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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
Nursing
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.
PHARMSCRIPT LLC; VESTAL, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 030935; Cal. No. 32864
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and reprimand, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of failing to maintain repacking records; and violating the rules on assistance by unlicensed people.
Physical Therapy
CARLOS M NEGRON; ASTORIA NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 010400; Cal. No. 33346
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Criminal Sex Act in the 3rd Degree, a class E felony.
Public Accountancy
ALAN H GOLDBERG; MARLBORO NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 033984; Cal. No. 33094
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having failed to adequately document considerations of internal control and planning on audits and having prepared an audit of an investment company with significant deficiencies in financial statement disclosures and documentation; and having prepared an audit of an employee benefit plan and an investment entity with significant deficiencies in financial statement disclosures and documentation.
THOMAS GERARD KOBER; EAST QUOGUE NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 051160; Cal. No. 33147
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failure to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence about whether Issuer A's revenue was properly valued and recorded in the proper period and failure to evaluate whether Issuer A's acquisition of a business was in conformity with generally accepted accounting procedures.
JAMES HOWARD LIGGETT; NEW YORK NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 081585; Cal. No. 33115
Action: Penalty agreed upon: Partial actual suspension in the area of auditing publicly traded companies for no less than 1 year, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence to determine whether a distributor's receivables were properly valued.
CHRISTOPHER LEE STANLEY; BEDFORD NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 090588; Cal. No. 33259
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 months actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of errors committed during the audit of a college.
Social Work
RACHEL ELANA HARLICH; BROOKLYN NY
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 109911; Cal. No. 33084
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of providing social work services to private clients.
ELENA HATZAKOS; PORT WASHINGTON NY
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 091800; Cal. No. 32910
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of submitting a registration certificate to an employer indicating that she was registered to practice in the State of New York as a licensed clinical social worker when she is only licensed to practice in the State of New York as a licensed master social worker, and thereafter identifying herself as a licensed clinical social worker in emails by using the designation "LCSW" after her signature.
KRISTIE LEIGH SCOTT-LEIN (A/K/A SCOTT KRISTIE LEIGH); NORWICH NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Lic. No. 072741; Cal. No. 32723
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and reprimand, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failure to document rationale for attending concerts and social events with a patient.
October 2022
Dentistry
RASHMI PATEL; LYNBROOK NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 050345; Cal. No. 33078
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of performing extensive dental work, in the state of Connecticut, on a medically compromised patient, in a single office visit, without obtaining adequately informed medical releases from patient's physicians.
Engineering
KENNETH C THOMAS II (A/K/A THOMAS KENNETH C); SUFFERN NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 061006; Cal. No. 32431
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 6 months actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of filing eight applications with the New York City Department of Buildings, which contained materially false statements.
Massage Therapy
KEVIN ANTHONY THOMAS; FRESH MEADOWS NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 032238; Cal. No. 33195
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 months actual suspension, 22 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of making inappropriate comments to a patient including some of a sexual nature.
Mental Health Practitioner
HASAN JAFAR RAZEQ; TONAWANDA NY
Profession: Mental Health Counselor; Lic. No. 009217; Cal. No. 33083
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 failing to update parents of a minor patient's treatment on one or more occasions.
Nursing
ROLAND ALEXANDRE; MONROE NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 318152; Cal. No. 32889
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 1 month and until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering four tablets of the controlled drug Phenobarbital to the wrong patient from another patient's prescribed blister pack, and then trying to cover up his medication administration error by placing four tablets of vitamin D in said Phenobarbital blister pack and taping it shut.
ANNA ROSE BARBEDO (A/K/A CLARK ANNA ROSE); YONKERS NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 554053; Cal. No. 33002
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 practicing the profession of nursing while her ability was impaired by fentanyl.
MARIE CLAIRE COLEMAN; LARCHMONT NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 608517; Cal. No. 31352
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor; and Driving While Intoxicated, a class E felony.
MERCEDES MARIE DAVILA; ROCHESTER NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 338291; Cal. No. 33113
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 failed to administer insulin; failed to report blood glucose levels as ordered; and failed to properly transfer care of patient to the oncoming nurse.
JANET M HARDING (A/K/A HARDING JANET MARIE); GLENS FALLS NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 311868; Cal. No. 32951
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of medication administration errors and failure to perform a narcotic count; and violating a term of probation requiring compliance with professional standards of conduct by practicing the profession of nursing with negligence on more than one occasion.