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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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May 2009
Engineering
JKW ENGINEERING PC; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 24393
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Registrant admitted to charges of drafting and self-certifying plans although non-conforming work was performed by a contractor, and of sharing fees with a third party in connection with the performance of professional services.
JAMES K WAI; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 058090; Cal. No. 24392
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of drafting and self-certifying plans although non-conforming work was performed by a contractor, and of sharing fees with a third party in connection with the performance of professional services.
JAMES K WAI; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 058090; Cal. No. 24392
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of drafting and self-certifying plans although non-conforming work was performed by a contractor, and of sharing fees with a third party in connection with the performance of professional services.
Land Surveying
GREGORY JAMES BILESCHI; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050342; Cal. No. 24159
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to note an easement on a final map, failing to file a revision statement with a second certified map, and failing to maintain records.
GREGORY JAMES BILESCHI; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 050342; Cal. No. 24159
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to note an easement on a final map, failing to file a revision statement with a second certified map, and failing to maintain records.
Nursing
LORI W ALEXANDER (A/K/A WISE LORI ANN); CANANDAIGUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 373545; Cal. No. 24357
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence when return to practice, $750 fine payable within 6 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having documented an assessment of a patient without meeting with the patient and of having violated the terms of her probation.
LORI W ALEXANDER (A/K/A WISE LORI ANN); CANANDAIGUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 373545; Cal. No. 24357
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence when return to practice, $750 fine payable within 6 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having documented an assessment of a patient without meeting with the patient and of having violated the terms of her probation.
ESTHER GERALDINE CHARLES (A/K/A GRADIS ESTHER GERALDINE); MINEOLA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 576835; Cal. No. 24227
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain a record for a patient which accurately reflects the evaluation and treatment of said patient by changing her 400 P.M. note for February 16, 2008 in the Diabetic Record from 20 units to 10 units of regular insulin, without initialing or otherwise acknowledging that a medication error may have occurred.
ESTHER GERALDINE CHARLES (A/K/A GRADIS ESTHER GERALDINE); MINEOLA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 576835; Cal. No. 24227
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain a record for a patient which accurately reflects the evaluation and treatment of said patient by changing her 400 P.M. note for February 16, 2008 in the Diabetic Record from 20 units to 10 units of regular insulin, without initialing or otherwise acknowledging that a medication error may have occurred.
PARU DAMODARAN; FLORAL PARK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 276350; Cal. No. 24499
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the allegation that, on or about April 27, 2008, while practicing her profession as a nurse at Queens Children's Psychiatric Center, Bellerose, New York, she punched a 15-year-old psychiatric patient on his face.
PARU DAMODARAN; FLORAL PARK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 276350; Cal. No. 24499
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the allegation that, on or about April 27, 2008, while practicing her profession as a nurse at Queens Children's Psychiatric Center, Bellerose, New York, she punched a 15-year-old psychiatric patient on his face.
CRYSTAL DEL RICCIO (A/K/A GOLDSTEIN CRYSTAL); MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 565129; Cal. No. 24427
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 signing out controlled substances for patients on a narcotic sheet but not administering, or intending to administer, said controlled substances to the patients for whom they were signed out.
CRYSTAL DEL RICCIO (A/K/A GOLDSTEIN CRYSTAL); MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 565129; Cal. No. 24427
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 signing out controlled substances for patients on a narcotic sheet but not administering, or intending to administer, said controlled substances to the patients for whom they were signed out.
JEFFREY DUL ALBERT (A/K/A DUL ALBERT); RONKONKOMA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 285539; Cal. No. 24430
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to document the vital signs and condition of a patient failing to check on said patient after being informed by an aide that the patient appeared pale and was wheezing and failing to check on the patient at all between 116 a.m. and 725 a.m. when the patient was found to have expired.
JEFFREY DUL ALBERT (A/K/A DUL ALBERT); RONKONKOMA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 285539; Cal. No. 24430
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to document the vital signs and condition of a patient failing to check on said patient after being informed by an aide that the patient appeared pale and was wheezing and failing to check on the patient at all between 116 a.m. and 725 a.m. when the patient was found to have expired.
FLORIAN DOMINGO FORNOLES ESTIVE; DUMONT, NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 232103; Cal. No. 22595 22596
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $2,500 fine, 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months to run concurrently with suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of moral unfitness in the practice of the profession and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently.
FLORIAN DOMINGO FORNOLES ESTIVE; DUMONT, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 457666; Cal. No. 22595 22596
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $2,500 fine, 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months to run concurrently with suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of moral unfitness in the practice of the profession and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently.
FLORIAN DOMINGO FORNOLES ESTIVE; DUMONT, NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 232103; Cal. No. 22595 22596
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $2,500 fine, 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months to run concurrently with suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of moral unfitness in the practice of the profession and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently.
FLORIAN DOMINGO FORNOLES ESTIVE; DUMONT, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 457666; Cal. No. 22595 22596
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $2,500 fine, 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months to run concurrently with suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of moral unfitness in the practice of the profession and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently.
MICHAEL ALEXANDER EVARD; , NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 474886; Cal. No. 24497
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd degree, a class D felony, and Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 3rd degree, a class A misdemeanor.
MICHAEL ALEXANDER EVARD; , NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 474886; Cal. No. 24497
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd degree, a class D felony, and Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 3rd degree, a class A misdemeanor.
LAURA JEAN GONDA; OSSINING, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 131868; Cal. No. 24374
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny
LAURA JEAN GONDA; OSSINING, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 131868; Cal. No. 24374
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny
LYNN M MERRIAM; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 144974; Cal. No. 24288
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
LYNN M MERRIAM; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 144974; Cal. No. 24288
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
TREVALENE CHRISTABELL NECKLES (A/K/A ALEXANDER TREVALENE CHRISTABELL); BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 198570; Cal. No. 23736 23737
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to accurately transcribe a physician's order.
TREVALENE CHRISTABELL NECKLES; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 554514; Cal. No. 23736 23737
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to accurately transcribe a physician's order.
TREVALENE CHRISTABELL NECKLES (A/K/A ALEXANDER TREVALENE CHRISTABELL); BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 198570; Cal. No. 23736 23737
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to accurately transcribe a physician's order.
TREVALENE CHRISTABELL NECKLES; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 554514; Cal. No. 23736 23737
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to accurately transcribe a physician's order.
JASON ANTHONY PEREIRA; NEWBURGH, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 280428; Cal. No. 24415
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of submitting false time sheets to his nursing employer.