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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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July 2014
Nursing
CARLOS ANTHONY THOMPSON; SOUTH GLENS FALLS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 568106; Cal. No. 27325
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 11 month stayed suspension, 1 year probation to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of moral unfitness in the practice of nursing.
Pharmacy
KHALID M CHAUDHARY; MEDFORD, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029453; Cal. No. 25500
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of refilling a prescription for more times than allowed on the face of the prescription and failing to make a good faith effort to verify the identity of a prescribing physician's purported employee who ostensibly authorized an oral prescription when said employee was not known to licensee.
KHALID M CHAUDHARY; MEDFORD, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029453; Cal. No. 25500
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of refilling a prescription for more times than allowed on the face of the prescription and failing to make a good faith effort to verify the identity of a prescribing physician's purported employee who ostensibly authorized an oral prescription when said employee was not known to licensee.
STEVEN J COSENTINO; RYE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031570; Cal. No. 27463
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing the medications in bulk for office use without a wholesaler's or manufacturer's registration after receiving notification that a drug compounded at the pharmacy failed sterility testing, failing to inform the prescriber and/or patient receiving the drug that it failed sterility testing compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medication in bulk without a wholesaler's or manufacturer's license, in willful or grossly negligent failure to comply with New York Education Law compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medications in bulk for office use on more than one occasion, dispensing written prescriptions which did not contain the address and/or age of the patient for whom the prescription was intended selling a batch of an adulterated drug, Avastin, and being aware that a sample of said batch of Avastin had microbiological contamination, and not following the pharmacy's established written procedure in handling microbiological contamination in violation of good manufacturing practices.
STEVEN J COSENTINO; RYE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031570; Cal. No. 27463
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing the medications in bulk for office use without a wholesaler's or manufacturer's registration after receiving notification that a drug compounded at the pharmacy failed sterility testing, failing to inform the prescriber and/or patient receiving the drug that it failed sterility testing compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medication in bulk without a wholesaler's or manufacturer's license, in willful or grossly negligent failure to comply with New York Education Law compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medications in bulk for office use on more than one occasion, dispensing written prescriptions which did not contain the address and/or age of the patient for whom the prescription was intended selling a batch of an adulterated drug, Avastin, and being aware that a sample of said batch of Avastin had microbiological contamination, and not following the pharmacy's established written procedure in handling microbiological contamination in violation of good manufacturing practices.
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.; MIDDLETOWN, NY
Profession: Wholesaler; Reg. No. 028250; Cal. No. 27278
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $5,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Registrant admitted to charges of having been found guilty of professional misconduct committed during the period 2008 to 2009 by three separate states which misconduct, if committed in New York, would constitute professional misconduct under the Education Law and Commissioner's regulations.
MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.; MIDDLETOWN, NY
Profession: Wholesaler; Reg. No. 028250; Cal. No. 27278
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $5,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Registrant admitted to charges of having been found guilty of professional misconduct committed during the period 2008 to 2009 by three separate states which misconduct, if committed in New York, would constitute professional misconduct under the Education Law and Commissioner's regulations.
ROCKWELL COMPOUNDING ASSOCIATES INC.; RYE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 026458; Cal. No. 27464
Action: Application to surrender registration granted.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing the medications in bulk for office use without a wholesaler's or manufacturer?s registration after receiving notification that a drug compounded at the pharmacy failed sterility testing, failing to inform the prescriber and/or patient receiving the drug that it failed sterility testing compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medication in bulk without a wholesaler?s or manufacturer?s license, in willful or grossly negligent failure to comply with New York Education Law compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medications in bulk for office use on more than one occasion, dispensing written prescriptions which did not contain the address and/or age of the patient for whom the prescription was intended selling a batch of an adulterated drug, Avastin, and being aware that a sample of said batch of Avastin had microbiological contamination, and not following the pharmacy?s established written procedure in handling microbiological contamination in violation of good manufacturing practices.
