Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
November 1996
Architecture - Chiropractic - Dentistry - Massage - Nursing - Pharmacy - Physical Therapy - Podiatry - Professional Engineering and Land Surveying - Public Accountancy - Veterinary Medicine
Architecture
Gary John Gulickson, Albany, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 021996; Cal. No.
16130
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of a conviction
of an act constituting a crime under New York law (Unlawful Imprisonment
in the Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor).
Chiropractic
Alcide J. Plumbar, Jr., New York, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 005977; Cal.
No. 14364
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
submitting worker's compensation claim forms in which he falsely
certified that chiropractic services had been provided to a patient.
Robert J. McComb, Jr., Harpursville, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 000899; Cal.
No. 13197
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of diagnosing
and offering to treat three patients for conditions that he was not
authorized to treat, failure to maintain a patient record, making
an unsubstantiated advertising claim and diagnosing a patient over
the phone.
Dentistry
Irving P. Silverman, Bridgeton, NJ
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 031137; Cal. No. 16212
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted guilt to charges of filing
false claims with Medicaid.
Massage
Michael Joseph Arnoff, Great Neck, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 004206;
Cal. No. 15739
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: $1,000 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that,
during the course of administering therapy to a female client, he
failed to properly drape the client and massaged her breasts.
Nursing
Norman G. Michael, Jr., Cazenovia, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 350933; Cal. No. 12270
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 18 month suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 18 months.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of
administering the non-controlled substance Kefzol to a patient in
the emergency room when the physician's order required the administration
of Kefzol when the patient was in the operating room, improperly
labeling a blood sample drawn from one patient by inscribing the
name of a different patient on the blood sample, and failing to sufficiently
attend a patient who was exhibiting symptoms of hypoglycemia.
Patsy A. George-Lynch, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 209908; Cal. No. 13195
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of submitting
false bills.
Katherine D. Doyle, Hauppauge, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 313921; Cal. No. 13806
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, required to pursue
and successfully complete certain course, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
follow the proper venipuncture procedure in disposal of a vacutainer
holder when drawing blood from an AIDS patient.
Blair Buczkowski a/k/a Blair R Faatz, Hamburg, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 146846, 418167; Cal. Nos. 13874, 13758
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 22 months.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of making false
entries on a patient's chart, submitting false information to the
New York State Education Department on an application for registration,
advising a co-worker that correct placement of a Dobhoff feeding
tube inserted in a patient had been confirmed when licensee knew
that correct placement had not been confirmed.
Ann Marie Truscio, Lockport, NY;
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 176091;
Cal. No. 15781
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found to have been convicted
of committing acts constituting crimes under New York State law (Criminally
Negligent Homicide, a Class E felony, and Assault in the First Degree
a Class C felony).
Joan Springsteen a/k/a Joan B.Springsteen, Ridge, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 066565;
Cal. No. 16071
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Suspension until successfully completes
a course of treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation
2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to have been convicted
of Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Michelle M. Ellis, Olean, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 188361;
Cal. No. 16216
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Suspension of not less than 12 months and
until successfully participates in and completes a course of treatment
- upon termination of suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found to have been convicted
of committing an act constituting a crime under New York State law
(Driving While Intoxicated, a Misdemeanor and Operating a Motor Vehicle
While Under the Influence of Alcohol, a Felony).
Kathleen Cook Smith, West Henrietta, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 070942;
Cal. No. 14273
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of being
physically and/or verbally abusive to five patients.
Karen L. Penna a/k/a Karen L. Duerr, Depew, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 437521; Cal. No. 14744
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 2 years,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of making three
transcription errors and four medication administration errors.
Virginia M. Carl, Youngstown, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 194630; Cal. No. 14886
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of failing to
properly document the evaluation and treatment of patients on nine
occasions.
Susan M. Waters a/k/a Susan Marie Wood, Horseheads, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 212674;
Cal. No. 15558
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to keep an accurate record of the evaluation and treatment of a patient
and committing four medication errors/omissions.
Nancy Swientonioski a/k/a Nancy A. Robbins, Auburn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 186629, 409356; Cal. Nos. 15565, 15564
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of incorrectly
transcribing how often a medication was to be administered, discontinuing
medications when there was no order to discontinue, administering
Digoxin without checking a patient's Digoxin level, and when the
Digoxin level was received, not reporting it to the patient's physician.
