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Marshall Terry
Lipner, Huntington, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic.
No. 055676; Cal. No. 18492
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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,
$5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
indicating, for each of three years, that he conducted an audit
on financial statements when in fact he conducted a review of
said financial statements.
Joseph Thomas
Ciani, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
050379; Cal. No. 18689
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of sexual
contact with a client.
Shafer Harold
Zysman, St. James, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
025669; Cal. No. 18352
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 taking a
collateral patient (mother of a primary adolescent patient) out
to dinner, and hugging and kissing said collateral patient.
Timothy Michael
Roethel, Hicksville, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No.
040272; Cal. No. 18610
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 charge of having
been convicted twice of Driving While Intoxicated and once for
Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Second
Degree.
Bradley James
Barber, Potsdam, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 006575; Cal.
No. 18774
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
willfully abusing a patient by sexually touching the patient
after a chiropractic treatment.
Terence G. Dulin,
Farmingdale, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 003074; Cal.
No. 17922
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $1,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient and failure to
maintain accurate patient records.
Anthony Camarata,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 004586; Cal.
No. 18557
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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, $500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of the crime Petit Larceny, a class A
misdemeanor.
Gary
Masouredis, Old Greenwich, CT
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 039255; Cal. No.
18807
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
exhibiting conduct in the practice of dentistry which evidenced
moral unfitness to practice, by sexually touching a minor patient
during the course of treatment.
Hayden Anthony
Blake, Medford and Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037358; Cal. No.
17233
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 3 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of
suspension stayed, probation 3 years, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of the
charges: that he falsely represented, in an insurance claim form,
treatment provided to a patient with the intent to defraud;
failure to maintain records that accurately reflect the treatment
of the patient; and failure to not provide the proper treatment
to a patient.
Francis Anthony Nunan
III, Albany, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045548; Cal. No.
17735
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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, 25
hours of public service, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an
Unclassified Misdemeanor.
William George
Eliades, Astoria, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037540; Cal. No.
18194
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also July 2004)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $7,500
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
submitting a series of insurance claims for dental treatment
ostensibly rendered to three patients when said treatment had not
been performed.
Philip A. Gross, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024933; Cal. No.
18285
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
willfully making and filing false reports by submitting insurance
claim forms for dental services that were not provided.
Howard Stuart
Bloom, Bronx, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038602; Cal. No.
18506
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 not
revealing a disciplinary action in another state.
Krystyna Latwajtys,
Maspeth, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040470; Cal. No.
18534
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to develop a treatment plan and to take a full mouth series of
x-rays as well as preoperative x-rays of a patient before
performing treatment and treating a tooth with a filling and post
when it was in need of a root canal.
Jerome Stanley
Rosenberg, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 022923; Cal. No.
18576
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of the crime Offering a False Instrument for
Filing in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Harold Jay Maloff,
Roslyn, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 029824; Cal. No.
18577
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of the first
6 months and the last 12 months of suspension stayed, probation 2
years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of the crime Offering a False Instrument for
Filing in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Juan O.
Jimenez-Goitia, Flushing, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 030474; Cal. No.
18586
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 failing
to take x-rays after a first visit and failing to maintain a
record which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of
a patient.
Lewis Gross, New
York, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 035035; Cal. No.
18667
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 maintain a record which accurately reflected the
evaluation and treatment of a patient and failing to properly
seal said patient's tooth at the mesial gingival margin.
Winfield Henry
Crans, Kingston, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 007602;
Cal. No. 16719
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
massaging a client who was improperly draped.
Donna Manger Weil,
New York, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 005108;
Cal. No. 18522
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
permitting an unlicensed person to perform massage therapy.
Lulex Guerrero Licerio
a/k/a Lulex Licerio, Orangeburg, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 193541; Cal. No. 18067
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of the crime grand larceny in the Third Degree, a
class D felony.
Lee John Kusse a/k/a Lee J.
