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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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June 2019
Nursing
JANET LYNN GATLEY (A/K/A GATLEY JANET); LOCKPORT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 664306; Cal. No. 30439
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon return to practice 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to maintain accurate records and having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.
JOHN HILL (A/K/A NAUDY JOHN); FORESTBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 679778; Cal. No. 29072
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Accessory after the Fact to Stalking, a felony.
SHANTEL CATREASE IVERSON; NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 560391; Cal. No. 31195
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol with a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.08% or more, a misdemeanor, in the State of California, which in New York State would constitute Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
JAN HOLLAND JENKINS; EDMOND, OK
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 529476; Cal. No. 31206
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: License admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in the State of Oklahoma, where the conduct if committed in New York State would constitute practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently.
RACHEL KAREN KASOFF (A/K/A KASOFF RACHEL); PIKESVILLE, MD
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 683983; Cal. No. 30985
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in Maryland and Florida, where the conduct if committed in New York would constitute practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently and beyond its authorized scope and Obtaining her License Fraudulently.
RUTH C KEABLES (A/K/A RUSSELL RUTH CATHERINE); PLANTATION, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 155278; Cal. No. 31210 31211
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in Florida, where the conduct if committed in New York would constitute having been convicted of committing an act constituting a crime.
JASON F KISZKA (A/K/A KISZKA JASON FREDERICK); TONAWANDA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 646697; Cal. No. 31003 31004
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 having been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree.
JASON F KISZKA; TONAWANDA, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Family Health; Cert. No. 339677; Cal. No. 31003 31004
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 having been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree.
STACEY DIANE LESAK; WANTAGH, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 246481; Cal. No. 31132
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Ability is Impaired by Combined Influence of Drugs or Alcohol, and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the 2nd Degree, unclassified misdemeanors.
HUA LIU JIAN; SAN DIEGO, CA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 214913; Cal. No. 31177 31178
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in the State of California, where the conduct if committed in New York would constitute practicing the profession of nursing while the ability to practice is impaired by mental disability.
JIAN-HUA LIU; SAN DIEGO, CA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 450640; Cal. No. 31177 31178
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in the State of California, where the conduct if committed in New York would constitute practicing the profession of nursing while the ability to practice is impaired by mental disability.
STEPHEN ANTHONY MARTINO; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 727523; Cal. No. 31297
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Rape in the 3rd Degree.
NANCY D MUNNELLY; WESTON, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 288644; Cal. No. 30798
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of, having failed on more than one occasion, while employed and on duty as a nurse, to account for the disposition of drugs she withdrew from a facility's drug supply by administration, wastage, or otherwise and falsely answering ?no? to a question on a nursing re-registration document which asked whether her license had been disciplined since her last registration.
NANCY LEE NERO; RENSSELAER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 525615; Cal. No. 30414 30413
Action: Found guilty of violation of probation Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of violating two terms of probation imposed on her pursuant to a 2013 disciplinary proceeding.
MAUREEN ELLEN NOONE; NEW WINDSOR, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 491609; Cal. No. 30869
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
LITONYA CHRISTEL PALMER; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 649032; Cal. No. 30905
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, upon return to practice in the State of New York 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of giving one patient an incorrect medication.
MICHELLE LYNNE RITTER; BATH, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 187751; Cal. No. 31298
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having violated Section 2803-d of the New York State Public Health Law.
RUTH CATHERINE RUSSELL (A/K/A KEABLES RUTH CATHERINE); PLANTATION, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 350330; Cal. No. 31210 31211
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in Florida, where the conduct if committed in New York would constitute having been convicted of committing an act constituting a crime.
FRITZ CLAUDE SANON; WOODMERE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 305121; Cal. No. 30830
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to report the assisted fall of a patient.
BETH ORR SCHEPANSKI; PALM BAY, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 372126; Cal. No. 31215
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted in Florida of a misdemeanor for Driving Under the Influence, which if committed in New York, would constitute the crime of Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
ROBERT THOMAS STRENCK; ONEONTA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 216192; Cal. No. 31034
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Nuisance in the 2nd Degree.
ESTELLE CONSTANCE VAN WERT (A/K/A BOUDERAU ESTELLE C); FLORAL PARK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 579147; Cal. No. 30990
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and reprimand, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering Albuterol, a non-controlled substance, to a patient without a physician?s order.
Pharmacy
OLGA ABDURAKHMANOVA; FOREST HILLS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 046620; Cal. No. 30838
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of dispensing controlled substances other than what was prescribed for two patients and holding for sale outdated and misbranded drugs.
JANELLE LATEESH HARRIS; CORTLANDT MANOR, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 057573; Cal. No. 31019
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to provide adequate supervision of a pharmacy.
MARC RAPHAEL KASSMAN; ROSLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 045331; Cal. No. 26764
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of filling a prescription for a patient with Bisacodyl, a laxative, instead of the prescribed hypertension medication, Bisoprolol.
YANA NISANOV; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 052402; Cal. No. 30367
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of dispensing medications from prescriptions not in the format required by law.
R.O.R. MADISON PHARMACY, INC; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 027675; Cal. No. 30839
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and reprimand, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of dispensing controlled substances other than what was prescribed for two patients and holding for sale outdated and misbranded drugs.
SKYLINE PHARMACY INC.; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 031567; Cal. No. 30366
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years probation, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of dispensing medications from prescriptions not in format required by law.
THE PHARMACY @ LLC.; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 032602; Cal. No. 31021
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Registrant admitted to the charge of being open for business without having a licensed pharmacist on duty.
Physical Therapy
REY DIVINAGRACIA CHINSIO; BRONX, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 024615; Cal. No. 31267
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and for having falsely answered the question on his re-registration document regarding whether charges were pending against him.