Summaries of Regents Actions
On Professional Misconduct and Discipline*
November 1999
Certified Public Accountancy - Certified Social Work - Dentistry - Nursing - Ophthalmic Dispensing - Pharmacy - Podiatry - Professional Engineering and Land Surveying - Psychology - Veterinary Medicine
Certified Public Accountancy
William T. Sears, Danbury, CT
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 035304; Cal. No. 18166
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of income tax evasion.
Carley P. Byrne, Gansevoort, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 046094; Cal. No. 17487
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of Failure to
File a Return or Report, a Class A Misdemeanor.
James R. Paolano, Rego Park, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 041058; Cal. No. 17910
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Driving While Ability Impaired, an unclassified misdemeanor.
Certified Social Work
Margaret Sherry King, New York, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
042296; Cal. No. 17608
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of Criminal
Facilitation in the Fourth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Robert E. James, Springfield, NJ
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
019436; Cal. No. 17936
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.
Theron G. Tucker, Sr., Rochester, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
048847; Cal. No. 18033
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Attempted Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth
Degree.
Dentistry
Benjamin Van Acker III, Rensselaer, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 018283; Cal. No.
18178
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also February
2001)
Action: License summarily suspended.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents actions.
Michael M. Friedman, Patchogue, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 032093; Cal. No.
17536
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain a patient record, which accurately reflected
the evaluation and treatment of said patient.
Alfonso John Merola III, Liverpool, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042450; Cal. No.
17746
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also November
1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to maintain a patient record that accurately reflected the evaluation
and treatment of a patient.
NMC General Dentistry, P.C., 5100 West Taft Road, Liverpool, NY 13088
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 17747
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of failure
to maintain a patient record that accurately reflected the evaluation
and treatment of a patient.
North Ocean Dental, P.C., 99 North Ocean Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772
Profession: Dentistry; Cal. No. 17799
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charge of
failing to maintain a patient record which accurately reflected
the evaluation and treatment of a patient.
Raul Vassy Romoshan a/k/a Vasile Damitru Romosan, Long Island City, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040490; Cal. No.
17963
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 18 month suspension, probation 2 years,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Controlled Substance,
a Class D Felony.
Laura Gaye Benish, Eastchester, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039878; Cal. No.
18006
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $20,000 fine,
100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
issuing prescriptions for medications to treat non-dental conditions.
John R. Calamia, New York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 034548; Cal. No.
18027
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
failing to maintain a record that accurately reflected the evaluation
and treatment of a patient.
Nursing
Jose Del Carmen Salcedo, Staten Island, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 193332; Cal. No. 16921
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of obtaining
a nursing certificate by fraud, deception and misrepresentation
by a sister state. Such conduct if committed within this state
would constitute professional misconduct.
William Alex Odom-Hickey a/k/a William A. O. Hickey, Philadelphia, PA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
236763; Cal. No. 17406
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of violating
the Uniform Code of Military Justice by engaging in indecent
acts with a patient while on duty.
Jean Boffi LoRusso, Rome, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
067186; Cal. No. 18208
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of diverting
the controlled drug Fioricet for her own use.
Elizabeth L. MacPeek, Lyndonville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
085442; Cal. No. 18248
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been found
guilty by Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article
33 of the Public Health Law for diverting the controlled substance
Dilaudid for her own use.
Claudette Richardson a/k/a Claudette Jones, South Floral Park, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 111731, 276087; Cal. Nos. 18256,
18257
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of neglecting
to check a patient's vital signs for six hours, failing to insure
that a cardiac patient had an open and functioning intravenous
line, failing to write an incident report on a patient who had
fallen, and administering three and a half times the ordered
dose of a heart medication.
Natalie A. Young a/k/a Natalie Ann Young, Niagara Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
203415; Cal. No. 17410
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also February
1994)
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
2 years to take effect and commence as set forth in the Regents
Review Committee report.
Summary: Licensee was convicted of Petit Larceny
and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree,
both Class A Misdemeanors.
Sheila Marie Shortslef a/k/a Sheila M. Shortslef, Fulton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 195037, 425939; Cal. Nos. 17654,
17655
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation
1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty by the Commissioner
of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health
Law.