Ruperto C. De La Pena, Middletown, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner; R.N. Lic. No. 285661, N.P. Cert. No. 340004; Cal. Nos.
16222, 16230
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being convicted
of committing an act constituting a crime under New York State law
(Conviction for Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument, to wit:
a prescription).
Donna Van Harken, Fairport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 195033, 410009; Cal. Nos. 16255, 16256
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: $500 fine, probationary period currently
serving under Order Nos. 14901, 14902 be extended by one year from
February 17, 1997 to February 17, 1998.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of changing
the daily dose of 2 medications for an elderly patient without a
doctor's order.
Joan M. Isherwood, Wappingers Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 080646;
Cal. No. 16260
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being convicted
of committing an act constituting a crime under New York State law
(Petit Larceny, a Class A Misdemeanor).
Rozina Shanaz Saint Joy, Uniondale, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 233011;
Cal. No. 16293
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction for Patient
Abuse, an unclassified Misdemeanor.
Lydia Barbara Moran, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 167077;
Cal. No. 16305
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted charges of committing
several medication errors including administering an incorrect medication
and the wrong dosages of a medication.
Martine Micourt Williams a/k/a Martine M. Laguerre, Stony Point, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 181934, 381120; Cal. Nos. 16335, 15504
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing
medication and/or treatment errors/omissions and failing to properly
assess a patient.
Raymond T. Wheeler, Shoreham, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 115863, 294909; Cal. Nos. 16361, 16360
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction of Operating
A Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol, a Felony.
Donna Louise Nadeau a/k/a Donna Louise Stewart, Houston, TX
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 325629; Cal. No. 16382
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being found
guilty of improper professional practice or professional misconduct
in another state.
Pharmacy
Vinoda J. Kudchadkar, Bayport, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030519; Cal. No.
14205
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 2 years,
$2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making
billing errors.
Haven Drugs Inc., Medford, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Lic. No. 021047; Cal. No.
14206
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 2 years,
$2,000 fine.
Summary: Retail pharmacy admitted to charges of
making billing errors.
Joseph Maisel, New Port Richey, FL
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024634; Cal. No.
15941
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to committing an act
constituting a Federal crime relating to the conviction of Knowing
and Intentional Possession with Intent to Distribute Schedule III
and IV Controlled Substances.
Jay M. Marcus, Fort Lee, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024189; Cal. No.
16306
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction for committing
acts constituting a crime under Federal law for Conspiracy to Defraud
the United States, a Felony.
William H. Edelman d/b/a West End Pharmacy, 704 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 013472; Cal. No.
16467
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Application to surrender registration granted.
Summary: Retail pharmacy did not contest charges
of unauthorized substitution of prescribed drugs.
Physical Therapy
Janet Youker, Johnstown, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 006504;
Cal. No. 14639
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
maintain six patient records which accurately reflected the evaluation
and treatment of those patients.
Podiatry
Avram Mayer Shapiro, Bronx, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003658; Cal. No.
15888
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed at which time probation 23 months, $5,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of engaging
in sexual intercourse with a patient following treatment of the patient.
Bradley Seth Perry, East Meadow, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003788; Cal. No.
16228
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 100 hours of public
service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction for submitting
false claims to Medicaid.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
George Kurosaka, Jr., Queensburg, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 035869;
Cal. No. 13120
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to
prepare and retain thorough written evaluations showing how lateral
supports are to be provided or how horizonal reactions are to be
sustained.
Public Accountancy
Emanuel M. Leaf, Fairfield, NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. (Cert.)
No. 026459; Cal. No. 16048
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, upon service of suspension,
probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction for conspiring
with another to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
Arnold Friedman, East Hills, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. (Cert.)
No. 016615; Cal. No. 16310
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: Application to surrender license (certificate)
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a conviction for aiding
and abetting the filing of false corporate income tax returns.
Veterinary Medicine
Tobias Jungreis, Rego Park, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 002293; Cal.
No. 15421
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996 (see also June
2002)
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to maintain adequate records and failing to adequately treat and
diagnose two cats.
Michael John Allen, Hunt Road, Buskirk, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 006438; Cal.
No. 16316
Regents Action Date: November 8, 1996
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing
to adequately monitor a sick dog.
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