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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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September 2008
Massage Therapy
SOPHIA E LEE; WESTWOOD, NJ
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 016800; Cal. No. 24052
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of permitting a person not licensed or otherwise permitted to practice massage therapy in New York State to perform massage therapy on a client.
SOPHIA E LEE; WESTWOOD, NJ
Profession: Massage Therapist; Lic. No. 016800; Cal. No. 24052
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of permitting a person not licensed or otherwise permitted to practice massage therapy in New York State to perform massage therapy on a client.
Nursing
PHILLIP CLAYTON; ALBANY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 231210; Cal. No. 23808
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Indefinite suspension for no less than 2 years and until substance and alcohol abuse free and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crimes of Imitation of Controlled Substances, a class A misdemeanor, Assault in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree, a class E felony and Attempted False Written Statement, a class B misdemeanor.
PHILLIP CLAYTON; ALBANY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 231210; Cal. No. 23808
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Indefinite suspension for no less than 2 years and until substance and alcohol abuse free and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crimes of Imitation of Controlled Substances, a class A misdemeanor, Assault in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor, Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree, a class E felony and Attempted False Written Statement, a class B misdemeanor.
JANE LACIVITA CLEMENTE (A/K/A CLEMENTE JANE MARY, SKURULSKY JANE M, SKURULSKY JANE); WATERVLIET, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 322035; Cal. No. 24030
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge ofobtaining Oxycodone and Lortab from stock and not recording the administration of said drugs to patients or the destruction of said substance.
JANE LACIVITA CLEMENTE (A/K/A CLEMENTE JANE MARY, SKURULSKY JANE M, SKURULSKY JANE); WATERVLIET, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 322035; Cal. No. 24030
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge ofobtaining Oxycodone and Lortab from stock and not recording the administration of said drugs to patients or the destruction of said substance.
AGNES COHEN; LAKE WORTH, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 230793; Cal. No. 23581
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in New York State, $500 fine payable within 2 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of withdrawing the controlled substance Percocet for administration to patients at times inconsistent with the physicians' orders and failing to document in the patients' records the administration of said Percocet to said patients.
AGNES COHEN; LAKE WORTH, FL
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 230793; Cal. No. 23581
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon return to practice in New York State, $500 fine payable within 2 months.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of withdrawing the controlled substance Percocet for administration to patients at times inconsistent with the physicians' orders and failing to document in the patients' records the administration of said Percocet to said patients.
STELLA ANN COLEY (A/K/A COLEY STELLA A, BALDWIN STELLA ANN); BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 094062; Cal. No. 23961
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Theft of Government Property, a felony.
STELLA ANN COLEY (A/K/A COLEY STELLA A, BALDWIN STELLA ANN); BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 094062; Cal. No. 23961
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Theft of Government Property, a felony.
LISAMARIE CUOMO; FLANDERS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 478609; Cal. No. 23971
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to recognize a patient's serious and worsening condition when said patient vomited 4 times in one day, failing to ensure that said patient received prompt medical attention, and failing to recognize said patient's abnormal breathing sounds.
LISAMARIE CUOMO; FLANDERS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 478609; Cal. No. 23971
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 6 month actual suspension, 18 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to recognize a patient's serious and worsening condition when said patient vomited 4 times in one day, failing to ensure that said patient received prompt medical attention, and failing to recognize said patient's abnormal breathing sounds.
KAREN G FAMULARO; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 477054; Cal. No. 23740
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 noting in the Pyxis machine records that Percocet was withdrawn for specific patients when she did not intend to administer those drugs to those patients.
KAREN G FAMULARO; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 477054; Cal. No. 23740
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 noting in the Pyxis machine records that Percocet was withdrawn for specific patients when she did not intend to administer those drugs to those patients.
ROBIN SACKETT KISNER (A/K/A KISNER ROBIN); PAINTED POST, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 565247; Cal. No. 23120
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for a minimum of 1 month and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice, $1,000 fine payable within 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of diversion of Norco, Nubain, Vicodin, Morphine and Hydrocodone.
ROBIN SACKETT KISNER (A/K/A KISNER ROBIN); PAINTED POST, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 565247; Cal. No. 23120
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension for a minimum of 1 month and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation to commence if and when return to practice, $1,000 fine payable within 3 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of diversion of Norco, Nubain, Vicodin, Morphine and Hydrocodone.
PAUL HENRY LAGREDELLE; QUEENS VILLAGE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 272478; Cal. No. 23839
Action: Application for consent order granted agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Operating a Motor Vehicle while under the Influence of Alcohol.
PAUL HENRY LAGREDELLE; QUEENS VILLAGE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 272478; Cal. No. 23839
Action: Application for consent order granted agreed upon 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Operating a Motor Vehicle while under the Influence of Alcohol.
ERIC J LAUGHLIN; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 559422; Cal. No. 23915
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Attempted Dissemination of Indecent Material to a Minor in the 2nd Degree.
ERIC J LAUGHLIN; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 559422; Cal. No. 23915
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 3 years to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of the crime of Attempted Dissemination of Indecent Material to a Minor in the 2nd Degree.
ELAINE LEBRON; RIVERHEAD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273766; Cal. No. 23709
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successfully participate in program and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class C felony, and Identity Theft in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
ELAINE LEBRON; RIVERHEAD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273766; Cal. No. 23709
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Indefinite actual suspension until successfully participate in program and until fit to practice, upon termination of suspension 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd Degree, a class C felony, and Identity Theft in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
SUSAN PATRICIA MAZUR-CAHILL; CENTER MORICHES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270509; Cal. No. 23944
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 Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
SUSAN PATRICIA MAZUR-CAHILL; CENTER MORICHES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270509; Cal. No. 23944
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 Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
JUDITH M MISKOVITZ; HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 309972; Cal. No. 23527
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to follow hospital protocol and have a second nurse check the medication before said medication was administered.
JUDITH M MISKOVITZ; HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 309972; Cal. No. 23527
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to follow hospital protocol and have a second nurse check the medication before said medication was administered.
DANIEL JOSEPH MONROE; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 523586; Cal. No. 22674
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that he provided nursing home care for a patient while his ability to practice was impaired by a mental disability.
DANIEL JOSEPH MONROE; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 523586; Cal. No. 22674
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge that he provided nursing home care for a patient while his ability to practice was impaired by a mental disability.
BETH M MORAN (A/K/A MORAN BETH, MORAN LESNIAK ELIZABETH ANNE, MORAN LEONIAK ELIZABETH ANN, MORAN ELIZABETH M); SAG HARBOR, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Women's Health; Cert. No. 420030; Cal. No. 23962
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of erroneously charting the frequency of the administration of a non-controlled medication on a medication administration record.
BETH M MORAN (A/K/A MORAN BETH, MORAN LESNIAK ELIZABETH ANNE, MORAN LEONIAK ELIZABETH ANN, MORAN ELIZABETH M); SAG HARBOR, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Women's Health; Cert. No. 420030; Cal. No. 23962
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 month stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of erroneously charting the frequency of the administration of a non-controlled medication on a medication administration record.