Matthew M. Niedzielski, Aquebogue, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
238063; Cal. No. 17174
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also December
2001)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Required to successfully complete certain
course, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of falling
asleep while on duty, administering a medication that had been
discontinued, failing to administer a medication and administering
the wrong dose of medication.
Jennifer Jean Wentzell a/k/a Jennifer Jean Boniface, Middletown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 200417, 447346; Cal. Nos. 17418,
17419
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also September
2003)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Forgery in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor, on two
occasions.
Jacqueline Severe, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 187201, 436790; Cal. Nos. 17793,
17792
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also June
2007)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
placing a patient at the wrong angle in bed, discontinuing medication
when there was no physician's order to do so, administering medications
without a physician's order and failing to notify a physician
that a patient's urine level was low.
Laurajean Motherway, Kings Park, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 416268; Cal. No. 17835
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
against the charge of failing to properly assess patients.
Margaret Anne Dossert a/k/a Margaret A. Tyler, Syracuse, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 142898, 342410; Cal. Nos. 17851,
17852
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been found
in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law for obtaining
the controlled substance Morphine for her own use by making false
statements in required controlled substance records.
Katherine May Shufelt, Schaghticoke, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 172109; Cal. No. 17971
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been convicted
of Driving While Intoxicated on two occasions.
Francine D. Ellis, Ballston Spa, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
127813; Cal. No. 17977
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been convicted
of the crime Petit Larceny.
Jennifer Lee Handy, Amsterdam, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248569; Cal. No. 17989
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of committing
nine medication administration and documentation errors.
Mary A.C. Baker, Rushville, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
154340; Cal. No. 18000
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Driving While Ability Impaired By Drugs and Aggravated Unlicensed
Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Second Degree.
Ketty Agnant Moise a/k/a Ketty A Moise, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 171317, 468281; Cal. Nos. 18007,
18008
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 willfully making false reports by altering a patient's records
to reflect that a different intravenous solution than the one
she administered had been given to the patient.
Peggy Ann Cahill, Lewis, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
151043; Cal. No. 18017
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 Possession Of A Forged Instrument in the Third Degree
and guilty to the charge of stealing Demerol from a hospital
where she was employed.
James Christopher Rotolo, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
256106; Cal. No. 18024
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of committing
two medication administration errors.
Althea Kemmille Robinson, Freeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
241468; Cal. No. 18026
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 12 month suspension, execution of last 11
months of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of abandoning
a patient in need of immediate professional care without making
reasonable arrangements for the continuation of said care.
Desmond Thomas Antoine, Bronx, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
201002; Cal. No. 18043
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 36 months, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of allowing
a former psychiatric patient, whom he had treated, to live in
his apartment for a year and not informing his superiors at the
hospital of this fact or the fact that this individual was not
taking her medication.
Christopher Robert Burton, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
245966; Cal. No. 18061
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree.
Deborah Gail James, East Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 461410; Cal. No. 18071
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 willfully
trying to conceal that she failed to post and interpret a telemetry
strip for a patient.
Alice Nyonoon Sei-Jedah, New York, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 210968; Cal. No. 18081
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 charge of indicating
on patients' medication administration records that medications
had been administered when no such administrations had taken
place.
Phyllis Ann Abramson, Richmond, VA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
146881; Cal. No. 18087
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of diverting
drugs from hospital stock for her own personal use.
Kenneth Alfonzo Burwell, Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 423671; Cal. No. 18094
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also September
1997)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite suspension, until served at least
3 months of said suspension, and until terminated as set forth
in the consent order application - upon termination of suspension,
probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of violating
terms of probation imposed upon him by the Board of Regents.
Joanne Elizabeth Greene, Wappingers Falls, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
241100; Cal. No. 18124
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing medication administration and documentation errors.
Nathan Sull, Buffalo, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 472456; Cal. No. 18139
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of committing
an act, Petit Larceny, that constitutes a crime under New York
State Law.
Susan Lynn D'Amico, Amherst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 218034, 440262; Cal. Nos. 18185,
18186
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also October
2002)
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,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Driving While Intoxicated.
