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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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March 2019
Public Accountancy
EDWARD R ENGELS; PELHAM, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 045577; Cal. No. 30690
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 Intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
Respiratory Therapy
WILL S FRAZIER JR; BRONX, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapist; Lic. No. 007738; Cal. No. 30827
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 willfully failing to comply with the mandatory continuing education requirements to be registered to practice as a respiratory therapist.
Social Work
FRANK ANTHONY AMORUSO; POUGHQUAG, NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Lic. No. 073691; Cal. No. 29333
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 months actual suspension, 22 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of engaging in an inappropriate communication with a patient during the course of therapy.
JOSEPH D MATTES; PALMYRA, NY
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 086565; Cal. No. 30429
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension of at least 6 months and until fit to practice, 3 years probation to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Possession of Sexual Performance by a Child.
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
MICHAEL JEROME LAZIK; BATAVIA, NY
Profession: Speech - Language Pathologist; Lic. No. 004703; Cal. No. 30772
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.
Veterinary Medicine
JANET A FICARRA; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 005116; Cal. No. 30702
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of prescribing a medication without having properly tested for the disease it helps prevent.
JANET FICARRA DVM PC ; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 30768
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $1,500 fine.
Summary: Registrant admitted to the charge of prescribing a medication without having properly tested for the disease it helps prevent.
February 2019
Architecture
WILLIAM HENRY HALL III; VESTAL, NY
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 021064; Cal. No. 30025
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of lack of details on documents and failure to report in writing to owner.
STEPHEN ANDRE SCHWARTZ; LANHAM, MD
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 026566; Cal. No. 27864
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of two specifications of having committed unprofessional misconduct and one specification of having practiced the profession of architecture fraudulently.
Chiropractic
ERIC DOMINICK SZATKO; UTICA, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 008520; Cal. No. 31103
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of falsifying records.
Dentistry
SAMY HABIB ABD-EL-MESSIH; MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 043053; Cal. No. 27681
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in the State of New York, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to adequately assess and/or diagnose treatment options and/or performing extractions without adequate justification and/or without offering less invasive treatment options.
JAMES BARRY DRAVECK; SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042206; Cal. No. 30652
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Vehicular Assault in the 1st Degree.
CHRISTOPHER PETROSINO; NEWBURGH, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041416; Cal. No. 30824
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 having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd Degree, a felony.
MARTIN A SORBERO; FULTONVILLE, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 037373; Cal. No. 30022
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Forgery, 2nd Degree.
Landscape Architecture
GREGORY ALLEN COPELAND; AKRON, OH
Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No. 001783; Cal. No. 30748
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in the State of New York, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to comply with the mandatory continuing education requirements to be registered to practice as a landscape architect.
Nursing
JACLYN SUSANN BEHLING; FULTON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 299029; Cal. No. 30612
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 Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs and Driving While Intoxicated.
VALERIE ANNE BONAVITO (A/K/A RAMOUTAR VALERIE ANNE); KINGSTON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 730788; Cal. No. 30617
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of withdrawing narcotic medications without documenting their administration to patients or the wasting of the medication.
KARA BROWN (A/K/A BROWN KARA K); CORTLANDT MANOR, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 298936; Cal. No. 30736
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 Intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
BILLIE JO CAFFO; WELLSBORO, PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 552635; Cal. No. 31020 31022
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Unlicensed Possession of a Controlled Substance, an ungraded misdemeanor, which if committed within this state, would constitute Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
BILLIE JO CAFFO; WELLSBORO, PA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270267; Cal. No. 31020 31022
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Unlicensed Possession of a Controlled Substance, an ungraded misdemeanor, which if committed within this state, would constitute Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
JOSEPH GASPARE CASTELLANI; AKRON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 591430; Cal. No. 30699
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 records.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH DILLINGHAM (A/K/A DILLINGHAN CATHERINE); SELDEN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 676973; Cal. No. 30716
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 leaving a medically fragile patient unattended for a brief period.
CHRISTINE DONOFRIO; FREEHOLD, NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 214246; Cal. No. 30946 30945
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempting to Elude Police, a crime of the 3rd Degree in the State of New Jersey, which if committed in the State of New York, would constitute Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
CHRISTINE DONOFRIO; FREEHOLD, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 434413; Cal. No. 30946 30945
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempting to Elude Police, a crime of the 3rd Degree in the State of New Jersey, which if committed in the State of New York, would constitute Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
BRENDA GRACE DOYLE (A/K/A ANDREWS BRENDA GRACE, VANDERLEY BRENDA GRACE); MIDDLETOWN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 093498; Cal. No. 31067
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a home care nurse, stealing money from a patient's home.
DONNA J DZIENISIEWSKI (A/K/A DZIENISIEWSKI DONNA); MIDDLETOWN, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 635330; Cal. No. 30906
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of submission of fraudulent health care claims to an insurance company which constituted the New Jersey crime of Health Care Claims Fraud in the 2nd Degree, a felony, which if committed in New York, would constitute the crime of Health Care Fraud in the 2nd Degree, a felony.
PATRICIA ANN HEGARTY; GARNER, NC
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 250464; Cal. No. 28550
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, a class E felony.
THERESA JANE KELLY (A/K/A SCHLACTER THERESA JANE, SCHLACTER THERESA); CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 609361; Cal. No. 30797
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for a minimum of 1 month and until sucessfully participate in course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
AMANDA BETH KIDDER;
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 288377; Cal. No. 30315
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successfully participate in course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in the State of New York, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to initial all medications administered in the medication record account of two or more patients in Arizona.
MICHELLE M KING; CASTAIC, CA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 238161; Cal. No. 28766
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of one count of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.