Filing
in the 2rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Linda Gallagher Farrell, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 074838;
Cal. No. 21437
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 2nd Degree.
Marie Lucie Fleurimond, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 217529;
Cal. No. 19228
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also September
2006)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12 months of suspension
stayed, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing
the profession of nursing fraudulently as a licensed practical nurse,
based on the claimed education in her application for licensure as
a registered nurse.
Julia Adina George-Sheriffe, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 436468; Cal. No. 21195
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (See also June
2007 and April 2010)
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of signing
out Demerol on the narcotics sheets and failing to record said administration
in the medication administration record and failing to administer
a medication in accordance with a physician's order.
Marie Hanna, Hauppauge, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; Lic. No. 236962, Cert. No. 420408; Cal. Nos. 21307,
21308
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, complete certain course, $1,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
disclosing confidential information without authorization to do so.
Susan T. Harabedian, Syosset, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 185374, 390365; Cal. Nos. 21292, 21321
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22 months of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Kathleen Haran, Freeport, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 213889; Cal. No. 21319
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22 months of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of,
on two occasions, arranging for her daughter to have an epidural
administered in a Labor and Delivery room when there was no nursing
staff or other assistant present to help the anesthesiologist.
Patricia G. Hegarty, Lindenhurst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 250464;
Cal. No. 21290
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Yvonne Jackson, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 098189;
Cal. No. 21377
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of simple possession of a controlled substance.
Jocelyne Louis, North Woodmere, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 208444, 500913; Cal. Nos. 18615, 18327
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also November
1999)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: L.P.N. license: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, $2,500 fine; R.N. license: Annul license.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having obtained
her license to practice as a registered professional nurse fraudulently
and of practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently as a licensed
practical nurse, based on the claimed education in her application
for licensure as a registered nurse.
Myra L. Machmer, Lanse, PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 476770; Cal. No. 21397
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of being
found guilty by the Florida Board of Nursing of professional misconduct
(prepared wrong foot for surgical procedure).
Gail J. MacWilliams, Newark, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 372446; Cal. No. 21370
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charges of failing
to include in the patient record the vital signs of two patients
and information regarding the physical condition of a third patient;
and administering a treatment that was not authorized by the patient's
physician.
Althea Marriott, Laurelton, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 531566; Cal. No. 21314
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of,
while acting as the required witness to a blood transfusion, failing
to ensure that the blood was correctly cross-matched to the patient
by failing to check the name on the label for the blood with the
name on the patient's wristband.
Maliki F. Massie, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 185973;
Cal. No. 21231
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in
the 7th Degree, and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th Degree.
Leslie A. Mayo, Watervliet, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 155685;
Cal. No. 21269
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (See also December 2011)
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 the charge of
failing to administer medications.
Leah Mae McCurdy, Branchport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 200480;
Cal. No. 21340
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth
in consent order application, following termination of suspension,
probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that prior
to the prescribed administration time for the medication of several
patients, she recorded on each patient's medication administration
record that said medication had been administered and when the prescribed
time for the administration came, she wasted the medications because
she forgot that she had pre-charted the administrations and thought
that she had already administered the medications.
Deveka Montalvo, Bay Shore, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 489410; Cal. No. 21291
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of submitting
duplicate copies of nursing notes and vouchers that contained different
information for the same patients, as well as different patient signatures
from those on file.
Barbara A. Panico, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 328635; Cal. No. 20151
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also November
1995)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of: forging the
initials of a co-worker as a witness of the wasting of a controlled
substance; wasting medications without obtaining the countersignature
of a witness; administering two tablets of the medication Lortab,
in spite of the physician's order for the patient in question, which
only called for the administration of one tablet; failing to account
for seven missing dosage units of Lortab; failing to record a dosage
of medication in the MEDEX form used in the facility where she worked;
signing out two tablets of Lortab for a patient under her care, although
the patient's order called for the administration of only one tablet;
documenting the administration of more controlled substances to a
patient than the patient actually received; having been convicted
of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor; making a false statement
on her May 1998 application for license and registration by answering "no" to
the questions regarding whether she had been charged with or convicted
of a crime; and willfully making or filing a false report.
Kellie L. Parsons, Phoenix, AZ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 216743;
Cal. No. 20710
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also November
1998)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Violation of probation - Revocation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
and was found guilty at a Direct Referral Hearing of violating the
terms of probation stated in NYS Education Department Commissioner's
Order #16818.
Milton Winston Piper, Yorktown Heights, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 211880;
Cal. No. 21229
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth
in consent order application, following termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing
to check the blood-sugar level of a diabetic patient before administering
insulin and then administering insulin despite being aware of a recently
documented low blood-sugar level.