Esther Benoit-Barthelemy, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 491342; Cal. No. 18229
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also June
2002)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Marie A. Boulin, Queens Village, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 490603; Cal. No. 18200
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also December
2005)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Marie Claude Charles, South Ozone Park, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 492619; Cal. No. 18199
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also September
2004)
Action: Annulment of registered professional
nurse license.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
falsely indicating on her application for licensure as a Registered
Nurse that she had completed a basic nursing education program.
Gladys Desvarieux, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 500088; Cal. No. 18203
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also November
2003)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Jeanny M. Gaillard, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 490721; Cal. No. 18201
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also July
2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Marlene Gerard, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499555; Cal. No. 18159
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also February
2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Marie F. Jacques, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 499429; Cal. No. 18197
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (See also March
2006)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Carmen Jean-Pierre, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 493176; Cal. No. 18204
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Saintannia Lazarre, Queens Village, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
257187; Cal. No. 18206
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Jocelyne Louis, Northwoodmere, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 500913; Cal. No. 18202
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also May
2004)
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Mirza T. Tanis, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 255486, 492073; Cal. Nos. 18227,
18228
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for summary suspension be
granted.
Summary: Licensee was summarily suspended pending
disciplinary panel review and final Board of Regents action.
Ophthalmic Dispensing
Alan Feldman, Merrick, NY
Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No. 003918;
Cal. No. 18020
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also November
1998)
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of, while
during a period of actual suspension, the practice of ophthalmic
dispensing that included auto refracting, case histories and
vision peripheral fields.
Pharmacy
Leonard Anthony Rizzo, North Bay Village, FL
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039188; Cal.
No. 17572
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension, for no less than 3 years, and
until terminated, or sooner terminated, as set forth in consent
order application - upon termination of suspension, probation
3 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
moral unfitness as the result of videotaping customers without
authorization.
Joel Brian Weiner, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033607; Cal.
No. 17691
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been convicted
of Offering a False Instrument for Filing, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Kings Bronx, Inc., 535 East 170th Street, Bronx, NY 10456
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 022841; Cal.
No. 17762
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also May
2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of failing
to verify the authenticity of prescriptions calling for Tylenol
with Codeine No. 4.
Shamsul K. Bakar, New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 044114; Cal.
No. 17763
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also May
2005)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to verify the authenticity of prescriptions calling for Tylenol
with Codeine No. 4.
Louis A. Pisani, Garden City, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029639; Cal.
No. 17868
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also September 2009)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 3 year suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of dispensing
drugs without being presented with a prescription, filing false
Medicaid claims and violating pharmacy regulations.
Robert Douglas Soto, Nanuet, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043583; Cal.
No. 18001
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
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 having been convicted
of Driving While Intoxicated.
Douglas C. Linstruth, Canastota, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025564; Cal.
No. 18097
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $750 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
dispensing too great a quantity of a drug than what was prescribed
and, on two occasions, dispensing to one customer the drug prescribed
for another customer.
Robert Rochford, Long Beach, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031945; Cal.
No. 18100
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999 (see also April
2003 and June 2011)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of holding
for sale numerous misbranded drugs in that the medication containers
were overfilled mixing lot numbers.
N.O.B. Pharmacy, Inc., 1336 Peninsula Boulevard, Hewlett, NY 11572
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019228; Cal.
No. 18101
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of holding
for sale numerous misbranded drugs in that the medication containers
were overfilled mixing lot numbers.
Podiatry
Joel Brian Weiner, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003820; Cal.
No. 17690
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree,
a Class A Misdemeanor.
Professional Engineering and Land Surveying
John Chester Pulaski, Jr., Pinehurst, NC
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
046788; Cal. No. 18048
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor and
Leaving the Scene of an Incident [involving personal injury]
Without Reporting, a Class B misdemeanor.
Psychology
Sidney M. Rosenblatt, Bronx, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 003319; Cal.
No. 18181
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Offering a False Instrument
for Filing in the First Degree.
Veterinary Medicine
Vincent Joseph Gibney, Fort Thomas, KY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 005514; Cal.
No. 18183
Regents Action Date: November 5, 1999
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted
of receiving in interstate commerce and proffering for pay an
adulterated drug.
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