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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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October 2018

Nursing

CHERYL LEIGH WATSON; WELLSBORO, PA

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 690561; Cal. No. 29240

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of stealing Hydrocodone and Percocet.

MATHEW H ZARZYCKI; PUTNAM, CT

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 319715; Cal. No. 30655

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of violating the terms of probation imposed by the Board of Regents.

Occupational Therapy

KRISTEN BETH WISNIEWSKI; STATEN ISLAND, NY

Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 015518; Cal. No. 30445

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
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 failing to maintain accurate patient records.

Ophthalmic Dispensing

JOSEPH VISHNEVETSKY; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Ophthalmic Dispenser; Lic. No. 006037; Cal. No. 30809

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of submitting claims to Medicaid for services that were never performed.

Pharmacy

PBM AMERICA INC.; PORT WASHINGTON, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 025933; Cal. No. 29894

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $15,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of on more than one occasion held for sale the medication Opdiva, a cancer medication, without maintaining it in a refrigerator with the proper temperature control.

TATYANA RUVINOVA (A/K/A TATYANA RUVINOVA); WOODMERE, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 054853; Cal. No. 30184

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.

RXUSAPBM INC.; PORT WASHINGTON, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 025934; Cal. No. 29893

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $15,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of on more than one occasion selling Opdiva, a cancer medication, without maintaining it in a refrigerator with the proper temperature control.

Public Accountancy

PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES LLP; HARRISON, NY

Profession: Certified Public Accountancy Partnership; Cal. No. 30457

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $10,000.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of having been found guilty of improper professional practice by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) based on a violation of auditing standards.

DONALD R VALANE; NEW HYDE PARK, NY

Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 042337; Cal. No. 30629

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of not sufficiently documenting their understanding of the internal controls of the audited entity and suggesting corrective journal entries to the client before the client composed the financial statements based on journal entries.

Social Work

LARISSA ANNE FILIPP; ALBANY, NY

Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 079587; Cal. No. 29588

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 months actual suspension, 22 months stayed suspension, upon termination of actual suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing.

LAURA HUNZIKER (A/K/A LOKENBERG LAURA HUNZIKER); SCHENECTADY, NY

Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 083359; Cal. No. 30554

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 months actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of committing boundary violations.

MICHAEL ANTHONY RYAN; HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY

Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 070388; Cal. No. 30635

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for a minimum of 1 month and until successfully participate in course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of two New York State convictions for Driving While Impaired by Drugs, and failure to promptly notify the Office of Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) of the second conviction.

HELEN SCHWARTZ; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Lic. No. 072681; Cal. No. 30172 30173

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
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 failing to provide a patient record in a timely manner and failing to maintain an accurate patient record for said patient.

HELEN SCHWARTZ; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 039133; Cal. No. 30172 30173

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
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 failing to provide a patient record in a timely manner and failing to maintain an accurate patient record for said patient.

HELEN SCHWARTZ; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 039133; Cal. No. 30172 30173

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
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 failing to provide a patient record in a timely manner and failing to maintain an accurate patient record for said patient.

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

DAGMAR RACHEL ALVARADO-OJEDA (A/K/A ALVARADO DAGMAR RACHEL); BRONX, NY

Profession: Speech - Language Pathologist; Lic. No. 020634; Cal. No. 29813

Regents Action Date: October 16, 2018
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 failing to maintain a record for a patient that accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of the patient.

September 2018

Acupuncture

YING LI; OAKLAND GARDENS, NY

Profession: Acupuncturist; Lic. No. 001336; Cal. No. 27653

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 years suspension, execution of last 12 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Money Laundering in the 2nd Degree, a class C felony.

Architecture

EDWARD C HICKS; FLUSHING, NY

Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 016413; Cal. No. 30533

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to prepare and maintain written evaluations of the professional services represented by documents signed and sealed by the licensee and receiving fees from a third party in connection with the performance of professional services.

Chiropractic

SCOTT JOSEPH KELLER; RONKONKOMA, NY

Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 007598; Cal. No. 30308

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for not less than 30 months and until fit to practice, 3 years probation to commence subsequent to termination of suspension and upon actual return to practice, $10,000 fine payable within 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of engaging in consensual romantic relationships with two female patients.

SHIMON J METZ; WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY

Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 008102; Cal. No. 29164

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, a felony.

Dentistry

JOHN THOMAS GORDON; ISLIP TERRACE, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 044635; Cal. No. 29951

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone, a felony.

HONEY OJHA (A/K/A WALIA HONEY); NEW HARTFORD, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 054720; Cal. No. 29962 29963

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspensions, 2 years probation, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having performed crowns with open margins, performed incomplete/underfilled root canals and failed to check treatment plan.

HONEY OJHA; NEW HARTFORD, NY

Profession: Dental Enteral Conscious Sedation; Lic. No. 000601; Cal. No. 29962 29963

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspensions, 2 years probation, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having performed crowns with open margins, performed incomplete/underfilled root canals and failed to check treatment plan.

JIN WOOK SONG; CARTHAGE, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 048707; Cal. No. 28074

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Partial indefinite suspension in specified areas for a minimum of 2 years and until completion of retraining in each of these specified areas, probation 4 years concurrent with commencement of partial indefinite suspension, terms of probation include requirements that, during period of probation, respondent be prohibited from practicing dentistry in the specified areas to which her suspension applies until such time as respondent has been duly notified of the termination of such suspensions in these specified areas and that, in addition, respondent be required to successfully complete coursework in Risk Management and in Ethics during period of probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of fraudulently practicing the profession of dentistry practicing the profession of dentistry with negligence on more than one occasion engaging in unprofessional conduct by failing to comply with 8 N.Y.C.R.R. ?29.2(a)(7) and unprofessional conduct in violation of 8 N.Y.C.R.R. ?29.2(a)(3).

SHAKERA ZELAWAR; CLIFTON PARK, NY

Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 025875; Cal. No. 30527 8403

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing the profession of dental hygiene while willfully failing to register.

Marriage And Family Therapy

STEVEN M MARSH;

Profession: Marriage And Family Therapist; Lic. No. 001267; Cal. No. 30508

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of conduct in the profession which evidences moral unfitness, willful verbal and physical abuse, and practicing the profession of licensed marriage and family therapy while the license was suspended.

Massage Therapy

ILYA ARNOPOLSKIY; OWEGO, NY

Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 029833; Cal. No. 30654

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of touching sexual parts of female clients while rendering massage therapy in or about between February 2, 2017 and April 7, 2017.

Nursing

MARIE A ANDERS (A/K/A THORPE MARIE ARGUSTA); ORLAND PARK, IL

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 414547; Cal. No. 30714

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to properly document according to facility policy in Arizona.

KELLY A ARAGONA (A/K/A OSIER KELLY ANN); CLAY, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 509907; Cal. No. 30037 30038

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspensions, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.

NORINE EDITH BARNETT (A/K/A CARPENTER NORINE EDITH); BEAVER DAMS, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 236641; Cal. No. 30242 30243

Regents Action Date: September 18, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspensions, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.