Kusse a/k/a Lee Kusse, Rochester, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
174793; Cal. No. 18607
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of the Crime Possessing a Sexual Performance by a
Child, a class E felony, and Attempted Use of a Child in a Sexual
Performance, a class D felony.
Patricia S. Hill, West Monroe, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 200336; Cal. No. 18521
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also February 1998)
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
signing a physician's name to a physical examination of
herself that did not occur.
Nuhaila Yousef
Wazen, Dewitt, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 203441, 431854; Cal. Nos. 17116,
17117
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension with leave to apply, after
service of first three months of suspension, for early
termination as set forth in consent order application - upon
service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years to
commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing medication errors.
Richard Howard
Arquette, Derby, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
058506; Cal. No. 17199
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
failing to administer medications and maintaining inaccurate
patient records.
Mary Faulkner,
Freeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 140963, 385114; Cal. Nos. 17407,
17408
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
documenting the administration of tests which were not conducted,
failure to record the administration of a vaccine, failure to
wear protective gloves and failure to keep a patient
isolated.
Tracy M. Clark,
Rockaway Beach, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 375260; Cal. No. 17474
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon
return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of signing
a physician's name to a prescription of a controlled
substance without said physician's authorization.
Audrey J. Hayes a/k/a Audrey
Jean Muzacz Hayes, Phoenix, AZ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 275672; Cal. No. 17486
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in
consent order application, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
willfully filing a false registration application.
Dolores A. Leccese,
Rochester, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 232262; Cal. No. 18389
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and
when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of,
after administering an intravenous bolus of fentanyl to a
pediatric patient, failing to reduce the rate of flow or shut off
the intravenous infusion of said drug.
Catherine
Harrison-Eklund, Coram, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 477407; Cal. No. 18449
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension for not less than 4 months and
until terminated as set forth in consent order application,
following suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of the
diversion of narcotics for her own use.
Margaret Jane
Campbell, Watertown, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 054014, 170387; Cal. Nos. 18482,
18481
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also June 1998)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension with leave, after service
of first year of suspension, to apply for early termination and
stay of execution of any unserved portion of said suspension as
set forth in consent order application, probation 3 years to
commence upon return to practice, $500 fine, the aforesaid shall
supersede the penalty imposed under Order Nos. 17088 and 17089 of
the Deputy Commissioner for the Professions.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
committing seven medication administration and treatment errors
and inaccurate transcription of a medication order.
Margaret Jane
Sullivan, Massena, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 485863; Cal. No. 18513
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also December 1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension with leave to apply for
early termination as set forth in consent order application,
probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, 100 hours
of public service, $1,000 fine, the aforesaid shall supersede the
penalty imposed under Order No. 17893 of the Deputy Commissioner
for the Professions.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing
to disclose a criminal conviction for Attempted Petit Larceny and
committing approximately fourteen medication
errors/omissions.
Angela Marie
Palomino, Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
251818; Cal. No. 18530
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of leaving
her unit without professional coverage and leaving the
medication/narcotic keys with an unauthorized person.
Shirley Smith,
Monticello, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 175655; Cal. No. 18568
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month suspension with leave to apply for
early termination after service of the first two months of
suspension as set forth in consent order application, upon
service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
medication and documentation errors.
Linda Kirkwood,
Baldwin, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 409717; Cal. No. 18578
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 18
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of filing
false records of supervisory visits.
Carolyn A. Butler,
Westbury, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 080953, 292185; Cal. Nos. 18583,
18584
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to record a patient's status and notification to the
physician in the Progress Notes.
Barbara Jean
Laventure, Schenectady, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
170844; Cal. No. 18590
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
documenting notes with false times on three occasions.
Charles Francis Satterley,
Jr., Mastic, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
230589; Cal. No. 18598
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a class E
felony.
Raymond J. Padula,
Levittown, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 331156; Cal. No. 18599
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of taking
money from a patient without said patient's permission.
Margaret Franchini,
Albany, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 252795; Cal. No. 18602
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (See
also July 2005)
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
administering the wrong substance to patients.
