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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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October 2017

Dentistry

PASCO JULIAN KAHN (A/K/A KAHN JULIAN); ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 052698; Cal. No. 29530

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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 Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated.

MARK WASSEF; HAZLET, NJ

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 053753; Cal. No. 28899

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in the State of New York, $10,000 fine payable within 60 days.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of permanently cementing crowns in the presence of active periodontal disease inappropriately placing veneers failing to utilize adequate diagnostic tools to develop appropriate treatment plans amending a patient record without noting the date of the amendment billing and collecting for proposed treatment and failing to give refunds in a timely manner when the treatment was not rendered billing for a complete oral examination and full periodontal examination when one of the examinations was not performed ordering excess materials, specifically implants, and charging patients for implants not used in their treatment and failing to maintain records consistent with New Jersey statutes.

Dietetics and Nutrition

JENNIFER L CROMWELL; AMHERST, NY

Profession: Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist; Lic. No. 005329; Cal. No. 29604

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated and filing a false report.

Mental Health Practitioner

LANI ELAINE DESROSIERS; FORT MONTGOMERY, NY

Profession: Mental Health Counselor; Lic. No. 000869; Cal. No. 29923

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having a romantic relationship with a former patient shortly after the patient was discharged.

Nursing

LAQUISHA D ADDISON (A/K/A ADDISON LAQUISHA); ALBANY, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 320605; Cal. No. 29648

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 months actual suspension, 22 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $250 fine payable within 4 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to ensure patient was being checked every 15 minutes and failing to document the administration of medication.

KENNETH WAYNE BAILEY JR; ATMORE, AL

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 522158; Cal. No. 29965

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to evaluate and initiate emergency measures in a timely manner following notification of a change in a patient's cardiac rhythm in the State of Alabama and falsely stating on an application for reinstatement as a registered professional nurse in the State of Alabama that he did not have pending criminal charges.

MICHELE BIALY (A/K/A LOFFREDO MICHELE LOUISE); BATAVIA, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 484192; Cal. No. 29613

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Willfully Making a False Report.

LISA DOWNER M BOOKER-DOWNER (A/K/A BOOKER LISA M, BOOKER LISA); ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 310589; Cal. No. 29567

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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, Circumvention of Ignition Device.

SHEILA EILEEN BROCK (A/K/A BROCK-EVERETT SHEILA EILEEN); ALASKA

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 251085; Cal. No. 29568

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Alaska crimes.

WENDI LYNN BURKE; CICERO, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 635521; Cal. No. 29684

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Conspiracy in the 4th Degree.

PATRICIA ANNE BUTLER (A/K/A DELANEY PATRICIA A); BEDFORD HILLS, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 328661; Cal. No. 29858

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree.

JODIA S CAMPBELL; PHILADELPHIA, PA

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 285683; Cal. No. 29833

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Transportation of Individual Across State Lines with Intent to Engage in Illegal Sexual Conduct.

ROBIN A CURTIS; GOUVERNEUR, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 566981; Cal. No. 29672

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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 documenting performance of a patient assessment on a patient without having performed the assessment.

KYLE FABIAN DEGON (A/K/A DEGON KYLE F); MALONE, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 319910; Cal. No. 29704

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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, $500 fine payable within 4 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.

JUDITH ELLEN DERBY; PORT TOWNSEND, WA

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 218472; Cal. No. 29767

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professional misconduct in the State of Washington, which conduct would be considered violating a condition or limitation imposed on the licensee by the Board of Regents, if committed in New York State.

JESSICA L DRESSER; PLATTSBURGH, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 296769; Cal. No. 29920

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of moral unfitness in the practice of nursing and Sexual Misconduct and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.

JACQUELINE THERESA DUSHARM; MINT HILL, NC

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 204474; Cal. No. 29935 29934

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the change of North Carolina Discipline.

JOHN FRANCIS GAVIN; VALENCIA, PA

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 459048; Cal. No. 29870

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances.

DANIEL J GLAZIER; PULASKI, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 648297; Cal. No. 29945

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Sexual Act in the 3rd Degree.

JACQUELINE THERESA HARRELL; MINT HILL, NC

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 486501; Cal. No. 29935 29934

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the change of North Carolina Discipline.

SARAH ELIZABETH HERBST (A/K/A HERBST SARAH); STUYVESANT, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 307635; Cal. No. 28516

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.

SHIRLEY ELIZABETH HUNT; BORDENTOWN, NJ

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 275601; Cal. No. 29785

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of engaging in the practice of nursing subsequent to entering into inactive status in the State of New Jersey.

NICHOLAS A JAMIESON (A/K/A JAMIESON NICHOLAS); SURPRISE, AZ

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 277078; Cal. No. 27730

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.

NAOMI LYNN JENSEN (A/K/A JENSEN MAOMI); RENSSELAER, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 315744; Cal. No. 29606

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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.

LISA ANN KELSEY (A/K/A ASHCRAFT LISA, KELSEY LISA, EYLES LISA ANN); WATERTOWN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 500827; Cal. No. 29897

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.

GEUNJAE LEE; CINCINNATI, OH

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 650767; Cal. No. 29964

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, documenting vital signs and bowel sounds in a patient medical record, when in fact he did not assess either.

DAVID JOHN LEHMANN; QUEENSBURY, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 483849; Cal. No. 29620

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.

PAMELA M MARTIN (A/K/A HERRMANN PAMELA M, HERRMANN PAMELA MARIE, HERRMAN PAMELA M); BRUSHTON, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 278016; Cal. No. 29550 29551

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspensions, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree.

PAMELA M MARTIN (A/K/A HERRMANN PAMELA M); BRUSHTON, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 579937; Cal. No. 29550 29551

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspensions, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree.

DANA L MILLER; NEW LISBON, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 298573; Cal. No. 29571

Regents Action Date: October 17, 2017
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 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of medication administration errors.