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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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December 1994
Land Surveying
RICHARD ALLEN STYLES; KINGSTON, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045892; Cal. No. 14685
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against charges of preparing an incorrect survey and failing to respond to a verbal request by the client's attorney to consult further with her with regard to the survey.
Landscape Architecture
WILLIAM C PERKINS; SAYVILLE, NY
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No. 001056; Cal. No. 15027
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing his seal on a landscape plan which he did not prepare and retaining a written evaluation of the professional services represented by the plan.
Nursing
LESLYE D BLACKSTOCK; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 334206; Cal. No. 14908 14909
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of posing as being on duty in order to obtain syringes from a hospital unit.
LESLYE D BLACKSTOCK; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 147131; Cal. No. 14908 14909
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of posing as being on duty in order to obtain syringes from a hospital unit.
NICOLINA SBARBATI CONAWAY; NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 169530; Cal. No. 12203
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to follow a physician's order requiring removal and/or replacement of a dressing and a Transderm-Nitro 10 mg. ADH patch on three patients.
SALOME ALETHEA EDWARDS (A/K/A EDWARDS-HARBAJOHN SALOME ALETHEA); YONKERS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 412264; Cal. No. 14654 14653
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to maintain two patient records that accurately reflected evaluations of the two patients.
SALOME ALETHEA EDWARDS-HARBAJOHN (A/K/A EDWARDS SALOME ALETHEA); YONKERS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 200432; Cal. No. 14654 14653
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to maintain two patient records that accurately reflected evaluations of the two patients.
QUINCIE FULLER (A/K/A KENDRICK QUINCIE); PARISHVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 138233; Cal. No. 14988
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year under various terms, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
JEFFREY ALLEN HARTER; BROCKPORT, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 213072; Cal. No. 14906
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of physically abusing a nursing home resident by throwing a urinal at the resident.
JANICE ANN LAGUERRA; SHIRLEY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 185906; Cal. No. 14952
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to commence upon return to practice, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Unauthorized Sale of a Controlled Substance.
ELAINE TAYLOR LANNON; NEWARK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 152021; Cal. No. 14455
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to indicate on a medication sheet for students in an elementary school that one student's dosage of a controlled medication had been changed, failure to indicate on the medication sheet what medication one student was to receive, administering medication on two occasions to the students in the school but failing to indicate on the medication sheet that she had done so, and preparing to administer the wrong medication to a student.
EDWARD LUCKER; YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 221931; Cal. No. 14982
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
MARGARET M MAHMOUD (A/K/A OCONNELL MARGARET M); ASTORIA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 266253; Cal. No. 13992
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of administering medication to a patient twice although the physician's order called for the medication to be administered only once and administering three medications to a patient while failing to record the administration of the medications on the Medication Record.
BERNICE J MERRITT; MT. VERNON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 141945; Cal. No. 14803
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled substances.
ELEANOR MARIE WHITE NOISETTE; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 075788; Cal. No. 14799
Action: $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
SUSAN OBENAUER; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 362280; Cal. No. 14984 14985
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled substances.
SUSAN M OBENAUER; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 128083; Cal. No. 14984 14985
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled substances.
KATHLEEN ONEILL (A/K/A MOESSINGER KATHLEEN M); RICHMOND, TX
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 112683; Cal. No. 14891 14892
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified Misdemeanor.
KATHLEEN MARIE ONEILL (A/K/A MOESSINGER KATHLEEN M, O'NEILL KATHLEEN M); RICHMOND, TX
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 304627; Cal. No. 14891 14892
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified Misdemeanor.
KAY LORAINE PINKNEY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 129985; Cal. No. 14571
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of seven occasions of committing medication errors.
ANN M QUINN (A/K/A HANLEY ANN M); QUEENS VILLAGE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 286704; Cal. No. 14632
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of indicating on a patient's medication administration record that she had administered four medications when she had not.
SUE CAROL STOUT; CANASTOTA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 197561; Cal. No. 14846 14845
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making errors in medication administration.
SUE CAROL STOUT; CANASTOTA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 437611; Cal. No. 14846 14845
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of making errors in medication administration.
MARY L VAN PATTEN (A/K/A VAN PATTEN-KELLER MARY L, VAN PATTEN MARY WARE, WARE MARY LOUISE); WATERVLIET, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 051676; Cal. No. 14815
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against charges of verbally abusing two patients.
LINDA A WIDRIG; LACKAWANNA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 121132; Cal. No. 14447
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to administer medications to patients.
STEVEN R WILLIAMS; SKANEATELES, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 347308; Cal. No. 15034 15035
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of writing or altering medical orders for hospital patients.
STEVEN R WILLIAMS; SKANEATELES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 113912; Cal. No. 15034 15035
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of writing or altering medical orders for hospital patients.
BRUCE VIVIER WISELEY; SAN ANTONIO, TX
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 223341; Cal. No. 14913
Action: Suspension until successfully participates in a course of therapy and treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of diverting narcotic drugs from his employment for his own use.
Pharmacy
RICHARD KENNETH AIKENS; DELHI, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024706; Cal. No. 15016
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in The Fourth Degree.
HOWARD OSCAR BLECHMAN; HAMPTON BAYS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024152; Cal. No. 14966
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of refilling a prescription for the non-controlled drug Stadol Nasal Spray by erroneously dispensing the non-controlled drug Zouivax instead, and mislabelling the package containing the drug.