Ghislaine Ganthier,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
211136; Cal. No. 18614
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also April 1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Maria Lourdes S.
Caponong, Yonkers, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 448837; Cal. No. 18638
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 charge of
knowingly permitting a licensed practical nurse under her
supervision to make false entries in a patient's records to
cover up the theft of methadone.
Melissa Jean
Thomas, Wurtsboro, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic.
No. 436927; Cal. No. 18639
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 6 month suspension with leave to apply for
early termination as set forth in consent order application -
upon service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
neglecting to restart a ventilator after reattaching an infant to
said ventilator.
Kim Ellen Bush,
Fairport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
231189; Cal. No. 18647
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree.
Doris Crews a/k/a Doris
Thompson, Freeport, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 059401, 281263; Cal. Nos. 18648,
18649
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering the wrong dose of medication to a patient and
failing to report to a patient's doctor that the
patient's blood pressure had become elevated.
Denise Cartright,
Elmont, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
203605; Cal. No. 18650
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Evelyne B. Edouard,
Elmont, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
128459; Cal. No. 18655
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Jody Ford, Yonkers,
NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
179933; Cal. No. 18657
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 22
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of making
false entries in patient records.
Judy B. Massey a/k/a Judy Beth
Massey, Poughkeepsie, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered
Professional Nurse; Lic. Nos. 233897, 460588; Cal. Nos. 18660,
18661
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 24 months, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
administering an incorrect dose of insulin to a patient.
Mary Lynne
Mirville, Lynbrook, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
218929; Cal. No. 18665
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also July
2002)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Clarissa Ann
Newton, Fulton, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
218524; Cal. No. 18666
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Suspension in certain area until terminated
as set forth in consent order application, probation 1 year, $250
fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of
committing medication and charting errors.
Judith A. Yourdon,
Utica, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
197996; Cal. No. 18679
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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
medication errors and omissions and creating directions for use
for a medication.
David Glenn Coiro,
Aurora, CO
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
248048; Cal. No. 18686
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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,
$250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
committing seven medication administration errors.
Regina Lee Hill,
Accord, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
250407; Cal. No. 18691
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing
to take vital signs and perform adequate eye examination on two
patients and recording vital signs and vision screening in
patient records without taking said vital signs and carrying out
said vision screenings.
Jacqueline Vedette
Balzora, Elmhurst, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No.
239165; Cal. No. 18719
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also April 1999)
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 20
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on her application for licensure as a registered
professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received
an Associate Nursing Degree.
Stanley F.
Karpf, Dix Hills, NY
Profession: Optometrist; Lic. No. 002706; Cal.
No. 17514
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failure
to maintain a patient record which accurately reflects the
evaluation and treatment of a patient.
Barry
Toback, Edgewater, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032789; Cal.
No. 18819
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application to surrender license
granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the
Third Degree.
Bharatkumar Ambalal Patel a/k/a
Bharatkumar A. Patel, Westbury, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039174; Cal.
No. 18405
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed,
probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of the crime Criminal Diversion of Prescription
Medications and Prescriptions in the Fourth Degree, a class A
misdemeanor.
Ahmed M. Saad, Port
Washington, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029323; Cal.
No. 18068
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of the crime Falsifying Business Records in the
Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Amy Wai-Ki Law, Fresh
Meadows, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042326; Cal.
No. 18079
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year,
$1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
selling a misbranded drug.
Joseph Savarese,
Babylon Village, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031970; Cal.
No. 18456
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence when,
and if, return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of
improperly obtaining controlled substances for another
individual's use.
Kenneth C. Brown,
Brooklyn, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029443; Cal.
No. 18635
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also February 1996)
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 charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications
and Prescriptions in the Fourth Degree.
CVS Lexington Ave., L.L.C. d/b/a
CVS Pharmacy #2717, 1294 Lexington Avenue,
New York, NY 10128
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 024499; Cal. No.
