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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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September 2017
Nursing
MIRANDA LYNN RODRIGUEZ (A/K/A SMITH MIRANDA LYNN); DELEVAN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273683; Cal. No. 28841
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $500 fine, 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of two counts of Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree.
NATALIE MONICA RODRIGUEZ (A/K/A MOHAMED NATALIE MONICA); BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 253610; Cal. No. 29523 29522
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 Conspiracy in the 4th Degree, a class E felony.
NATALIE MONICA RODRIGUEZ; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 597781; Cal. No. 29523 29522
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 Conspiracy in the 4th Degree, a class E felony.
RAJNI SAHI (A/K/A SINGH RAJNI S); JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 595476; Cal. No. 29561
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 in Ohio of Attempted Election Falsification, a misdemeanor, which if committed in New York, would have constituted the crime of Attempted Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree, a misdemeanor.
ANGELA M SAVON (A/K/A SAVON ANGELA); VANETTEN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 279581; Cal. No. 28755
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of stealing hydromorphone and oxycodone.
ERIKA J SAYA; NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 563651; Cal. No. 29555 29554
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having made medication administration errors.
ERIKA J SAYA; NIAGARA FALLS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 277208; Cal. No. 29555 29554
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having made medication administration errors.
SUZANNE M SHUMWAY (A/K/A FOSTER SUZANNE M); GREENWICH, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 253927; Cal. No. 29586
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing, a Class A misdemeanor.
KATRINA ANNE SIMMONS (A/K/A MUNSON KATRINA ANNE); HUDSON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 218665; Cal. No. 29687
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of taking, without permission, while employed and on duty as a nurse, personal property from the room of a recently deceased resident at a nursing home.
ANNE ENSON SKLENAR (A/K/A ENSON ANNE C); BEACON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 231194; Cal. No. 29863
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine payable within 2 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, a misdemeanor.
SHARON SPEARS (A/K/A WEST SHARON SPEARS); DANBURY, CT
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 249808; Cal. No. 28138 28139
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspensions, each to commence February 1, 2018, execution of last 22 months of said suspensions stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
SHARON M SPEARS; DANBURY, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 582852; Cal. No. 28138 28139
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspensions, each to commence February 1, 2018, execution of last 22 months of said suspensions stayed.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
MARGARET STEINBERG (A/K/A DORSEY MARGARET); POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 379198; Cal. No. 29859
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a nurse at a hospital, removing a controlled substance from the drug supply of the hospital under the name of another nurse and without authorization or physician's order.
SARAH ELIZABETH STONE (A/K/A WILSON SARAH ELIZABETH, WILSON SARAH); SHERBURNE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 668507; Cal. No. 28980
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 did not contest charges of having been convicted of Diversion of Controlled Substances and Petit Larceny and being habitually drunk or being dependent on, or a habitual user of narcotics or other drugs having similar effects.
MARIAMMA THOMAS (A/K/A MATHEW MARIAMMA); MESQUITE, TX 75150
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 123158; Cal. No. 29828
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of documenting in the medication administration record of a patient that medication had been administered when there were no medication withdrawals from the medication dispensing system associated with the time or date of purported administration.
FAITH MORGAN H VICKERIE-MORGAN (A/K/A VICKERIE FAITH HERMA); ALPHARETTA, GA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 400257; Cal. No. 29836
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of practicing the profession of nursing in the State of Georgia without a valid license and failing to disclose discipline in Georgia on a New York registration renewal application.
DAVID R WALLACE III; MIDDLEBURG, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 475163; Cal. No. 29867
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of exhibiting conduct which evidenced moral unfitness to practice the profession of nursing.
JUSTIN J WASHBURN (A/K/A WASHBURN JUSTIN); PATTERSON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 284239; Cal. No. 28777
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny on two separate occasions and of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the 5th Degree on another occasion.
CRYSTAL M WATERS; HIGH SPRINGS, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 535270; Cal. No. 27499
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of accessing medical records.
JENNIFER JANE YATES (A/K/A YATES JENNIFER); NAPLES, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 656319; Cal. No. 29535
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 removing a tablet of metoprolol tartrate from a Pyxis under a patient's name for her own use.
ASMERET TESFAGIORGIS YOHANNES (A/K/A VOHANNES ASMERET T); ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 315304; Cal. No. 29476
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, $250 fine payable within 6 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge having committed documentation errors.
Occupational Therapy
NICOLETTA LOCOCO; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Occupational Therapy Assistant; Lic. No. 006317; Cal. No. 29407
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Welfare Fraud in the 5th Degree.
Pharmacy
AMIN PHARMACY, INC; LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 028775; Cal. No. 28705
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $5,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of failure by a supervising pharmacist to provide adequate supervision of a registered establishment.
MONSUR AHMED CHOWDHURY (A/K/A CHOWDHURY MOHAMMAD MONSUR AHMED); RICHMOND HILL, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 050290; Cal. No. 28704
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $5,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing as a supervising pharmacist to provide adequate supervision to a registered establishment.
IFTIKHAR Q CHUGHTAI; GLEN HEAD, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028642; Cal. No. 29557
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of maintaining expired drugs in the pharmacy stock, dusty dispensing area shelves, having the pharmacy refrigerator temperature exceed the required temperature and failure to maintain a biennial controlled drug inventory report.
ARNOLD FOX MICHAEL; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028145; Cal. No. 29474
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $2,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to keep a pharmacy in a clean and orderly manner failing to have the drug retail price list available failing to have a record of counseling refusals the pharmacy's drug refrigerator recorded a temperature below the acceptable range failing to display the legal name of the pharmacy on its exterior failing to include the full name of the pharmacy on its prescription labels holding expired drugs for sale and having an incomplete biennial controlled substance drug inventory.
ASHOKA BENEDICT GOMES; FLUSHING, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 055183; Cal. No. 28330
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of falsifying prescriptions in the State of Maryland, which, if committed in New York state, would constitute practicing the profession of pharmacy fraudulently.
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD HANLEY; COPIAGUE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 054822; Cal. No. 29691
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Operating a Motor Vehicle with .08 of 1% Alcohol or More in Blood and Driving While Intoxicated, unclassified misdemeanors and lying on a re-registration application.
PRESCRIPTION CENTER OF STATEN ISLAND INC.; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 016203; Cal. No. 29475
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $2,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of failing to keep its premises in a clean and orderly manner failing to have the drug retail price list available failing to have a record of counseling refusals its drug refrigerator recorded a temperature below the acceptable range failing to display tits name on its exterior failing to include its full name of the pharmacy on its prescription labels holding expired drugs for sale and having an incomplete biennial controlled substance drug inventory.
SIRI PHARMACY, INC.; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 017607; Cal. No. 29558
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant admitted to the charge of maintaining expired drugs in the pharmacy stock, having dusty dispensing area shelves, having pharmacy refrigerator temperature exceeded the required temperature and failure to maintain a biennial controlled drug inventory report.