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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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June 2018

Athletic Training

JOSHUA WILLIAM CULLINS;

Profession: Athletic Trainer; Lic. No. 001191; Cal. No. 30239

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated as a felony.

Chiropractic

JOSHUA WILLIAM CULLINS; MERRICK, NY

Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 010956; Cal. No. 30238

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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 Driving While Intoxicated as a felony.

Massage Therapy

ERICA N BOMBERRY; ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 018432; Cal. No. 30076

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.

JILL E EDWARDS; SYRACUSE, NY

Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 015135; Cal. No. 29617

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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 payable within 4 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree.

Nursing

ANGELA ROSE ARMSTRONG (A/K/A ARMSTRONG ANGELA R); CAMDEN, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 301101; Cal. No. 30083

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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 payable within 6 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of practicing the profession with moral unfitness, medication administration errors and fraud and deceit related to controlled substances.

HARLEY MONA J BERNSTEIN; STATEN ISLAND, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 495188; Cal. No. 30070

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charges of stopping a blood pressure medication without informing the patient?s physician, and failing to escalate hemodynamic changes in a patient?s vital signs to the physician or to clarify the priority of the patient?s orders.

CHRISTOPHER E BROWN; ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 321149; Cal. No. 30198

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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 Insurance Fraud in the 5th Degree.

SUZANNE C CAREY (A/K/A RELYEA SUZANNE CAROL); ONEIDA, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 089711; Cal. No. 30349 30346

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to contact the doctor and documenting the wrong medications and having been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree.

SUZANNE CAROL CLARK (A/K/A WIER SUZANNE CAROL, CAREY SUZANNE CAROL); ONEIDA, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 406875; Cal. No. 30349 30346

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to contact the doctor and documenting the wrong medications and having been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree.

BERNADETTE TERESA ELSTON (A/K/A ELSTON BERNADETTE); JOHNSON CITY, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 301238; Cal. No. 29806

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of supension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Arson in the 5th Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.

KATHLEEN FITZGERALD (A/K/A MCCORRY KATHLEEN); RIVERSIDE, NJ

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 299339; Cal. No. 30142

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation to commence upon return to practice in the State of New York, $500 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing the profession of nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on an expired license.

TARA LYNN GARDNER-LABAS (A/K/A GARDNER TARA LYNN); EAST ROCKAWAY, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 534711; Cal. No. 30265

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.

GEORGE H HAMILTON; JACKSONVILLE, FL

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 286689; Cal. No. 30532

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of in the State of Nebraska, diverting the controlled substances Demerol and Dilaudid for his own personal use.

KIMBERLY ELAINE HARRISON; TROY, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 685950; Cal. No. 29132

Regents Action Date: June 12, 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 having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.

MARY SPRANDEL HOWARD; ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 513538; Cal. No. 30235

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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 administering the non-controlled substance phenylephrine, a sinus medication, to a patient without a physician's order.

JEAN CATHERINE IRIZARRY (A/K/A IRIZARRY JEAN); PRINCETON, NJ

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 666162; Cal. No. 29194

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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 payable within 4 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of medication administration errors.

EDNERLANDE JEAN (A/K/A JENA EDNERLANDE); SHENANDOAH, PA

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 313262; Cal. No. 30441

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Recklessly Endangering Another Person in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a misdemeanor in the 2nd Degree, which if committed in New York, constituted Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.

DONNA LEE KRETSCHMER (A/K/A KRETSCHMER DONNA); CHARLOTTE, NC

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 698984; Cal. No. 30509

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of forging a patient's signature on a medical consent form.

SHANTE FLEECHETT MAJOR; ALBANY, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 278340; Cal. No. 30342

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 9 months actual suspension, 15 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine payable within 4 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Petit Larceny and Attempted Petit Larceny.

OLIVIAROSE HURLEY MATTIS (A/K/A NASH OLIVIAROSE, HURLEY OLIVIAROSE); ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 317108; Cal. No. 29994

Regents Action Date: June 12, 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 having been convicted of Operation of a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drug in the State of Connecticut.

JENNIFER ANN MCKEON (A/K/A KOHLMEYER JENNIFER ANN); COXSACKIE, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 268449; Cal. No. 30531

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument and Willful Violation of Health Law.

KATELYNNE ANN MEYER (A/K/A MEYER KATELYNNE); HOLBROOK, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 323488; Cal. No. 30151

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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 abandoning a patient in need of immediate professional care by not making reasonable arrangements for the continuation of such care.

NATOSHA N MILLER; ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 292913; Cal. No. 29832

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $500 fine, 2 years suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently and of engaging in unprofessional conduct in the profession of nursing.

JAMES OGDEN NORRIS JR; SAVANNAH, GA

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 480539; Cal. No. 30280

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of Georgia discipline.

NICHOLAS PAUL PETRELLA; NORTH BABYLON, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 603529; Cal. No. 30499

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Unlawful Surveillance in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.

MARGARET DORIS PINEDA; SAN ANTONIO, TX

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 573541; Cal. No. 30209

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
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, $500 fine payable within 60 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of falsely stating on her New York State application for licensure as a registered professional nurse that no licensing or disciplinary authority had ever disciplined her and falsely stating on a New York State registration renewal application form that no licensing or disciplinary authority had disciplined her since her last registration application.

KATHERINE N RESEN (A/K/A RESEN-DAVIDSON KATHERINE N, RESEN DAVIDSON KATHERINE NINA); AUSTIN, TX

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 477303; Cal. No. 30303 30304

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license and to surrender certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of Texas discipline.

KATHERINE N RESEN (A/K/A RESEN-DAVIDSON KATHERINE NINA); AUSTIN, TX

Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Family Health; Cert. No. 332378; Cal. No. 30303 30304

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license and to surrender certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of Texas discipline.

JOANNE MARIE RICOTTA (A/K/A AYERS JOANNE MARIE); EDEN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 273245; Cal. No. 30306

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and lying on her registration.

ANITA LOUISE SEALE (A/K/A JEALE ANITA LOUISE); OMAK, WA

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 551378; Cal. No. 30379

Regents Action Date: June 12, 2018
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of Texas Board of Nursing discipline.