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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.
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February 2013
Nursing
MICHAEL PETER BERNARDI (A/K/A BERNARDI MICHAEL); SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 630370; Cal. No. 26376
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 the charge of withdrawing controlled substances without a physician's order.
MICHAEL PETER BERNARDI (A/K/A BERNARDI MICHAEL); SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 630370; Cal. No. 26376
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 the charge of withdrawing controlled substances without a physician's order.
KRISTEN BEVILACQUA (A/K/A CERMINARO KRISTIN); FARMINGVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 298867; Cal. No. 25499
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of charting that she administered various treatments for nine patients, when said treatments had not been administered.
KRISTEN BEVILACQUA (A/K/A CERMINARO KRISTIN); FARMINGVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 298867; Cal. No. 25499
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of charting that she administered various treatments for nine patients, when said treatments had not been administered.
SEAN DEWEY BROWN; EAST MORICHES, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 514117; Cal. No. 25816 25815
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successfully complete course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of diverting Dilaudid from his nursing employer for his own use.
SEAN DEWEY BROWN; EAST MORICHES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 249702; Cal. No. 25816 25815
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successfully complete course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of diverting Dilaudid from his nursing employer for his own use.
SEAN DEWEY BROWN; EAST MORICHES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 249702; Cal. No. 25816 25815
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successfully complete course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of diverting Dilaudid from his nursing employer for his own use.
SEAN DEWEY BROWN; EAST MORICHES, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 514117; Cal. No. 25816 25815
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successfully complete course of therapy and treatment and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of diverting Dilaudid from his nursing employer for his own use.
KELLIE EILEEN BURK (A/K/A ROSENVOLD KELLIE EILEEN); EAST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256216; Cal. No. 26336 26337
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 failing to maintain accurate patient records.
KELLIE EILEEN BURK; EAST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 564949; Cal. No. 26336 26337
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 failing to maintain accurate patient records.
KELLIE EILEEN BURK (A/K/A ROSENVOLD KELLIE EILEEN); EAST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256216; Cal. No. 26336 26337
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 failing to maintain accurate patient records.
KELLIE EILEEN BURK; EAST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 564949; Cal. No. 26336 26337
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 failing to maintain accurate patient records.
LISA JANE CORDARO; VALLEY COTTAGE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 518938; Cal. No. 26387
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 administering medications to the wrong patient.
LISA JANE CORDARO; VALLEY COTTAGE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 518938; Cal. No. 26387
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 administering medications to the wrong patient.
DANA MARIE DOUGHERTY; DUMONT, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 551166; Cal. No. 26449
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, on several separate occasions, she withdrew the wrong dose from the Pyxis machine for the medication Heparin for use in preparing an IV Saline solution, causing the resulting solutions to be under-dosed for Heparin.
DANA MARIE DOUGHERTY; DUMONT, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 551166; Cal. No. 26449
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, on several separate occasions, she withdrew the wrong dose from the Pyxis machine for the medication Heparin for use in preparing an IV Saline solution, causing the resulting solutions to be under-dosed for Heparin.
CHRISTINE SCHILLACI LOVEJOY (A/K/A SCHILLACI CHRISTINE E, CHAPPELLE CHRISTINE E, AYRES CHRISTINE E); STANLEY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 513384; Cal. No. 26444
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 Felony Driving While Intoxicated.
CATHERINE F LUGTU; PORT WASHINGTON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 513856; Cal. No. 26167
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing a false employment application which failed to disclose that she had been terminated from her previous employer for altering the expiration date on a nursing re-registration certificate.
CATHERINE F LUGTU; PORT WASHINGTON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 513856; Cal. No. 26167
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing a false employment application which failed to disclose that she had been terminated from her previous employer for altering the expiration date on a nursing re-registration certificate.
ANTOINETTE L MARIA (A/K/A MARIA ANTOINETTE LOUISE); ELMIRA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 621471; Cal. No. 26403
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 failing to secure a medication cart when leaving such cart unattended and failing to ensure a safe environment for her patients.
ANTOINETTE L MARIA (A/K/A MARIA ANTOINETTE LOUISE); ELMIRA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 621471; Cal. No. 26403
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 failing to secure a medication cart when leaving such cart unattended and failing to ensure a safe environment for her patients.
NANCY LEE NEWHARD; RENSSELAER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 242346; Cal. No. 25985 25986
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $1,000 fine, 2 year suspension, execution of last year of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to run concurrent with period of suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to maintain a record which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of a patient based on her failure to properly identify a patient, and as a result, administered numerous medications to the wrong patient, and documented in the records of the patient that the medications were actually intended for, that they were given to her, when they were not.
NANCY LEE NEWHARD; RENSSELAER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 242346; Cal. No. 25985 25986
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty $1,000 fine, 2 year suspension, execution of last year of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to run concurrent with period of suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of failing to maintain a record which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of a patient based on her failure to properly identify a patient, and as a result, administered numerous medications to the wrong patient, and documented in the records of the patient that the medications were actually intended for, that they were given to her, when they were not.
RACHEL ANN MARIE NOONE (A/K/A GOSSAGE RACHEL ANN MARIE, CRATSLEY RACHEL); ROMULUS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 601635; Cal. No. 26323
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of moral unfitness in the practice of nursing.
RACHEL ANN MARIE NOONE (A/K/A GOSSAGE RACHEL ANN MARIE, CRATSLEY RACHEL); ROMULUS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 601635; Cal. No. 26323
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of moral unfitness in the practice of nursing.
MARIA THERESA OGTONG-TYNAN (A/K/A OGTONG MARIA THERESA); FORT LEE, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 425761; Cal. No. 26508
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing nursing while her ability to care for her patients was impaired by debilitating pain and limitation of movement arising from her severe degenerative back condition.
MARIA THERESA OGTONG-TYNAN (A/K/A OGTONG MARIA THERESA); FORT LEE, NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 425761; Cal. No. 26508
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing nursing while her ability to care for her patients was impaired by debilitating pain and limitation of movement arising from her severe degenerative back condition.
CHERYL LYNN PEDONE (A/K/A GRATTON CHERYL, KAIL CHERYL L, GRATTON CHERYL LYNN); BURNT HILLS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 444976; Cal. No. 26500
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.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of working as a nurse under the influence of drugs.
CHERYL LYNN PEDONE (A/K/A GRATTON CHERYL, KAIL CHERYL L, GRATTON CHERYL LYNN); BURNT HILLS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 444976; Cal. No. 26500
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.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of working as a nurse under the influence of drugs.
SHANNON L PILLION; BINGHAMTON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 265569; Cal. No. 26119
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to run concurrent with period of stayed suspension.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions in the 4th Degree based on her cutting open sealed pouches of the substances and ingesting a portion of the contents and then resealing the pouches and replacing them in their boxes. She was also convicted of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation in the 2nd Degree stemming from a subsequent separate incident.