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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.
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.
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September 2009
Nursing
LAWRENCE E SPARKS JR; LOCKPORT, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 133439; Cal. No. 24327 24326
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 Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
LAWRENCE E SPARKS JR; LOCKPORT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 332081; Cal. No. 24327 24326
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 Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
KAREN STANNARD; JEFFERSON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 264313; Cal. No. 24508
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to document medication administrations accurately and administering 1 drug.
KAREN STANNARD; JEFFERSON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 264313; Cal. No. 24508
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to document medication administrations accurately and administering 1 drug.
KATHLEEN STYNES; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 311328; Cal. No. 24564 24563
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice, $500 fine payable within 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of placing a bottle of bleach at the bedside of a suicidal patient.
KATHLEEN STYNES; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 311328; Cal. No. 24564 24563
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice, $500 fine payable within 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of placing a bottle of bleach at the bedside of a suicidal patient.
KATHLEEN E STYNES; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 124015; Cal. No. 24564 24563
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice, $500 fine payable within 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of placing a bottle of bleach at the bedside of a suicidal patient.
KATHLEEN E STYNES; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 124015; Cal. No. 24564 24563
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice, $500 fine payable within 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of placing a bottle of bleach at the bedside of a suicidal patient.
ROSA NOEMI VALENTIN; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270465; Cal. No. 24592
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of willfully abusing a patient physically.
ROSA NOEMI VALENTIN; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270465; Cal. No. 24592
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of willfully abusing a patient physically.
ROSANN VOYIAS (A/K/A CONFORTI ROSANN); PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 227711; Cal. No. 24622
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering intravenous medications to patients.
ROSANN VOYIAS (A/K/A CONFORTI ROSANN); PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 227711; Cal. No. 24622
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering intravenous medications to patients.
BEVERLEY MARIE WISDOM; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 264518; Cal. No. 24494
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 failing to recognize that another nurse failed to accurately transcribe a physician's medication order for a patient in a residential health care facility, when it was her assignment to check medication administration records against the physician's orders for accuracy.
BEVERLEY MARIE WISDOM; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 264518; Cal. No. 24494
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 failing to recognize that another nurse failed to accurately transcribe a physician's medication order for a patient in a residential health care facility, when it was her assignment to check medication administration records against the physician's orders for accuracy.
Occupational Therapy
LISA CARMELA BRUNO (A/K/A SAMSON LISA C); WESTPORT, CT
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 010116; Cal. No. 24649
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of delegating professional responsibilities to a person when she knew that such person was not qualified by licensure to perform them in that she delegated physical therapy responsibilities to a person when she knew that the person was not licensed in New York either as a physical therapist or as a physical therapy assistant.
LISA CARMELA BRUNO (A/K/A SAMSON LISA C); WESTPORT, CT
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 010116; Cal. No. 24649
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of delegating professional responsibilities to a person when she knew that such person was not qualified by licensure to perform them in that she delegated physical therapy responsibilities to a person when she knew that the person was not licensed in New York either as a physical therapist or as a physical therapy assistant.
Pharmacy
JABBAR AHMAD; FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029068; Cal. No. 23796
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions in the 2nd Degree, a class E felony.
JABBAR AHMAD; FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029068; Cal. No. 23796
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions in the 2nd Degree, a class E felony.
THOMAS ANDREW COLLINS; PITTSFORD, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039398; Cal. No. 24425
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of misbranding a drug.
THOMAS ANDREW COLLINS; PITTSFORD, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039398; Cal. No. 24425
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of misbranding a drug.
MITCHELL N GERSHOWITZ; BELLMORE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032187; Cal. No. 24424
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
MITCHELL N GERSHOWITZ; BELLMORE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032187; Cal. No. 24424
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
PETER ANTHONY GRASSI; FLUSHING, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 046524; Cal. No. 24555
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 18 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 3 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that with gross negligence, he wrote on the reverse side of a prescription for a controlled substance that he verified said prescription with the prescribing physician when he had not.
PETER ANTHONY GRASSI; FLUSHING, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 046524; Cal. No. 24555
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 18 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 3 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that with gross negligence, he wrote on the reverse side of a prescription for a controlled substance that he verified said prescription with the prescribing physician when he had not.
HENRY A HAAS; MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023021; Cal. No. 24520
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of signing printouts of drugs filled and refilled each day, indicating that the records were accurate when they were not receiving fees from a third party in connection with the performance of professional services and dispensing medication pursuant to prescriptions which were written by physicians who were not legally authorized to issue said prescriptions.
HENRY A HAAS; MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 023021; Cal. No. 24520
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of signing printouts of drugs filled and refilled each day, indicating that the records were accurate when they were not receiving fees from a third party in connection with the performance of professional services and dispensing medication pursuant to prescriptions which were written by physicians who were not legally authorized to issue said prescriptions.
BRUCE L HOSENBOLD; DIX HILLS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033671; Cal. No. 24763
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone, Consipiracy To Obtain Oxycodone By Fraud, Distribution And Possession With Intent To Distribute Oxycodone, and Obtaining Oxycodone By Fraud.
BRUCE L HOSENBOLD; DIX HILLS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033671; Cal. No. 24763
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone, Consipiracy To Obtain Oxycodone By Fraud, Distribution And Possession With Intent To Distribute Oxycodone, and Obtaining Oxycodone By Fraud.
JOSEPH LAFASCIANO; MONTGOMERY, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043932; Cal. No. 24382
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of failing, as supervising pharmacist, to provide adequate supervision of a registered establishment in that the pharmacy was manufacturing and selling a drug on a wholesale basis without being registered as a manufacturer or as a wholesaler.
JOSEPH LAFASCIANO; MONTGOMERY, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 043932; Cal. No. 24382
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of failing, as supervising pharmacist, to provide adequate supervision of a registered establishment in that the pharmacy was manufacturing and selling a drug on a wholesale basis without being registered as a manufacturer or as a wholesaler.