Mary Autumn Poleto, Albany, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 134988;
Cal. No. 20777
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of committing the following crimes: three counts of
Attempted Petit Larceny, a class B misdemeanor; Criminal Possession
of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor;
4 counts of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor; Criminal Impersonation
in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor and Forgery in the 3rd Degree,
a class A misdemeanor; and Forgery in the 2nd degree, a class A felony.
Marion G. Reiners a/k/a Marion Moore a/k/a Marion Bruzzi, Syosset, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 112486;
Cal. No. 21201
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of having
been convicted of acts constituting crimes under New York State law
and to willfully filing a false report.
Rodney Warren Roach, Massena, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 092945;
Cal. No. 21100
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of having
been convicted of Attempted Arson in the 3rd Degree.
Beth M. Snyder, Blasdell, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 144537;
Cal. No. 21224
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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
to commence upon return to practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of diverting
medication for her own use.
Julita N. Walter a/k/a Julita D. Namoc, Vallejo, CA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 182386, 386135; Cal. Nos. 21535, 21536
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been found guilty by the California Board of Registered Nursing of
professional misconduct based on failure to report and record an
incident concerning a patient's IV infusion.
Kevin Bruce Wolfe, Auburn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 447724; Cal. No. 20675
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004 (see also December
1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth
in consent order application, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of committing
treatment and documentation errors.
Optometry
William B. Goodrich, Valatie, NY
Profession: Optometrist; Lic. No. 004734; Cal. No.
21212
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of delegating
responsibilities to a person who was not licensed to practice optometry
in New York State.
Pharmacy
Country Village Pharmacy, Inc., 242 East Main Street, East Islip, NY 11730
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 010285; Cal. No.
21244
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of willfully
violating pharmacy rules and regulations, to wit: holding numerous
misbranded and outdated drugs in the active pharmacy stock including
overfills, professional samples, and outdates; and failing to complete
a current biennial inventory of controlled drugs.
Steven Charles Dershowitz, Bronx, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028461; Cal. No.
21309
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of two
dispensing errors.
Michael F. Dooley, East Syracuse, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039517; Cal. No.
21383
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12 months of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Scheme to Defraud in the 1st Degree.
Joseph Goldstein, Scarsdale, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023007; Cal. No.
21184
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, probation 2 years to commence if
and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Paying Medicare Kickbacks, and Subscribing to False
Corporate Income Tax Returns, both Federal felonies.
Nicholas Francis Guarino, Menhoopany, PA
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033643; Cal. No.
21436
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; Wire Fraud; Conspiracy
to Commit Health Care Fraud; Conspiracy to Transport and Distribute
Explosive Materials in Interstate Commerce.
Amy Marie Hoag, Mamaroneck, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043146; Cal. No.
21018
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of
suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
selling a misbranded drug by dispensing the prescription-required,
non-controlled drug Labetatol with a label stating it was the prescription-required,
non-controlled drug Lamictal.
Thomas Patrick Mulhern, Jr., Massapequa Park, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034850; Cal. No.
21203
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
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 the charge of filling
a patient's prescription with the wrong medication and thereby causing
the patient harm.
Physical Therapy
Herbert Henry Doerr, Pleasantville, NY
Profession: Physical Therapy; Lic. No. 009687; Cal.
No. 21346
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
entering the name of another physical therapist in the treatment
record of each of several patients as an additional treating therapist
when he knew that he was the only physical therapist who had treated
these patients.
Debora D. Gosch, Fulton, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist Assistant; Cert.
No. 005475; Cal. No. 21529
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application to surrender certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
making false entries on facility records and failing to maintain
accurate patient records.
Public Accountancy
Aaron Joseph Chaitovsky, Plainview, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
051074; Cal. No. 21339
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to refer, in an audit opinion, to the work of another auditor
who had prepared a substantial part of the work papers that served
as the basis for the audit opinion.
Robert Henry Glass, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. (Cert.)
No. 026207; Cal. No. 21336
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to note that an audit opinion did not refer to the work of
another auditor who had prepared a substantial part of the work papers
that served as the basis for the audit opinion.
Anthony G. Pirro, Scarsdale, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
043587; Cal. No. 20798
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having
been convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Commit Tax Evasion and
Fraud, a felony; four counts of Tax Evasion, a felony; and eighteen
counts of Tax Fraud, a felony.
Michael D. Watson, River Edge, NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
045477; Cal. No. 21335
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth
in consent order application, following termination of suspension,
probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, as
the concurring partner on each of two separate audits of the financial
statements of an entity, agreeing with the audit team's erroneous
conclusion that aspects of the said financial statements were in
compliance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Gregory Michael Woods, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No.
053482; Cal. No. 21274
Regents Action Date: May 18, 2004
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty
agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12 months of
suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having
been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
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