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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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May 2022
Dentistry
CHRISTINE MARTHA DURSUNIAN;
Profession: Dental Hygienist; Lic. No. 027484; Cal. No. 32588
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of practicing as a dental hygienist while not registered to practice as a dental hygienist in this state.
THOMAS J FALLON (A/K/A FALLON THOMAS JAMES); LIVERPOOL NY
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 032133; Cal. No. 32919
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to have a completed consent form and a documented treatment plan for the placement of an abutment.
THOMAS J FALLON; LIVERPOOL NY
Profession: Dental General Anesthesia; Lic. No. 000170; Cal. No. 32920
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to have a completed consent form and a documented treatment plan for the placement of an abutment.
TIBERIU VALENTIN SFINTESCU;
Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041670; Cal. No. 33003
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of attempting to touch both bare breasts of a female patient; and having been convicted of Attempted Forcible Touching, a misdemeanor.
Engineering
KATIA DUQUE;
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 071488; Cal. No. 32832
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of receiving fees from a third party in connection with the performance of engineering services.
Nursing
RONALD RAY BIRD; APISON TN
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 525174; Cal. No. 33024
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of forging an advanced cardiovascular life support certification for filing, in the State of Tennessee.
ALEIGHA L CLENDENING;
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 323004; Cal. No. 32917
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 Promoting Prison Contraband in the 2nd Degree.
EBONY CHARELLE CLOSURE (A/K/A CLOSURE EBONY C);
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 333726; Cal. No. 32935
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 administering medication to the incorrect resident and failing to notify a supervisor.
ALLISON NICOLE ERIKSEN; BRIDGEPORT NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 667154; Cal. No. 32881
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of in the State of California, diverting the controlled substance fentanyl from a patient.
MARY KATHERINE GANEY (A/K/A GANEY MARY);
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 725608; Cal. No. 32752
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of withdrawing controlled substances without documenting administration or waste.
ELLEN JEAN GEIGER (A/K/A ROTH ELLEN JEAN); GOWANDA NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 257423; Cal. No. 31624
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for practicing the profession of nursing with negligence on more than one occasion.
ELLEN JEAN GEIGER (A/K/A ROTH ELLEN JEAN, ROTH ELLEN J); HAMBURG NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 549659; Cal. No. 31625
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of professional misconduct for practicing the profession of nursing with negligence on more than one occasion.
JUDITH LEE GERFIN; YARMOUTH ME
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 434843; Cal. No. 33023
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing as a registered professional nurse while impaired by alcohol, in the State of Maine.
STACEY MARIE HAZZARD;
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273803; Cal. No. 32863
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 failing to timely pay a $250 fine, failing to complete continuing education coursework in ethics, and failing to submit quarterly update reports to the Department, as was required pursuant to Order No. 31536.
NICOLE ANN HUBER;
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 318249; Cal. No. 32896
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 been convicted of Attempted Burglary in the 2nd Degree, a class D felony.
BRITTANI LYNNE JOHNSON (A/K/A JOHNSON BRITTANI); FARMINGTON NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 316584; Cal. No. 32907
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 4 months actual suspension, 20 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to have a registered professional nurse assess a patient and failing to administer medications as directed; and probation term violations.
ASHLEY NICHOLE JONES;
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 333912; Cal. No. 32797
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering a non-controlled medication to a resident without a physician's order.
REGINA KIRISITS (A/K/A WASIELEWSKI REGINA LOUISE);
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 480457; Cal. No. 32957
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 while her license was suspended.
KELLY ANN LAYLAND; ROCHESTER NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 514372; Cal. No. 32884
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to comply with the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
CARL JAMES MILLER; STILLWATER NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 287378; Cal. No. 32916
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 Attempted Patronizing a Person for Prostitution in the 3rd Degree, a class B misdemeanor.
SABRINA MARIE MORALES (A/K/A MORALES SABRINA M); SHIRLEY NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 287763; Cal. No. 32928
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 months actual suspension, 22 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated with a Child, a class E felony; and Driving While Intoxicated, a class D felony.
KELLY ANN MOTT; ROCHESTER NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 232806; Cal. No. 32885
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to comply with the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
PETER S NOVELLINO; FARMINGDALE NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 293492; Cal. No. 32880
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 failing to timely pay a $250 fine, failing to submit himself for monitoring regarding the use of drugs and alcohol, failing to complete continuing education coursework in ethics, and failing to submit quarterly update reports to the Department, as was required pursuant to Order No. 30925.
STEPHEN G OGNIBENE;
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 520179; Cal. No. 32895
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 failing to perform a nursing assessment before medication administration; failing to address a patient's low oxygen level; and failing to perform oral care on a patient.
PAULA R REESE (A/K/A ANTHONY PAULA R, DUSO PAULA R); WATERTOWN NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 620607; Cal. No. 32264
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 failing to follow physicians' orders.
NICOLE L ROBERTS;
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273017; Cal. No. 32947
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 Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor; and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a class A misdemeanor.
JAMES FRANCIS ROGAN; CORPUS CHRISTI TX
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 367623; Cal. No. 33016
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of using unsafe handling and improper transfer and repositioning technique when transferring a patient to and from the bathtub, in the State of Texas.
NANCY L SALZMAN; CLIFTON PARK NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 362518; Cal. No. 32934
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy, a felony.
REED J TRAMPOSCH; SOUND BEACH NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 484055; Cal. No. 32774
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to notify his supervisors as to why only half of the ordered dose of medication for a patient was administered and failing to document the reasoning for this action; and failing to document a patient assessment.
REED J TRAMPOSCH; SOUND BEACH NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 233278; Cal. No. 32802
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to notify his supervisors as to why only half of the ordered dose of medication for a patient was administered and failing to document the reasoning for this action; and failing to document a patient assessment.