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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 2022
Massage Therapy
JI BIN WANG; MASSAPEQUA NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 023225; Cal. No. 33164
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of permitting three unlicensed persons to perform massages on three female patients.
Nursing
DONALD JOHN ALFF; NORTH COLLINS NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 469214; Cal. No. 32785
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of California, documenting that a patient's wounds had healed when the patient had not been examined.
EMILEE BETH BROADWELL (A/K/A BROADWELL EMILEE B); OVID NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 645928; Cal. No. 32977
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having given her phone number to a patient and having engaged in personal phone conversations of a non-professional nature with the patient.
ANNE MAUDELINE DESTINE (A/K/A DESTENE ANNE MAUDELINE); WESTBURY NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 339848; Cal. No. 33166
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of administering an incorrect dose of insulin to a patient.
DENNY CLAY FARRIS; EDMOND OK
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 520167; Cal. No. 33345
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of California, while restraining a psychiatric patient, placing his hand around said patient's throat.
WENDY J GAGNON; TUPPER LAKE NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 275181; Cal. No. 33298
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having signed fake initials indicating that there was a witness to the destruction of narcotic medication, when in fact, no one ever witnessed the destruction of the narcotic medications.
WENDY JEANNE GAGNON; TUPPER LAKE NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 091523; Cal. No. 33297
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having signed fake initials indicating that there was a witness to the destruction of narcotic medication, when in fact, no one ever witnessed the destruction of the narcotic medications.
RICKELL JALYSSA GORDON (A/K/A GORDON RICKELL J); ROCHESTER NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 682852; Cal. No. 33157
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of not administering intravenous medication as ordered.
DANIELLE RENEE GREEN; BOILING SPRINGS SC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 709449; Cal. No. 33270
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
DANIELLE RENEE GREEN; BERGENFIELD NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 321673; Cal. No. 33271
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.
LOVELY R HENRY (A/K/A MARVILLA LOVELY RAMOS); BERGENFIELD NJ
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 280622; Cal. No. 33262
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having failed to report that a patient fell out of bed and having failed to obtain an assessment of the patient; and having failed to chart the fall of a patient and having failed to chart the administration of Tylenol to the patient.
WAYNE M HINKLEY (A/K/A HINKLEY WAYNE); SLOAN NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 289336; Cal. No. 33291
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Assault in the 3rd Degree, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the 1st Degree, all misdemeanors.
CHRISTA MARIE KELSEY; CANANDAIGUA NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 662743; Cal. No. 33156
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, a misdemeanor.
BRIAN ALAN LANCER; SYRACUSE NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 241999; Cal. No. 32998
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a nurse practitioner in family health, he took medication from the facility's drug supply for his personal use.
BRIAN ALAN LANCER; HILLSBOROUGH NC
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Family Health; Cert. No. 336824; Cal. No. 32999
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a nurse practitioner in family health, he took medication from the facility's drug supply for his personal use.
BRIAN ALAN LANCER; BALDWINSVILLE NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 492570; Cal. No. 32997
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of, while employed and on duty as a nurse practitioner in family health, he took medication from the facility's drug supply for his personal use.
PUANANI EVE MINER; SYRACUSE NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 284123; Cal. No. 33226
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of boundary violations.
SARAH S PARSLEY; MEDFORD NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 298856; Cal. No. 33121
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor, and Driving While Intoxicated, a class E felony.
DENISE PATRIACO; WESTWOOD NJ
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 493266; Cal. No. 33237
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of permitting a registered professional nurse to inject Botox and/or dermal fillers into patients, without a valid order and/or without an adequate examination.
DENISE PATRIACO; WESTWOOD NJ
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Family Health; Cert. No. 332434; Cal. No. 33209
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of permitting a registered professional nurse to inject Botox and/or dermal fillers into patients, without a valid order and/or without an adequate examination.
NICOLE ELIZABETH RICKARDS (A/K/A KOHR NICOLE ELIZABETH, KOHR NICOLE E); NORTH CHILI NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 604865; Cal. No. 33240
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of Illinois, diverting controlled substances for her own personal use.
SHANNON MARIE SALVA; SYRACUSE NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 492732; Cal. No. 31810
Action: Found guilty of violation of probation; Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of violation of probation for violating a term of probation imposed by the Board of Regents requiring that licensee remain drug abuse free and submit quarterly fitness reports.
GRACE SAMUEL; BRONX NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 569997; Cal. No. 33313
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of New Jersey, documenting that a percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy tube was intact in a patient when it had been previously removed.
SHERRY VERNISE SCURRY (A/K/A STOKES SHERRY VERNISE); HUNTINGTON NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 457274; Cal. No. 32640
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing the profession of nursing while the ability to practice is impaired by alcohol.
SHERRY VERNISE SCURRY; HUNTINGTON NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Psychiatry; Cert. No. 401362; Cal. No. 32641
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing the profession of nursing while the ability to practice is impaired by alcohol.
JILL MARIE SMITH; PAINTED POST NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 631155; Cal. No. 32415
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of HIPAA violations.
SHERRY VERNISE STOKES; AMITYVILLE NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 229940; Cal. No. 32639
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing the profession of nursing while the ability to practice is impaired by alcohol.
TODD LOUIS WARREN (A/K/A WARREN TODD L); BATAVIA NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 670968; Cal. No. 33035
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of medication administration errors and documentation errors.
KATIE LYNNE WOJCIK; MAYFIELD NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 733449; Cal. No. 33183
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of giving medication to a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to administer.
Pharmacy
IRA PAUL GROSSER; ROCHESTER NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 042229; Cal. No. 33278
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having dispensed a different drug than the one prescribed; and having failed to properly supervise the technician that input the wrong medication into the computer program and dispensed the wrong medication.