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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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March 2011
Nursing
MELANIE FAITH LAJUETT (A/K/A LAJUETT MELANIE F); BROCKPORT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 586636; Cal. No. 25324 25325
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated on 2 occasions.
MELANIE FAITH LAJUETT; BROCKPORT, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273811; Cal. No. 25324 25325
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated on 2 occasions.
MELANIE FAITH LAJUETT (A/K/A LAJUETT MELANIE F); BROCKPORT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 586636; Cal. No. 25324 25325
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated on 2 occasions.
MELANIE FAITH LAJUETT; BROCKPORT, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273811; Cal. No. 25324 25325
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated on 2 occasions.
LUCE LOISEAU; WESTBURY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 545642; Cal. No. 25273 25274
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that she failed to perform a proper assessment on a patient and to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation on said patient upon finding the patient unresponsive.
LUCE LOISEAU; WESTBURY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 249211; Cal. No. 25273 25274
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that she failed to perform a proper assessment on a patient and to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation on said patient upon finding the patient unresponsive.
LUCE LOISEAU; WESTBURY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 545642; Cal. No. 25273 25274
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that she failed to perform a proper assessment on a patient and to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation on said patient upon finding the patient unresponsive.
LUCE LOISEAU; WESTBURY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 249211; Cal. No. 25273 25274
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that she failed to perform a proper assessment on a patient and to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation on said patient upon finding the patient unresponsive.
NICHOLE KARINTHA NEWPORT; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 286521; Cal. No. 25248
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 Falsifying Business Records.
NICHOLE KARINTHA NEWPORT; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 286521; Cal. No. 25248
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 Falsifying Business Records.
KIM LEE PURDUM; SELDEN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 272585; Cal. No. 25154
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, probation 4 years to run concurrently.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, based on her failing to record an order for blood tests on the admission sheet of a patient at a facility where she worked in 2007, which she later went back and amended in 2008 and her submission of a subsequent written statement for the facilities investigative file denying having made the changes in the documents.
KIM LEE PURDUM; SELDEN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 272585; Cal. No. 25154
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, probation 4 years to run concurrently.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, based on her failing to record an order for blood tests on the admission sheet of a patient at a facility where she worked in 2007, which she later went back and amended in 2008 and her submission of a subsequent written statement for the facilities investigative file denying having made the changes in the documents.
BHARAT RAMSAMUJH; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 287432; Cal. No. 25232 25234
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated as a misdemeanor.
BHARAT RAMSAMUJH; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 597033; Cal. No. 25232 25234
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated as a misdemeanor.
BHARAT RAMSAMUJH; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 287432; Cal. No. 25232 25234
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated as a misdemeanor.
BHARAT RAMSAMUJH; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 597033; Cal. No. 25232 25234
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated as a misdemeanor.
NATASHA A SAMUELS; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 275009; Cal. No. 25373
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Obstruction of Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, based on that while working at a facility she referred three patients to an attorney in response to the attorney's offer to pay her $1,500 for referring accident victims to him.
NATASHA A SAMUELS; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 275009; Cal. No. 25373
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Obstruction of Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, based on that while working at a facility she referred three patients to an attorney in response to the attorney's offer to pay her $1,500 for referring accident victims to him.
CHRISTINA MARIE SMITH; GOWANDA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256736; Cal. No. 25434
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Importation of a Controlled Substance into the United States.
CHRISTINA MARIE SMITH; GOWANDA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256736; Cal. No. 25434
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Importation of a Controlled Substance into the United States.
SUZANNE MARIE TAGGART; FAIRPORT, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 219251; Cal. No. 25394
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of having committed medication errors.
SUZANNE MARIE TAGGART; FAIRPORT, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 219251; Cal. No. 25394
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of having committed medication errors.
RHONDA TINDAL (A/K/A TINDAL RHONDA ANN);
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 241235; Cal. No. 25335
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 1st Degree and Criminal Contempt in 2009.
RHONDA TINDAL (A/K/A TINDAL RHONDA ANN);
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 241235; Cal. No. 25335
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 1st Degree and Criminal Contempt in 2009.
Pharmacy
STEVEN STEWART BROWN; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031185; Cal. No. 25465
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Drug in the 7th Degree and of having taken controlled substances from his employer for personal use.
STEVEN STEWART BROWN; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031185; Cal. No. 25465
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Drug in the 7th Degree and of having taken controlled substances from his employer for personal use.
SHARAD MOGHABHAI DESAI; COMMACK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031417; Cal. No. 25363
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, on or about January 28, 2010, while employed as the supervising pharmacist of Fordham Plaza Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a Plaza Pharmacy at 2515 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York, the unlicensed assistant, whom he was charged with supervising, engaged in unlawful filling and dispensing of prescription medications when licensee was one and a half hours late for his scheduled duty. Licensee did not have a written protocol in effect providing for the store's closure in the event that no licensed pharmacist was present during scheduled store hours.
SHARAD MOGHABHAI DESAI; COMMACK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031417; Cal. No. 25363
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, on or about January 28, 2010, while employed as the supervising pharmacist of Fordham Plaza Pharmacy, Inc. d/b/a Plaza Pharmacy at 2515 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York, the unlicensed assistant, whom he was charged with supervising, engaged in unlawful filling and dispensing of prescription medications when licensee was one and a half hours late for his scheduled duty. Licensee did not have a written protocol in effect providing for the store's closure in the event that no licensed pharmacist was present during scheduled store hours.
FORDHAM PLAZA PHARMACY, INC.; BRONX, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021315; Cal. No. 25364
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $5,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Registrant admitted the charge that, on or about January 28, 2010, at 2515 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York, in grossly negligent failure to comply with section 6808(2)(e) of the Education Law of the State of New York, governing the practice of the profession, it opened for business without a licensed pharmacist on duty.
FORDHAM PLAZA PHARMACY, INC.; BRONX, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021315; Cal. No. 25364
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $5,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Registrant admitted the charge that, on or about January 28, 2010, at 2515 Webster Avenue, Bronx, New York, in grossly negligent failure to comply with section 6808(2)(e) of the Education Law of the State of New York, governing the practice of the profession, it opened for business without a licensed pharmacist on duty.