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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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January 2010
Nursing
WENDI J OLIVER (A/K/A SHARPLES WENDI JO); LOCKPORT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 567736; Cal. No. 24847 24846
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation to be tolled until return to practice, $500 fine payable within 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted in 2009 of Petit Larceny.
EULENE ELIZABETH RODIE (A/K/A RODIE EULENE); ROSEDALE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 574911; Cal. No. 24908
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 failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
EULENE ELIZABETH RODIE (A/K/A RODIE EULENE); ROSEDALE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 574911; Cal. No. 24908
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 failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
CHARLES H SEAMANS; MALONE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256303; Cal. No. 24714
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Sexual Act in the 1st Degree and Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree, both felonies.
CHARLES H SEAMANS; MALONE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 256303; Cal. No. 24714
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Sexual Act in the 1st Degree and Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree, both felonies.
VLADIMIR V SOLOVYEV; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 540034; Cal. No. 24791
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Unlawful Distribution in Interstate Commerce of Prescription drugs (Viagra), a misdemeanor and Mail Fraud, a felony.
VLADIMIR V SOLOVYEV; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 540034; Cal. No. 24791
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Unlawful Distribution in Interstate Commerce of Prescription drugs (Viagra), a misdemeanor and Mail Fraud, a felony.
JEANETTE P SOVEREIGN; EDEN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 284623; Cal. No. 24838
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 having been convicted in 2009 of Falsification of Business Records.
JEANETTE P SOVEREIGN; EDEN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 284623; Cal. No. 24838
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 having been convicted in 2009 of Falsification of Business Records.
CAROLYN SOWELL; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 139395; Cal. No. 24816 24817
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Welfare Fraud in the 4th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
CAROLYN SOWELL; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 139395; Cal. No. 24816 24817
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Welfare Fraud in the 4th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
CAROLYN REGINA SOWELL; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 442594; Cal. No. 24816 24817
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Welfare Fraud in the 4th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
CAROLYN REGINA SOWELL; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 442594; Cal. No. 24816 24817
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Welfare Fraud in the 4th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
DENISE TRIPODI; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 212413; Cal. No. 24135 24136
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing beyond the authorized scope of the practice of nursing by administering a tetanus shot to a patient without a prescriber's order practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by withdrawing five tablets of a controlled drug from an Acudose-Prescription station, while indicating in the machine's records that said drug was intended to be administered to three patients, when the licensee well knew that she never intended to administer said drug to any of those three patients moral unfitness in the practice of the profession for stealing these five tablets from the hospital's Acudose-Prescription system and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by submitting an application for employment as a nurse in which she answered ?no? to one question asking whether her professional license had ever been under investigation when, as she well knew, her professional license was under investigationand in which she answered ?no? to another question asking whether her license was under current investigation for clinical competency issues when, as she well knew, her license was being investigated for clinical competency issues.
DENISE TRIPODI; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 212413; Cal. No. 24135 24136
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing beyond the authorized scope of the practice of nursing by administering a tetanus shot to a patient without a prescriber's order practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by withdrawing five tablets of a controlled drug from an Acudose-Prescription station, while indicating in the machine's records that said drug was intended to be administered to three patients, when the licensee well knew that she never intended to administer said drug to any of those three patients moral unfitness in the practice of the profession for stealing these five tablets from the hospital's Acudose-Prescription system and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by submitting an application for employment as a nurse in which she answered ?no? to one question asking whether her professional license had ever been under investigation when, as she well knew, her professional license was under investigationand in which she answered ?no? to another question asking whether her license was under current investigation for clinical competency issues when, as she well knew, her license was being investigated for clinical competency issues.
DENISE ANNE MARIE TRIPODI; BRONX, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 507764; Cal. No. 24135 24136
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing beyond the authorized scope of the practice of nursing by administering a tetanus shot to a patient without a prescriber?s order practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by withdrawing five tablets of a controlled drug from an Acudose-Prescription station, while indicating in the machine?s records that said drug was intended to be administered to three patients, when the licensee well knew that she never intended to administer said drug to any of those three patients moral unfitness in the practice of the profession for stealing these five tablets from the hospital?s Acudose-Prescription system and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by submitting an application for employment as a nurse in which she answered ?no? to one question asking whether her professional license had ever been under investigation when, as she well knew, her professional license was under investigationand in which she answered ?no? to another question asking whether her license was under current investigation for clinical competency issues when, as she well knew, her license was being investigated for clinical competency issues.
