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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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ISLIP TERRACE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Cal. No. 23838
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
Acupuncture
BOOTH CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE PLLC; REGO PARK, NY
Profession: Professional Service Limited Liability Company; Cal. No. 23773
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Enterprise Corruption, a class B felony.
BOOTH CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE PLLC; REGO PARK, NY
Profession: Professional Service Limited Liability Company; Cal. No. 23773
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Enterprise Corruption, a class B felony.
Chiropractic
BOOTH CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE PLLC; REGO PARK, NY
Profession: Professional Service Limited Liability Company; Cal. No. 23773
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Enterprise Corruption, a class B felony.
BOOTH CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE PLLC; REGO PARK, NY
Profession: Professional Service Limited Liability Company; Cal. No. 23773
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Enterprise Corruption, a class B felony.
DMITRY DAVYDOV; LITTLE NECK, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 009388; Cal. No. 23588
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Attempted Enterprise Corruption, a class C felony.
DMITRY DAVYDOV; LITTLE NECK, NY
Profession: Chiropractor; Lic. No. 009388; Cal. No. 23588
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Attempted Enterprise Corruption, a class C felony.
Dentistry
ADVANCED DENTISTRY DENTAL OFFICE PC; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 23885
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent could not successfully defend against the charge of insertion of posts which were too short in two teeth of a patient.
ADVANCED DENTISTRY DENTAL OFFICE PC; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 23885
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent could not successfully defend against the charge of insertion of posts which were too short in two teeth of a patient.
NODARI DAVITIASHVILI; FOREST HILLS, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 048309; Cal. No. 24069
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year actual suspension, 2 year stayed suspension, 3 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of willfully making a false report.
NODARI DAVITIASHVILI; FOREST HILLS, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 048309; Cal. No. 24069
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year actual suspension, 2 year stayed suspension, 3 years probation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of willfully making a false report.
LORRAINE ANN HERRMANN; FREEPORT, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 043015; Cal. No. 23727
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty No further action.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor.
LORRAINE ANN HERRMANN; FREEPORT, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 043015; Cal. No. 23727
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty No further action.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor.
TAMARA LIKHOLETOVA; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046781; Cal. No. 23884
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the charge of insertion of posts which were too short in two teeth of a patient.
TAMARA LIKHOLETOVA; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 046781; Cal. No. 23884
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, 1 year probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the charge of insertion of posts which were too short in two teeth of a patient.
NORA B TULIAO; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042482; Cal. No. 24018
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 issuing a prescription for Prozac 20 mg. and Celexa 20 mg. to a patient, although the prescription was unrelated to any dental condition.
NORA B TULIAO; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 042482; Cal. No. 24018
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 issuing a prescription for Prozac 20 mg. and Celexa 20 mg. to a patient, although the prescription was unrelated to any dental condition.
Engineering
JOSE DAVID VARGAS; RIVERDALE, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 056795; Cal. No. 24039
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $3,600 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of preparing, signing and sealing plans and New York City Department of Buildings forms purporting to legalize a residential dwelling located in the cellar of a building, in violation of New York City laws and Building Code provisions prohibiting residential dwellings in the cellar of a building.
JOSE DAVID VARGAS; RIVERDALE, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 056795; Cal. No. 24039
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 24 months probation, $3,600 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of preparing, signing and sealing plans and New York City Department of Buildings forms purporting to legalize a residential dwelling located in the cellar of a building, in violation of New York City laws and Building Code provisions prohibiting residential dwellings in the cellar of a building.
Massage Therapy
DEPECHE REIS CASSEA; EAST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 014626; Cal. No. 24103
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of 5 counts of Attempted Forcible Touching, a class B misdemeanor.
DEPECHE REIS CASSEA; EAST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 014626; Cal. No. 24103
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of 5 counts of Attempted Forcible Touching, a class B misdemeanor.
SUSAN J PATASHNY (A/K/A PATASHNY-QUINN SUSAN JILL); LONG BEACH, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 002910; Cal. No. 24038
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of one count of Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree, a class E felony.
SUSAN J PATASHNY (A/K/A PATASHNY-QUINN SUSAN JILL); LONG BEACH, NY
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 002910; Cal. No. 24038
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of one count of Falsifying Business Records in the 1st Degree, a class E felony.
Nursing
SUZANNE T ALLY (A/K/A CARABBA SUZANNE T); QUEENS VILLAGE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 377174; Cal. No. 23483 23484
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of 1 count of Attempted Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class C felony, and 2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
SUZANNE T ALLY (A/K/A CARABBA SUZANNE T); QUEENS VILLAGE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 377174; Cal. No. 23483 23484
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of 1 count of Attempted Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class C felony, and 2 counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
MARILOU RELANO ANOBAS; ROSEDALE, MD
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 458102; Cal. No. 23979
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, if and when return to practice in New York State 1 year probation, $1,000 fine payable within 90 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of willfully making a false report in that, to reconcile a hospital narcotics count, she recorded on a hospital narcotics administration log the withdrawal of a dose of morphine sulfate for a patient by a fellow nurse, when she did not know that that dose, in fact, had been withdrawn and she was not authorized to make that entry for the other nurse.
MARILOU RELANO ANOBAS; ROSEDALE, MD
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 458102; Cal. No. 23979
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, if and when return to practice in New York State 1 year probation, $1,000 fine payable within 90 days.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of willfully making a false report in that, to reconcile a hospital narcotics count, she recorded on a hospital narcotics administration log the withdrawal of a dose of morphine sulfate for a patient by a fellow nurse, when she did not know that that dose, in fact, had been withdrawn and she was not authorized to make that entry for the other nurse.
JULIE A BARAN; GLEN SPEY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 516034; Cal. No. 24005
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of giving a colleague an injection of Vitamin K when she was not a member of a profession authorized to prescribe medications and said administration was not prescribed or otherwise authorized by a physician or other professional legally entitled to do so.
JULIE A BARAN; GLEN SPEY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 516034; Cal. No. 24005
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of giving a colleague an injection of Vitamin K when she was not a member of a profession authorized to prescribe medications and said administration was not prescribed or otherwise authorized by a physician or other professional legally entitled to do so.
WENDY F BHARRATT; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 239426; Cal. No. 24013
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing several medication administration errors and failing to perform an ordered glucose finger stick on a patient.