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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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October 2022
Social Work
JAMES BISHOP JR; DALLAS GA
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 099587; Cal. No. 33204
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of violating professional boundaries by entering into a romantic relationship with a female patient.
CYNTHIA FAYE CONSAUL; SCOTTSVILLE NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Lic. No. 047233; Cal. No. 32986
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 having shared fees with a company not legally authorized to provide professional services.
AL DIRSCHBERGER JR; LANCASTER NY
Profession: Licensed Master Social Worker; Lic. No. 063012; Cal. No. 31538
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for having been convicted of Rape in the 3rd Degree, and Criminal Sexual Act in the 3rd Degree, class E felonies.
ALBERT F DIRSCHBERGER JR; LANCASTER NY
Profession: Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Lic. No. 081276; Cal. No. 31539
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for having been convicted of Rape in the 3rd Degree, and Criminal Sexual Act in the 3rd Degree, class E felonies.
Veterinary Medicine
THOMAS PAUL LOPEZ; WELLSVILLE NY
Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 006762; Cal. No. 32990
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of documentation errors; and having failed to affix a protective collar to a canine prior to disconnecting the canine from anesthesia.
September 2022
Acupuncture
KANGMEI PAN; CORONA NY
Profession: Acupuncturist; Lic. No. 000705; Cal. No. 33153
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to maintain any treatment records for a specific patient.
Architecture
JEFFREY COLE; CHARLESTON SC
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 017848; Cal. No. 33123
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 using the exact drawing of another architect, without his permission, to file a plan/work application with the NYC Department of Buildings.
JEFFREY COLE ARCHITECT PC; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 33124
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: $2,500 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of using the exact drawing of another professional service corporation, without its permission, to file a plan/work application with the NYC Department of Buildings.
SHAWN ERIC STILES; WASHINGTON NJ
Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 033652; Cal. No. 33131
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of filing six professionally certified applications with the NYC Department of Buildings that contained violations of the Rules of the City of New York.
Chiropractic
JACOB P LOTURCO; PITTSFORD NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 012063; Cal. No. 30557
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for practicing the profession of chiropractic with negligence on more than one occasion; failing to make available to a patient or client, upon request, copies of documents in the possession or under the control of the licensee which have been prepared for and paid for by the patient or client; and failing to maintain a record for each patient which accurately reflects the evaluation and treatment of the patient.
Dentistry
GERMAN GELB; BROOKLYN NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 045223; Cal. No. 33097
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to address condition of teeth prior to providing a fixed bridge for a patient.
Engineering
PAUL ANTHONEY BAILEY; PELHAM NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 082770; Cal. No. 33203
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to notify the New York City Department of Buildings that the approved Department of Building plans were not being executed and that the excavation support system was inadequate.
BAILEYS ENGINEERING PC; PELHAM, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 33202
Action: Application to surrender certificate of incorporation granted.
Summary: Registrant admitted to the charge of Criminally Negligent Homicide, a felony; and Reckless Endangerment in the 2nd Degree, a misdemeanor.
CHRISTOPHER D MCKEAN; SCOTTSVILLE NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 074726; Cal. No. 33181
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of willful failure to comply with mandatory continuing education requirements.
Mental Health Practitioner
IGOR PREOBRAZHENSKIY; BROOKLYN NY
Profession: Mental Health Counselor; Lic. No. 010415; Cal. No. 33026
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 4 months and until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, on one day, sending a client multiple inappropriate text messages containing personal information that was unrelated to treatment.
Nursing
OLUYEMISI T ADEBAYO; ST ALBANS NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 257923; Cal. No. 32706
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Assault in the 1st Degree, a class C felony.
KRISTINE RENAE BAKER; VALDESE NC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 689664; Cal. No. 33132
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 4 months and until fit to practice, upon return to practice in New York State, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of being found guilty of professional misconduct in North Carolina for using the name of another nurse practitioner to falsify and obtain prescriptions for the controlled substance oxycodone for her own and her spouse's personal use.
KRISTINE RENAE BAKER; VALDESE NC
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Family Health; Cert. No. 339138; Cal. No. 33133
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension for no less than 4 months and until fit to practice, upon return to practice in New York State, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of being found guilty of professional misconduct in North Carolina for using the name of another nurse practitioner to falsify and obtain prescriptions for the controlled substance oxycodone for her own and her spouse's personal use.
XAN CHARLENE BUSCH; MOBILE AL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 539422; Cal. No. 32931
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 did not contest the charge of being habitually drunk or being dependent on, or a habitual user of narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having similar effects, for abusing narcotics in 2008 and 2009 while working as a nurse in the State of Alabama.
HEATHER LEE CATONE; WEBSTER NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 532073; Cal. No. 32419
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 having administered the controlled substance Xanax early to a patient, without physician approval.
KELLY A CHARLEBOIS (A/K/A HAWKES KELLY A); ITHACA NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 267554; Cal. No. 32921
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 having documented that a patient received the COVID vaccine, when in fact, the patient had not received the COVID vaccine.
ANGEL M CLARK (A/K/A YOUNG ANGEL M); WHITEHALL NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 279019; Cal. No. 33096
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Indefinite actual suspension until fit to practice, upon return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of stealing a medication.
KIMBERLY R COOK (A/K/A COOK KIMBERLY); SAINT JOHNSVILLE NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 277762; Cal. No. 32982
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of having been convicted of Hindering Prosecution; and Petit Larceny, class A misdemeanors.
DENISE M DAVIS; MATAMORAS PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 688062; Cal. No. 32626
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of removing a patient from a telemetry monitor without a physician's order to do so and failing to adequately assess, and reassess, said patient during several medical interventions or medication administrations.
DENISE M DAVIS; MATAMORAS PA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 217584; Cal. No. 32625
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year actual suspension, 1 year stayed suspension, upon return to practice in New York State, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of removing a patient from a telemetry monitor without a physician's order to do so and failing to adequately assess, and reassess, said patient during several medical interventions or medication administrations.
TRICIA JOYCE DIONISIO; HANFORD NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 692653; Cal. No. 32803
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 practicing nursing while impaired by sleep deprivation.
MYRA R DUNMORE (A/K/A ROME MYRA G); SEATTLE WA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 278342; Cal. No. 33268
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of Washington, following an unwitnessed fall by a patient, failing to timely notify the physician or said patient's family of the fall.
PATRICIA CAROLYN ELLIOTT; MURFREESBORO TN
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 537464; Cal. No. 33245
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of Tennessee, impermissibly accessing a patient's medical records on three occasions without authorization.
PAMELA GRACE FAULKNER; GREENSBORO NC
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 787848; Cal. No. 33176
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud.
JOHN ROBERT FERRY; CELORON NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 564726; Cal. No. 33120
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 charges of willful failure to comply with substantial provisions of Federal law governing the practice of the profession, specifically, privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)); and with having been convicted of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a misdemeanor.