DENISE ANNE MARIE TRIPODI; BRONX, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 507764; Cal. No. 24135 24136
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of practicing beyond the authorized scope of the practice of nursing by administering a tetanus shot to a patient without a prescriber?s order practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by withdrawing five tablets of a controlled drug from an Acudose-Prescription station, while indicating in the machine?s records that said drug was intended to be administered to three patients, when the licensee well knew that she never intended to administer said drug to any of those three patients moral unfitness in the practice of the profession for stealing these five tablets from the hospital?s Acudose-Prescription system and practicing the profession of nursing fraudulently by submitting an application for employment as a nurse in which she answered ?no? to one question asking whether her professional license had ever been under investigation when, as she well knew, her professional license was under investigationand in which she answered ?no? to another question asking whether her license was under current investigation for clinical competency issues when, as she well knew, her license was being investigated for clinical competency issues.
BRENDA BRANKER YOUMANS (A/K/A BRANKER BRENDA ROSITA);
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 221236; Cal. No. 24418
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 11 month stayed suspension, 12 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Conspiracy in the 5th Degree, Insurance Fraud in the 5th Degree, Attempted Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, and Making an Apparently Sworn False Statement in the 2nd Degree, all class A misdemeanors.
BRENDA BRANKER YOUMANS (A/K/A BRANKER BRENDA ROSITA);
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 221236; Cal. No. 24418
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 11 month stayed suspension, 12 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Conspiracy in the 5th Degree, Insurance Fraud in the 5th Degree, Attempted Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree, and Making an Apparently Sworn False Statement in the 2nd Degree, all class A misdemeanors.
Occupational Therapy
ROBERT K KIRKBY; CLIFTON PARK, NY
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 006147; Cal. No. 24664
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 been convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree.
ROBERT K KIRKBY; CLIFTON PARK, NY
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 006147; Cal. No. 24664
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 been convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree.
Pharmacy
BUENA VISTA PHARMACY INC.; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 012457; Cal. No. 24228
Action: Application to surrender registration granted.
Summary: Registrant admitted to the charge of dispensing on 2 separate occasions the prescription-required medication Ampicillin to an individual who did not have a prescription for said medication or any other medication.
BUENA VISTA PHARMACY INC.; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 012457; Cal. No. 24228
Action: Application to surrender registration granted.
Summary: Registrant admitted to the charge of dispensing on 2 separate occasions the prescription-required medication Ampicillin to an individual who did not have a prescription for said medication or any other medication.
HITESHCHANDRA MAGANLAL GHETIA; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042545; Cal. No. 24827
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of dispensing the incorrect dosage of a medication.
HITESHCHANDRA MAGANLAL GHETIA; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042545; Cal. No. 24827
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 month actual suspension, 22 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of dispensing the incorrect dosage of a medication.
PHARMACY ASSOCIATES OF GLENS FALLS INC.; BALLSTON SPA, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 014385; Cal. No. 24406
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $5,000 fine payable within 2 months.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of violating pharmacy laws and regulations.
PHARMACY ASSOCIATES OF GLENS FALLS INC.; BALLSTON SPA, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 014385; Cal. No. 24406
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, $5,000 fine payable within 2 months.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of violating pharmacy laws and regulations.
RITE AID OF NEW YORK, INC.; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 023509; Cal. No. 24548
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of operating a pharmacy without a supervising pharmacist during 2 separate periods of time.
RITE AID OF NEW YORK, INC.; MT KISCO, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 024391; Cal. No. 24822
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $5,000 fine payable within 30 days.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of failing to notify the New York State Board of Pharmacy that there was a change in the identity of the supervising pharmacist of the pharmacy operated by registrant in that said change occurred on December 1, 2008 but registrant failed to notify the Board of said change until May 6, 2009.
RITE AID OF NEW YORK, INC.; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 023509; Cal. No. 24548
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of operating a pharmacy without a supervising pharmacist during 2 separate periods of time.