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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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November 2010
Dentistry
WILLIAM D MOODY; WHITE PLAINS, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 030878; Cal. No. 25014
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine payable within 1 month.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree and Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, both misdemeanors.
WILLIAM D MOODY; WHITE PLAINS, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 030878; Cal. No. 25014
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine payable within 1 month.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the 3rd Degree and Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, both misdemeanors.
DEEPIKA REDDY; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 049645; Cal. No. 25407
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension in certain stated areas until completion of course of retraining in each such certain stated area, 3 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charges of committing errors in the treatment of 7 patients, including extractions and root canals.
DEEPIKA REDDY; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 049645; Cal. No. 25407
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension in certain stated areas until completion of course of retraining in each such certain stated area, 3 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent did not contest charges of committing errors in the treatment of 7 patients, including extractions and root canals.
DOLLY ROSEN; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045867; Cal. No. 25124
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony based on her submission of false claims to the Medicaid program by performing procedures on patients and then noting in their charts that the procedures had been performed over multiple days.
DOLLY ROSEN; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045867; Cal. No. 25124
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony based on her submission of false claims to the Medicaid program by performing procedures on patients and then noting in their charts that the procedures had been performed over multiple days.
Engineering
MICHAEL A ANGELONE; OYSTER BAY, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053676; Cal. No. 25249
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that, between January and November 2007, he signed and affixed his professional engineering seal to renovation plans which neither he nor an employee under his direct supervision prepared, and failed to prepare a thorough written evaluation of the design services and he received a fee of $500 from a third party in connection with the performance of professional engineering services.
MICHAEL A ANGELONE; OYSTER BAY, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 053676; Cal. No. 25249
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that, between January and November 2007, he signed and affixed his professional engineering seal to renovation plans which neither he nor an employee under his direct supervision prepared, and failed to prepare a thorough written evaluation of the design services and he received a fee of $500 from a third party in connection with the performance of professional engineering services.
Massage Therapy
KARL PHILLIP BRAUN; LATHAM, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 007194; Cal. No. 25184
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 1 year and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 3 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of moral unfitness.
KARL PHILLIP BRAUN; LATHAM, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 007194; Cal. No. 25184
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 1 year and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension, 3 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of moral unfitness.
ISADORA GUGGENHEIM; NYACK, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 003813; Cal. No. 25206
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension to be terminated earlier upon submission of certain sufficient satisfactory documentation, upon service of or upon early termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine payable within 5 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having an internet advertisement which constituted (1) an offer to practice beyond the scope permitted by law in that she was offering colonics and nutrition and offering to treat other ailments and (2) advertising or soliciting for patronage that is not in the public interest in that it pictured her in a lab coat with a stethoscope which was misleading because she is not licensed to practice as a physician in New York.
ISADORA GUGGENHEIM; NYACK, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 003813; Cal. No. 25206
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension to be terminated earlier upon submission of certain sufficient satisfactory documentation, upon service of or upon early termination of suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine payable within 5 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having an internet advertisement which constituted (1) an offer to practice beyond the scope permitted by law in that she was offering colonics and nutrition and offering to treat other ailments and (2) advertising or soliciting for patronage that is not in the public interest in that it pictured her in a lab coat with a stethoscope which was misleading because she is not licensed to practice as a physician in New York.
ANNE E PAPE; BABYLON, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 019699; Cal. No. 25205
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a class E felony.
ANNE E PAPE; BABYLON, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 019699; Cal. No. 25205
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, a class E felony.
JENNIFER ANN PATITUCE; CHEMUNG, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017255; Cal. No. 25230
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Committing a Fraudulent Practice.
JENNIFER ANN PATITUCE; CHEMUNG, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017255; Cal. No. 25230
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Committing a Fraudulent Practice.
PAUL M WRISLEY; CHURCHVILLE, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017677; Cal. No. 25056
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that he failed to properly drape the breast and buttocks areas of a patient and performed a massage of the breast area of a patient without first obtaining her written consent.
PAUL M WRISLEY; CHURCHVILLE, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 017677; Cal. No. 25056
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges that he failed to properly drape the breast and buttocks areas of a patient and performed a massage of the breast area of a patient without first obtaining her written consent.
Nursing
BARBARA J ACKER; MIDDLEBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 471954; Cal. No. 24790
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 committing documentation errors.
BARBARA J ACKER; MIDDLEBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 471954; Cal. No. 24790
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 committing documentation errors.
JESSICA ACOSTA; CENTRAL ISLIP, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 287461; Cal. No. 25146
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, on or about January 14, 2009, she incorrectly transcribed a physician's telephone order for the non-controlled drug Amaryl 4 mg., meant for a diabetic patient, into the medication administration record for another patient, who does not have diabetes and had no such order.
JESSICA ACOSTA; CENTRAL ISLIP, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 287461; Cal. No. 25146
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that, on or about January 14, 2009, she incorrectly transcribed a physician's telephone order for the non-controlled drug Amaryl 4 mg., meant for a diabetic patient, into the medication administration record for another patient, who does not have diabetes and had no such order.
CARMALLA ARRINGTON; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 327677; Cal. No. 24660
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Conveying False Information Concerning an Attempt Being Made to Damage or Destroy a Building by means of fire or explosives.
SCOTT CHUN; LEVITTOWN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 289617; Cal. No. 25127
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of forging a note on a doctor's prescription pad, signing the doctor's name without authorization.
SCOTT CHUN; LEVITTOWN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 289617; Cal. No. 25127
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of forging a note on a doctor's prescription pad, signing the doctor's name without authorization.
SUWANNA COX ASHA; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 590389; Cal. No. 25222
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that, when called upon by another nurse to verify patient identication data on a unit of blood that he was about to transfuse into a patient, she performed the verification at the nurse?s station, rather than at the patient?s bedside, and thereby failed to prevent the unit of blood in question from being tranfused into a patient of a different blood type.
SUWANNA COX ASHA; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 590389; Cal. No. 25222
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that, when called upon by another nurse to verify patient identication data on a unit of blood that he was about to transfuse into a patient, she performed the verification at the nurse?s station, rather than at the patient?s bedside, and thereby failed to prevent the unit of blood in question from being tranfused into a patient of a different blood type.
OSWALD S DAVID; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 429373; Cal. No. 25193
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation to commence upon return to practice, $1,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that he instructed a nurse under his supervision to enter information in the chart of a discharged patient, without also instructing said nurse to make said entry an addendum in the record.
OSWALD S DAVID; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 429373; Cal. No. 25193
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation to commence upon return to practice, $1,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge that he instructed a nurse under his supervision to enter information in the chart of a discharged patient, without also instructing said nurse to make said entry an addendum in the record.
ARTHUR DOUSE; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 355188; Cal. No. 25176 25177
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for not less than 6 months and until sucessfully participate in 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 admitted to charges of having been convicted of 2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree and 1 count of Petit Larceny and of failing to report the criminal convictions on the nursing registration renewal forms he submitted to the New York State Education Department.