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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 2005
Nursing
ELAINE PAKOW (A/K/A AUSTIN ELAINE ANNE, HARRINGTON ELAINE ANNE, MERLINO ELAINE ANNE); STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 402150; Cal. No. 21967
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 24 months suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Welfare Fraud in the 5th Degree, a misdemeanor.
ELAINE PAKOW (A/K/A AUSTIN ELAINE ANNE, HARRINGTON ELAINE ANNE, MERLINO ELAINE ANNE); STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 402150; Cal. No. 21967
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 24 months suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months.
Summary: Licensee was found to be guilty of having been convicted of Welfare Fraud in the 5th Degree, a misdemeanor.
DAVID E RABINOWITZ; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 503243; Cal. No. 20891
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of improperly infusing a Nitroprusside solution into a patient and continuing to improperly infuse this medication in an effort to reverse the decrease of the patient's blood pressure without notifying the patient's medical care team.
DAVID E RABINOWITZ; FAYETTEVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 503243; Cal. No. 20891
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of improperly infusing a Nitroprusside solution into a patient and continuing to improperly infuse this medication in an effort to reverse the decrease of the patient's blood pressure without notifying the patient's medical care team.
VISHNU DYAL RAMDASS; HOLLIS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 175524; Cal. No. 20834 20835
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 12 months stayed suspension, 12 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to maintain a record for a patient which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of the patient.
VISHNU DYAL RAMDASS; HOLLIS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 438619; Cal. No. 20834 20835
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 12 months stayed suspension, 12 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to maintain a record for a patient which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of the patient.
VISHNU DYAL RAMDASS; HOLLIS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 175524; Cal. No. 20834 20835
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 12 months stayed suspension, 12 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to maintain a record for a patient which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of the patient.
VISHNU DYAL RAMDASS; HOLLIS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 438619; Cal. No. 20834 20835
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 12 months stayed suspension, 12 months probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to maintain a record for a patient which accurately reflected the evaluation and treatment of the patient.
PATRICIA ANN SLIWINSKI; GREAT NECK, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 093216; Cal. No. 22157 22158
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 offering to practice the profession of nursing beyond the scope permitted by law.
PATRICIA ANN SLIWINSKI; GREAT NECK, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 093216; Cal. No. 22157 22158
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 offering to practice the profession of nursing beyond the scope permitted by law.
MARY E SMILEY (A/K/A TAYLOR MARY E); PHOENIX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 268575; Cal. No. 22133
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of medication errors and inaccurate record keeping.
MARY E SMILEY (A/K/A TAYLOR MARY E); PHOENIX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 268575; Cal. No. 22133
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of medication errors and inaccurate record keeping.
CHERYAL ANN SPOONEY; HEMPSTEAD, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 486800; Cal. No. 22028
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 month actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension, concurrent 2 year period of probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges that on numerous occasions she failed to administer ordered medication she failed to document the severity of a patient's condition she mislabeled a laboratory specimen and she left a medication cart unattended.
MICHELLE AMATO TALLOS-AMATO (A/K/A TALLOS MICHELLE); FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 502258; Cal. No. 22165
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of starting an intravenous line on and administering intravenous fluids and medications to a nursing colleague in the absence of an order therefore.
MICHELLE AMATO TALLOS-AMATO (A/K/A TALLOS MICHELLE); FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 502258; Cal. No. 22165
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of starting an intravenous line on and administering intravenous fluids and medications to a nursing colleague in the absence of an order therefore.
KATHERINE MARIE TAYLOR; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270300; Cal. No. 22306
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of administering a medication to a patient intravenously, whereas the physician's order directed that it be administered intramuscularly, and of inaccurately charting in the patient's medication administration record that the medication was administered intramuscularly.
KATHERINE MARIE TAYLOR; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 270300; Cal. No. 22306
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of administering a medication to a patient intravenously, whereas the physician's order directed that it be administered intramuscularly, and of inaccurately charting in the patient's medication administration record that the medication was administered intramuscularly.
BRENDAN PATRICK TUNNEY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 222806; Cal. No. 22140
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having committed a medication error.
BRENDAN PATRICK TUNNEY; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 222806; Cal. No. 22140
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having committed a medication error.
Optometry
STEVEN KORNBLATT; EAST NORTHPORT, NY
Profession: Optometrist; Lic. No. 004541; Cal. No. 22221
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of two counts of Forcible Touching, a class A misdemeanor.
STEVEN KORNBLATT; EAST NORTHPORT, NY
Profession: Optometrist; Lic. No. 004541; Cal. No. 22221
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of two counts of Forcible Touching, a class A misdemeanor.
Pharmacy
JOHN ANDREW GRIMALDI;
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037514; Cal. No. 22055
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of one count of Grand Larceny in the 1st Degree and four counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree.
JOHN ANDREW GRIMALDI;
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037514; Cal. No. 22055
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of one count of Grand Larceny in the 1st Degree and four counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1st Degree.
NEWTON E IGBINADUWA; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036673; Cal. No. 22305
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree.
NEWTON E IGBINADUWA; JAMAICA, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036673; Cal. No. 22305
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree.
JENNIFER J KIM; FORT LEE, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 047765; Cal. No. 22135
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of last 15 months of suspension stayed, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of billing for pharmaceutical services that were not rendered.
JENNIFER J KIM; FORT LEE, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 047765; Cal. No. 22135
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of last 15 months of suspension stayed, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of billing for pharmaceutical services that were not rendered.
Podiatry
CHERIE L GALLER; MASPETH, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003734; Cal. No. 20874
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of surgically removing a callus from the finger of a patient and prescribing medication and bras to treat a rash on a patient's breast.
CHERIE L GALLER; MASPETH, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003734; Cal. No. 20874
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of surgically removing a callus from the finger of a patient and prescribing medication and bras to treat a rash on a patient's breast.
Public Accountancy
WILLIAM MICHAEL HOLLAR; LEONIA, NJ
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 063517; Cal. No. 22059
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.