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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.
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April 2012
Nursing
KEVIN FRANCIS BRENNAN; WATERTOWN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 368198; Cal. No. 26082 26081
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been found guilty of improper professional practice or professional misconduct in Alaska.
KEVIN FRANCIS BRENNAN; WATERTOWN, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Community Health; Cert. No. 320050; Cal. No. 26082 26081
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been found guilty of improper professional practice or professional misconduct in Alaska.
KEVIN FRANCIS BRENNAN; WATERTOWN, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Community Health; Cert. No. 320050; Cal. No. 26082 26081
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been found guilty of improper professional practice or professional misconduct in Alaska.
KEVIN FRANCIS BRENNAN; WATERTOWN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 368198; Cal. No. 26082 26081
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been found guilty of improper professional practice or professional misconduct in Alaska.
STEPHANIE CACHIA; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256654; Cal. No. 25632
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of being dependent on, or a habitual user of, narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having a similar effect practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently and unprofessional conduct based on her being a habitual user of a prescription-required amphetamine who practiced fraudulently by using her access as a nurse to steal physician prescription blanks and then forging the name of physicians on the forms so as to prescribe, to herself, controlled substances.
STEPHANIE CACHIA; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256654; Cal. No. 25632
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of being dependent on, or a habitual user of, narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having a similar effect practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently and unprofessional conduct based on her being a habitual user of a prescription-required amphetamine who practiced fraudulently by using her access as a nurse to steal physician prescription blanks and then forging the name of physicians on the forms so as to prescribe, to herself, controlled substances.
RIMA R CHAUDHRY; CORAM, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 240911; Cal. No. 25839
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
RIMA R CHAUDHRY; CORAM, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 240911; Cal. No. 25839
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
BETTE LINDSTRAND CONSTANTINE (A/K/A LINDSTRAND BETTE JANE); AMSTERDAM, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 199856; Cal. No. 26075
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation to be tolled until return to practice in State of New York, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having committed medication administration errors.
BETTE LINDSTRAND CONSTANTINE (A/K/A LINDSTRAND BETTE JANE); AMSTERDAM, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 199856; Cal. No. 26075
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation to be tolled until return to practice in State of New York, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having committed medication administration errors.
JACKI LYNN EVERETT; BARRYVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 254358; Cal. No. 26097
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the allegation that, on or about February 2, 2009, while employed at Grace Plaza Rehabilitation Nursing Center, Great Neck, New York, she made false entries in patient records indicating she had administered the controlled substances Percocet and Xanax to two patients when, in fact, she had taken said medications and diverted them to her own use
JACKI LYNN EVERETT; BARRYVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 254358; Cal. No. 26097
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the allegation that, on or about February 2, 2009, while employed at Grace Plaza Rehabilitation Nursing Center, Great Neck, New York, she made false entries in patient records indicating she had administered the controlled substances Percocet and Xanax to two patients when, in fact, she had taken said medications and diverted them to her own use
MONIQUE HEMPHILL GONZALEZ; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 225311; Cal. No. 26000
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
MONIQUE HEMPHILL GONZALEZ; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 225311; Cal. No. 26000
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
DEMETRIA LATREIC JOHNSON; HEMPSTEAD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 240024; Cal. No. 26003
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension beginning June 1, 2012 and terminating June 30, 2012, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest that, in or about August 2010, she practiced the profession of nursing while the license had been suspended.
DEMETRIA LATREIC JOHNSON; HEMPSTEAD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 240024; Cal. No. 26003
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension beginning June 1, 2012 and terminating June 30, 2012, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest that, in or about August 2010, she practiced the profession of nursing while the license had been suspended.
LISA ANN KELSEY (A/K/A ASHCRAFT LISA, KELSEY LISA, EYLES LISA ANN); FORT MYERS, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 500827; Cal. No. 26001
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successful participation in course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in State of New York, $500 fine payable within 2 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of being a habitual user of Demerol.
LISA ANN KELSEY (A/K/A ASHCRAFT LISA, KELSEY LISA, EYLES LISA ANN); FORT MYERS, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 500827; Cal. No. 26001
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successful participation in course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in State of New York, $500 fine payable within 2 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of being a habitual user of Demerol.
OLUBUNMI ADEOLA MCCLENDON (A/K/A ADEOYE OLUBUNMI ADEOLA); YONKERS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 271229; Cal. No. 26069
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that, when she applied for licensure in New York as a licensed practical nurse in 2002, she knowingly provided a false social security number and that, when said application containing this misinformation was granted, she was licensed as a licensed practical nurse.
OLUBUNMI ADEOLA MCCLENDON (A/K/A ADEOYE OLUBUNMI ADEOLA); YONKERS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 271229; Cal. No. 26069
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that, when she applied for licensure in New York as a licensed practical nurse in 2002, she knowingly provided a false social security number and that, when said application containing this misinformation was granted, she was licensed as a licensed practical nurse.
DAVID FRANCIS MCNAMARA; COMSTOCK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 510109; Cal. No. 26094
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd Degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 4th degree.
DAVID FRANCIS MCNAMARA; COMSTOCK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 510109; Cal. No. 26094
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd Degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 4th degree.
DONNA MARIE PRESTOPINO (A/K/A BORAWSKI DONNA MARIE); MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 510100; Cal. No. 25973
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
DONNA MARIE PRESTOPINO (A/K/A BORAWSKI DONNA MARIE); MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 510100; Cal. No. 25973
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
LEON LLOYD SANDERS; RHINEBECK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 575043; Cal. No. 26068
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, after being suspended from nursing practice by the State of New Hampshire in 2004, he failed to report said suspension on his subsequent New York nursing licensure application and on an employment application for employment as a nurse in New York.
LEON LLOYD SANDERS; RHINEBECK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 575043; Cal. No. 26068
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, after being suspended from nursing practice by the State of New Hampshire in 2004, he failed to report said suspension on his subsequent New York nursing licensure application and on an employment application for employment as a nurse in New York.
MARWA TAMAN; ITHACA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 567545; Cal. No. 26072
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge of having been found guilty of improper professional practice or professional misconduct in Arizona.
MARWA TAMAN; ITHACA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 567545; Cal. No. 26072
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest the charge of having been found guilty of improper professional practice or professional misconduct in Arizona.
JACQUELINE DENIN VAUGHAN-MOSCATIELLO; MASTIC, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 259183; Cal. No. 25888 25889
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 years suspensions, execution of last 18 months of suspensions stayed, probation 2 years to commence and to run concurrently with suspensions.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny and Driving While Intoxicated based on her receiving and cashing of weekly checks from County Child Support to which she was not entitled, driving eastbound in the westbound lane of the Long Island Expressway, and a failed sobriety test.
JACQUELINE DENIN VAUGHAN-MOSCATIELLO; MASTIC, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 504860; Cal. No. 25888 25889
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 years suspensions, execution of last 18 months of suspensions stayed, probation 2 years to commence and to run concurrently with suspensions.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny and Driving While Intoxicated based on her receiving and cashing of weekly checks from County Child Support to which she was not entitled, driving eastbound in the westbound lane of the Long Island Expressway, and a failed sobriety test.