ROCKWELL COMPOUNDING ASSOCIATES INC.; RYE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 026458; Cal. No. 27464
Action: Application to surrender registration granted.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing the medications in bulk for office use without a wholesaler's or manufacturer?s registration after receiving notification that a drug compounded at the pharmacy failed sterility testing, failing to inform the prescriber and/or patient receiving the drug that it failed sterility testing compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medication in bulk without a wholesaler?s or manufacturer?s license, in willful or grossly negligent failure to comply with New York Education Law compounding medications without patient specific prescriptions and distributing said medications in bulk for office use on more than one occasion, dispensing written prescriptions which did not contain the address and/or age of the patient for whom the prescription was intended selling a batch of an adulterated drug, Avastin, and being aware that a sample of said batch of Avastin had microbiological contamination, and not following the pharmacy?s established written procedure in handling microbiological contamination in violation of good manufacturing practices.
VINODCHANDRA F SHAH; DIX HILLS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036817; Cal. No. 27125
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of dispensing a generic medication but billing for the brand name and labeling the medication vial with the brand name when, in fact, it contained the generic.
VINODCHANDRA F SHAH; DIX HILLS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036817; Cal. No. 27125
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of dispensing a generic medication but billing for the brand name and labeling the medication vial with the brand name when, in fact, it contained the generic.
SUNRISE RX INC.; EAST PATCHOGUE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 029690; Cal. No. 27126
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $2,500 fine, 2 years probation.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of dispensing a generic medication but billing for the brand name and labeling the medication vial with the brand name when, in fact, it contained the generic.
SUNRISE RX INC.; EAST PATCHOGUE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 029690; Cal. No. 27126
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $2,500 fine, 2 years probation.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of dispensing a generic medication but billing for the brand name and labeling the medication vial with the brand name when, in fact, it contained the generic.
Physical Therapy
MALGORZATA FLADIE (A/K/A CREMALDI MALGORZATA); JUPITER, FL
Profession: Physical Therapist Assistant; Lic. No. 003672; Cal. No. 27403
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation to commence upon return to practice in State of New York, $250 fine payable within 90 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of resisting an officer without violence to his or her person in the State of Florida.
MALGORZATA FLADIE (A/K/A CREMALDI MALGORZATA); JUPITER, FL
Profession: Physical Therapist Assistant; Lic. No. 003672; Cal. No. 27403
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation to commence upon return to practice in State of New York, $250 fine payable within 90 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of resisting an officer without violence to his or her person in the State of Florida.
Psychology
MICHAEL D MIRAN; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 005412; Cal. No. 25710
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct. Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 2nd Degree.
MICHAEL D MIRAN; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 005412; Cal. No. 25710
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct. Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 2nd Degree.
DAVID ADAM STEINBOK; BOCA RATON, FL
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 018343; Cal. No. 27528
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Attempted Unlawful Surveillance in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
DAVID ADAM STEINBOK; BOCA RATON, FL
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 018343; Cal. No. 27528
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Attempted Unlawful Surveillance in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
Respiratory Therapy
DENNIS FLORES; WEST HENRIETTA, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapy Technician; Lic. No. 004481; Cal. No. 27171
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 1 month and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing.
DENNIS FLORES; WEST HENRIETTA, NY
Profession: Respiratory Therapy Technician; Lic. No. 004481; Cal. No. 27171
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 1 month and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing.
Social Work
ROXANNE FALLON; WEST COLUMBIA, SC
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 052727; Cal. No. 27202
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 having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle.
ROXANNE FALLON; WEST COLUMBIA, SC
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 052727; Cal. No. 27202
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 having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle.
ROXANNE FALLON; WEST COLUMBIA, SC
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 052727; Cal. No. 27202
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 having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle.
ROXANNE FALLON; WEST COLUMBIA, SC
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 052727; Cal. No. 27202
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 having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle.
MARK S KELLEY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 028354; Cal. No. 27387
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of felony and misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated.
MARK S KELLEY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Lic. No. 028354; Cal. No. 27387
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of felony and misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated.
MARK S KELLEY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Certified Social Worker; Lic. No. 028354; Cal. No. 27387
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of felony and misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated.
MARK S KELLEY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Lic. No. 028354; Cal. No. 27387
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of felony and misdemeanor Driving While Intoxicated.
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
MATTHEW RICHARD MURRAY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Speech - Language Pathologist; Lic. No. 005056; Cal. No. 27296
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of falsifying client records.