Searching for Summaries
Summary information of disciplinary actions taken against licensees, professional practice business entities, and pharmacy establishments by the Board of Regents in New York State since January 1, 1994, can be searched below by year, month, and profession. You may also search for an individual’s, entity’s or establishment’s status, and any applicable enforcement actions, with our Online Verification Search. Applicable disciplinary information will be listed under the Enforcement Actions tab within the search results.
In New York State, professional misconduct in all the professions (except that by physicians, physician assistants and specialist assistants, which is investigated and prosecuted by the Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC) of the Department of Health) is investigated and prosecuted by the New York State Education Department's Office of the Professions. The Board of Regents, which also has responsibility for licensure in all the professions, is responsible for the final disposition of all disciplinary matters except those handled by OPMC.
Information on pre-1994 Regents Actions is available by phone: 518-474-3817, ext. 330; fax: 518-473-0578; e-mail: dplsdsu@nysed.gov, or by writing to the Office of the Professions.
By reviewing this material, the user accepts the terms, conditions and limitations under which this information is supplied.
January 2023
Architecture
KI SUK HAN VICTOR; FLUSHING NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 028349; Cal. No. 33333
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing four limited supervisory check applications with the New York City Department of Buildings that contained violations of the Rules of the City of New York.
VICTOR K HAN ARCHITECT PC; FLUSHING, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 33334
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: $2,500 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of filing four limited supervisory check applications with the New York City Department of Buildings that contained violations of the Rules of the City of New York
Clinical Laboratory Technology
JOVIN ADAM WEINSTOCK; LONG BEACH NY
Profession: Clinical Laboratory Technologist; Lic. No. 017581; Cal. No. 33045
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 months actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony, and Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
JOVIN ADAM WEINSTOCK; LONG BEACH NY
Profession: Certified Clinical Laboratory Technician; Lic. No. 002616; Cal. No. 33044
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 months actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony, and Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Landscape Architecture
KYRIACOS N PIERIDES; FLUSHING NY
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No. 001165; Cal. No. 33180
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of willful failure to comply with the mandatory continuing education requirements.
Nursing
KATHARINE BALLATO; LOCUST VALLEY NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Pediatrics; Cert. No. 382536; Cal. No. 33318
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, as an unclassified misdemeanor; and Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, as an E felony.
KATHARINE E BALLATO (A/K/A BALLATO KATHERINE E, BALLATO KATHARINE ELLEN); LOCUST VALLEY NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 572400; Cal. No. 33317
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, as an unclassified misdemeanor; and Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, as an E felony.
CHERELLE MARIE BARRETT (A/K/A MILLER CHERELLE MARIE, MILLER CHERELLE M); LAURELTON NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 305937; Cal. No. 33335
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to document that a verbal order was received to transport patient for testing.
CHERELLE MARIE BARRETT (A/K/A MILLER CHERELLE MARIE); LAURELTON NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 700069; Cal. No. 33336
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to document that a verbal order was received to transport patient for testing.
CRISTINA TORRES CARIASO; SAN DIEGO CA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 387234; Cal. No. 33380
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of California, failing to initiate the bed exit alarm for a patient who was a documented fall risk.
JULIA BRIANNE CASTO; CHARLESTON WV
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 790034; Cal. No. 33250
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of diverting the controlled substance Fentanyl prescribed for various patients for her own use from said patients IV lines and trying to cover up the diversion by replacing the missing Fentanyl with water.
KIMBERLY MARIE DELGADO (A/K/A DELGADO KIMBERLY); MOUNT VERNON NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 321489; Cal. No. 33367
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having taken home patient medications from a facility.
TATIANA GONZALEZ; RICHMOND HILL NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Family Health; Cert. No. 340765; Cal. No. 33326
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of certifying immunization forms for two friends in 2018 indicating that each friend had received various vaccinations without verifying that said vaccinations had ever been administered.
TATIANA GONZALEZ; FLUSHING NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 656660; Cal. No. 33355
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of certifying immunization forms for two friends in 2018 indicating that each friend had received various vaccinations without verifying that said vaccinations had ever been administered.
CHRISTINA M HANSEN; SANBORN NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 501597; Cal. No. 33292
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Driving While Intoxicated, unclassified misdemeanors.
CHRISTINA M HANSEN; SANBORN NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 252363; Cal. No. 33293
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Driving While Intoxicated, unclassified misdemeanors.
MEGAN E HARKENRIDER; HORNELL NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273670; Cal. No. 30969
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 6 months and until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for having been convicted of Criminal Use of Drug Paraphernalia in the 2nd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree; Endangering the Welfare of a Child; and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, all class A misdemeanors.
JOYCE MADU HARVEY-MADU; MASSAPEQUA NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 537717; Cal. No. 33199
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Scheme to Defraud in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
JOYCE MADU HARVEY-MADU; MASSAPEQUA NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 207939; Cal. No. 33198
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Scheme to Defraud in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
LINDSAY APRIL IRVINE (A/K/A IRVINE LINDSAY A); OGDENSBURG NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 311197; Cal. No. 31681
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 3 months and until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd Degree, a class D felony.
LINDSAY APRIL IRVINE; OGDENSBURG NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 701339; Cal. No. 31682
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 3 months and until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd Degree, a class D felony.
COURTNEY A MINES (A/K/A DRAKE COURTNEY ANNE, DRAKE COURTNEY); PINE CITY NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 578593; Cal. No. 29942
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
ADEWUNMI BOSEDE OGUNMEFUN (A/K/A OLADIPO ADEWUNMI BOSEDE, OLADIPO ADEWUNMI BOSEDE); SUGARLAND TX
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 556224; Cal. No. 33072
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing an application for licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of New York in which she falsely represented that she had never pleaded guilty to a crime.