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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
STACY LEE RYNDERS (A/K/A COLOMBO STACY L, STAUB STACY L, STAUB STACY); ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 289817; Cal. No. 27275
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Order to supersede Commissioner?s Order No. 26609 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having committed medication errors.
JESSICA MARIE SANTOR; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 593205; Cal. No. 26985
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the charge of exercising undue influence on a patient.
JESSICA MARIE SANTOR; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 593205; Cal. No. 26985
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the charge of exercising undue influence on a patient.
VALERIE SCOTT (A/K/A SCOTT-CHATMAN VALERIE R, SCOTT VALERIE R); PITTSFORD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 182939; Cal. No. 27170
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing and of failing to disclose a criminal conviction on a license renewal application.
VALERIE SCOTT (A/K/A SCOTT-CHATMAN VALERIE R, SCOTT VALERIE R); PITTSFORD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 182939; Cal. No. 27170
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing and of failing to disclose a criminal conviction on a license renewal application.
RANDALL LEE SILSBY; CONKLIN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 447641; Cal. No. 26990
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual supension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Making a Material False Statement to the Government.
RANDALL LEE SILSBY; CONKLIN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 447641; Cal. No. 26990
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual supension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Making a Material False Statement to the Government.
CYNTHIA J STINSON (A/K/A CATERSON CYNTHIA J, STINSON CYNTHIA); RIO RICO, AZ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 279027; Cal. No. 27501
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to perform the physician ordered periodic safety checks on the assigned patient.
CYNTHIA J STINSON (A/K/A CATERSON CYNTHIA J, STINSON CYNTHIA); RIO RICO, AZ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 279027; Cal. No. 27501
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to perform the physician ordered periodic safety checks on the assigned patient.
DANVILLE ISRAEL TARDIEL; BRENTWOOD, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 372595; Cal. No. 27337 27338
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle, a class A misdemeanor and Reckless Driving, an unclassified misdemeanor.
DANVILLE ISRAEL TARDIEL; BRENTWOOD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 172370; Cal. No. 27337 27338
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle, a class A misdemeanor and Reckless Driving, an unclassified misdemeanor.
DANVILLE ISRAEL TARDIEL; BRENTWOOD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 172370; Cal. No. 27337 27338
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle, a class A misdemeanor and Reckless Driving, an unclassified misdemeanor.
DANVILLE ISRAEL TARDIEL; BRENTWOOD, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 372595; Cal. No. 27337 27338
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor Unlawful Fleeing a Police Officer in a Motor Vehicle, a class A misdemeanor and Reckless Driving, an unclassified misdemeanor.
FRANCHESCA ORTIZ TEDALDI; CENTRAL ISLIP, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 230126; Cal. No. 27530
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
FRANCHESCA ORTIZ TEDALDI; CENTRAL ISLIP, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 230126; Cal. No. 27530
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
JANET E THOMAS; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 497129; Cal. No. 27188 27189
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 2nd Degree (2 counts), a class D felony, and Obstructing Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
JANET E THOMAS; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 497129; Cal. No. 27188 27189
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 2nd Degree (2 counts), a class D felony, and Obstructing Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
JANET ENRIGHT THOMAS; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 248970; Cal. No. 27188 27189
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 2nd Degree (2 counts), a class D felony, and Obstructing Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
JANET ENRIGHT THOMAS; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 248970; Cal. No. 27188 27189
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 2nd Degree (2 counts), a class D felony, and Obstructing Governmental Administration in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
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.
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.