18653
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of being
open for business when not under the immediate supervision and
management of a licensed pharmacist.
Henry James
Phillips, Cooperstown, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022244; Cal.
No. 18662
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 having
been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the
Second Degree, a misdemeanor.
Syed I. Naqvi, Dix
Hills, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 030261; Cal.
No. 18668
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 12
months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $5,000
fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of the crime Criminal Diversion of Prescription
Medications and Prescriptions in the Fourth Degree.
Scott A. Weiner,
Armonk, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032056; Cal.
No. 18716
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend
charge of permitting an unlicensed person to practice
pharmacy.
17th Street
Apothecary, Inc., 11 East 17th Street,
New York, NY 10003
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 020760; Cal. No.
18717
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $2,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent could not successfully
defend charge of permitting an unlicensed person to practice
pharmacy.
Howard Joel
Dropkin, New York, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024306; Cal.
No. 18721
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 1 year, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of
committing dispensing and labeling errors, and violations found
during a routine pharmacy inspection.
Fine & Healthy, Inc. d/b/a
Murray Hill Chemists, 541 Third Avenue, New York, NY
10016
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021459; Cal. No.
18722
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: $1,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge
of committing dispensing and labeling errors, and violations
found during a routine pharmacy inspection.
Karen P.
Fromm, South Hempstead, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 012615;
Cal. No. 18401
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23
months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted twice of Driving While Intoxicated and once for
Reckless Endangerment and Resisting Arrest and lying on a
reregistration application.
Edward J.
Kormylo, East Patchogue, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003100; Cal.
No. 18417
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the
Fifth Degree.
John A.
Grammas, Moriches, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
027638; Cal. No. 18516
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 the charge of
self-certifying with the New York City Department of Buildings
that there would be no change of occupancy when the proposed
change in occupancy would be contrary to the previously granted
Certificate of Occupancy of a certain building.
William N. Wrinkle,
Bath, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
053503; Cal. No. 18565
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000 (see
also October 2001)
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 failing
to redirect runoff to a location which would not impact
residential development; failing to consider water shed
boundaries; failing to consider drainage patterns and failing to
do adequate storm sewer design with regard to capacity.
Robert
Berquist, Voorheesville, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No.
057266; Cal. No. 18680
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
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 having
been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified
misdemeanor.
Nicholas James
Pascucci, Woodhaven, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 011862; Cal.
No. 18623
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct;
Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having
been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third
Degree, a class D felony, and of the federal crimes of
Worker's Compensation Fraud; Making False Statements to the
Government; and Mail Fraud, for a total of eight (8) federal
felonies and one (1) federal misdemeanor.
Keith William
McDonald, Secaucus, NJ
Profession: Respiratory Therapy Technician; Lic.
No. 000341; Cal. No. 17427
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: Annulment of license.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely
indicating on his application for licensure in New York that he
had not been convicted of a crime and falsely indicating on an
employment application that he had not been convicted of a
crime.
Sam Chwat,
New York, NY
Profession: Speech-Language Pathologist; Lic.
No. 002042; Cal. No. 18569
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of
permitting individuals who were not licensed or otherwise
authorized to practice speech-language pathology in the State of
New York to render speech-language pathology services to minor
patients and offering to practice the profession of
speech-language pathology beyond its authorized scope by offering
physical therapy services and occupational therapy services in a
contract for speech-language pathology services.
New York Speech Improvement
Services, P.C., 253 West 16th Street, New
York, NY 10011
Profession: Speech-Language Pathology; Cal. No.
18570
Regents Action Date: September 15, 2000
Action: Application for consent order granted;
Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension
stayed.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charges
of permitting individuals who were not licensed or otherwise
authorized to practice speech-language pathology in the State of
New York to render speech-language pathology services to minor
patients and offering to practice the profession of
speech-language pathology beyond its authorized scope by offering
physical therapy services and occupational therapy services in a
contract for speech-language pathology services.