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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 2004
Massage Therapy
BRUCE A BERMAN; FARMINGDALE, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 008456; Cal. No. 21703
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of physical contact of a sexual nature with a client.
BRUCE A BERMAN; FARMINGDALE, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 008456; Cal. No. 21703
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of physical contact of a sexual nature with a client.
MAXINE A DEMNER; WANTAGH, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 009296; Cal. No. 21438
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of permitting someone to perform the services of a massage therapist from March 2002 through March 2003, when she knew that this individual did not possess the license to perform such services.
MAXINE A DEMNER; WANTAGH, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 009296; Cal. No. 21438
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of permitting someone to perform the services of a massage therapist from March 2002 through March 2003, when she knew that this individual did not possess the license to perform such services.
Nursing
JUDITH A ALTMAN (A/K/A GANSROW JUDITH A); STONY BROOK, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 170100; Cal. No. 21557
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to administer medications to a patient as ordered.
JUDITH A ALTMAN (A/K/A GANSROW JUDITH A); STONY BROOK, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 170100; Cal. No. 21557
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to administer medications to a patient as ordered.
BEVERLEY JOY ARTHUR; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 459432; Cal. No. 21479
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of negligently recording that care was given to two patients on days that she knew care was not rendered by her to these patients.
BEVERLEY JOY ARTHUR; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 459432; Cal. No. 21479
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of negligently recording that care was given to two patients on days that she knew care was not rendered by her to these patients.
EDITH BALMIR (A/K/A NOTTAGE EDITH); JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 197282; Cal. No. 21452 21453
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of moral unfitness in the practice, to wit diverting the controlled substance Versed and attempting to administer it to an individual for whom it was not prescribed.
EDITH BALMIR (A/K/A NOTTAGE EDITH); JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 197282; Cal. No. 21452 21453
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of moral unfitness in the practice, to wit diverting the controlled substance Versed and attempting to administer it to an individual for whom it was not prescribed.
MARIE-IMMACULA BRIGITTE BEAUVAIS; WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 210287; Cal. No. 21341 21342
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when licensee returns to practice, $1,000 fine
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of committing medication and charting errors and of performing a finger-stick test on the wrong patient.
MARIE-IMMACULA BRIGITTE BEAUVAIS; WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 210287; Cal. No. 21341 21342
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when licensee returns to practice, $1,000 fine
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of committing medication and charting errors and of performing a finger-stick test on the wrong patient.
MARIE BRIGITTE IMM BEAUVAIS-PHILITAS; WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 527959; Cal. No. 21341 21342
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when licensee returns to practice, $1,000 fine
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of committing medication and charting errors and of performing a finger-stick test on the wrong patient.
MARIE BRIGITTE IMM BEAUVAIS-PHILITAS; WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 527959; Cal. No. 21341 21342
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when licensee returns to practice, $1,000 fine
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of committing medication and charting errors and of performing a finger-stick test on the wrong patient.
DENICE BORN (A/K/A WALLMAN DENICE); CANANDAIGUA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 150234; Cal. No. 21459
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and of falsely answering "no" to the question on her nursing re-registration application inquiring about criminal convictions.
DENICE BORN (A/K/A WALLMAN DENICE); CANANDAIGUA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 150234; Cal. No. 21459
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and of falsely answering "no" to the question on her nursing re-registration application inquiring about criminal convictions.
JOAN M BURRALL; SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 117787; Cal. No. 21474 21475
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing the profession of nursing while impaired by alcohol.
JOAN M BURRALL; SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 117787; Cal. No. 21474 21475
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing the profession of nursing while impaired by alcohol.
JOAN MARIE BURRALL; SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 348991; Cal. No. 21474 21475
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing the profession of nursing while impaired by alcohol.
JOAN MARIE BURRALL; SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 348991; Cal. No. 21474 21475
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing the profession of nursing while impaired by alcohol.
MARIE CLAUDE CHARLES; SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 227663; Cal. No. 20054
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of falsely indicating on her application for licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received a basic nursing education at Simone O. Duvalier, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
MARIE CLAUDE CHARLES; SOUTH OZONE PARK, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 227663; Cal. No. 20054
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of falsely indicating on her application for licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received a basic nursing education at Simone O. Duvalier, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
FLORENCE SETURA CHARLEY; MT. VERNON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 499810; Cal. No. 21395 21394
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a home care nurse, filing three clinical progress notes with her employer indicating that she had made two clinical visits to one elderly patient and one clinical visit to a second elderly patient when she knew that she had not made such visits.
FLORENCE SETURA CHARLEY; MT. VERNON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 255250; Cal. No. 21395 21394
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a home care nurse, filing three clinical progress notes with her employer indicating that she had made two clinical visits to one elderly patient and one clinical visit to a second elderly patient when she knew that she had not made such visits.
FLORENCE SETURA CHARLEY; MT. VERNON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 499810; Cal. No. 21395 21394
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a home care nurse, filing three clinical progress notes with her employer indicating that she had made two clinical visits to one elderly patient and one clinical visit to a second elderly patient when she knew that she had not made such visits.
FLORENCE SETURA CHARLEY; MT. VERNON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 255250; Cal. No. 21395 21394
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a home care nurse, filing three clinical progress notes with her employer indicating that she had made two clinical visits to one elderly patient and one clinical visit to a second elderly patient when she knew that she had not made such visits.
JENNIFER QUICK COLVILLE; SCOTIA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 224102; Cal. No. 21504 21505
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of documenting that controlled substances were withdrawn for patients but failing to document the administrations in the patients' records.
JENNIFER QUICK COLVILLE; SCOTIA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 465063; Cal. No. 21504 21505
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of documenting that controlled substances were withdrawn for patients but failing to document the administrations in the patients' records.
JENNIFER QUICK COLVILLE; SCOTIA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 465063; Cal. No. 21504 21505
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of documenting that controlled substances were withdrawn for patients but failing to document the administrations in the patients' records.
JENNIFER QUICK COLVILLE; SCOTIA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 224102; Cal. No. 21504 21505
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of documenting that controlled substances were withdrawn for patients but failing to document the administrations in the patients' records.