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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.
Information on pre-1994 Regents Actions is available by phone: 518-474-3817, ext. 330; fax: 518-473-0578; e-mail: dplsdsu@nysed.gov, or by writing to the Office of the Professions.
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April 2019
Nursing
KENNETH CHARLES HADAD; GREENVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 238790; Cal. No. 30854 30855
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension of at least 1 month and until successful participation in course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny, a misdemeanor.
TIFFANY MEGHAN HAUSER (A/K/A GUSTAFSON TIFFANY M, HAUSER TIFFANY M, HAUSER TIFFANY); LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 619548; Cal. No. 30880
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 the charge of being a habitual user of controlled substances.
CORRINE ANNE LEBLANC (A/K/A PARLETT CORRINE ANNE, PARLETT CORRINE A); GROTON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 577681; Cal. No. 30881
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having falsely documented that vaccine was not administered.
CHRISTINE ELIZABETH MATANES; LITTLE FALLS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 306655; Cal. No. 30594
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to complete continuing education.
MICHELINE NAPOLEON; BALDWIN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 430799; Cal. No. 30819 30820
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain accurate patient records.
MICHELINE NAPOLEON; BALDWIN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 208565; Cal. No. 30819 30820
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to maintain accurate patient records.
ALISHA ANN NORWOOD (A/K/A ACKERMANN ALISHA ANN, ACKERMAN ALISAH); SOUTH NEW BERLIN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 308318; Cal. No. 30856
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failure to confirm patient directives regarding medical intervention.
PETER S NOVELLINO; FARMINGDALE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 293492; Cal. No. 30925
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.
SHERRY LYNN OSBORNE; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 693808; Cal. No. 30459
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Driving While Intoxicated and abandoning patients.
CHEKESHA J PORTER (A/K/A PORTER-DAVIS CHEKESHA); PEARLAND, TX
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 564466; Cal. No. 30915
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension of at least 1 month and until successfully participation in course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon return to practice in the State of New York, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of taking from hospital supplies the controlled substance propofol and equipment for her own personal use.
DUANE JOEL POWERS; BROADALBIN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 464218; Cal. No. 30885
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failure to maintain accurate patient records.
SEAN THOMAS RONEY; UTICA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 310965; Cal. No. 30567
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Driving While Intoxicated and a violation of the Public Health Law.
ROSE MARIE SCHENKEL; DOWNSVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 305671; Cal. No. 30582
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of medication administration errors.
CORAZON FRANCISCO SORIANO; NEW HYDE PARK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 432324; Cal. No. 30842
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to assess a patient but indicating in the medical record that she had failing to apply ointments to a patient as ordered and negatively interacting with a patient.
JAMIE LYNN THOMSON (A/K/A THOMSON JAMIE L); COWLESVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 659667; Cal. No. 30806
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 did not contest the charge of medication administration errors.
MELODY DESTRA L WILLIAMS-DESTRA (A/K/A WILLIAMS MELODY L); BLOOMFIELD, CT
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270457; Cal. No. 31035
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently in Connecticut.
LATESHA ANNTANETT WINTERS; NEWBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 567824; Cal. No. 30675 30676
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering the wrong medication to a patient.
LATESHA ANNTANETT WINTERS; NEWBURGH, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 275571; Cal. No. 30675 30676
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering the wrong medication to a patient.
ASMERET TESFAGIORGIS YOHANNES (A/K/A VOHANNES ASMERET T); ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 315304; Cal. No. 31104
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
Pharmacy
DIMITRIOS DAKIS; BAYSIDE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034028; Cal. No. 30776
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to provide adequate supervision of a retail pharmacy.
WANAS ANISS HANA KHALIL; WHITESTONE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 048122; Cal. No. 30775
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year probation, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of dispensing prescription-required drugs based on orders lacking required information and failing to maintain patient medication profiles and being the owner of a pharmacy acting as an outsourcing pharmacy when it failed to register as one.
CHRISTINA LAUREN LOEFFLER (A/K/A CAPPIELLO CHRISTINA LAUREN); FARMINGDALE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 058584; Cal. No. 30734
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing as a supervising pharmacist to provide adequate supervision to a registered establishment.
JOHN JOSEPH LOTITO JR; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037295; Cal. No. 30649
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 11 months stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to endorse controlled substance prescriptions he dispensed and dispensing ear drops instead of the prescribed eye drops to an elderly patient.
QUEENS EXPRESS PHARMACY CORP.; JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 028747; Cal. No. 30777
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year probation, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of dispensing prescription-required drugs based on orders lacking required information and failing to maintain patient profiles and acting as an outsourcing pharmacy when it failed to register as one.
RELY RX INC; ST JAMES, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 033358; Cal. No. 30735
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of failure by a supervising pharmacist to provide adequate supervision to a registered establishment.
Public Accountancy
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP; TAMPA, FL
Profession: Certified Public Accountancy Partnership; Cal. No. 30866
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $10,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of failing to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence about whether a broker-dealer's internal controls over compliance with the possession or control provision of the Consumer Protection Rule were effective for the period June 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 and as of December 31, 2014.
TAMAS BELA REVAI; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 027854; Cal. No. 30817
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension in certain areas until succesfully complete course of retraining in said certain areas, following termination of partial actual suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having consented to being barred (revoked) by Order of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from being an associated person of a firm required to register with PCAOB and the conduct resulting in said bar (revocation), if committed in New York, would constitute professional misconduct under the laws of New York State.
Veterinary Medicine
JOHN HENRY COOLEY; MARCY, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 011993; Cal. No. 30823
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of delegating professional responsibilities to a person not qualified to perform those duties.
March 2019
Chiropractic
ROBERT SCOTT SMALL; ORIENT, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 011146; Cal. No. 30865
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing the profession while the ability to practice was impaired by alcohol, drugs, physical disability, or mental disability in the State of Colorado.
Dentistry
RICHARD ROBERT CHARLAP JR; LACKAWANA, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046452; Cal. No. 30609
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failure to diagnose a condition, failure to use a dental dam, failure to inform a patient of a perforation and inappropriate documentation.