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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.
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February 2002
Nursing
MARGUERITE CLAIRE FAXON; WADING RIVER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 207551; Cal. No. 19657 19658
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of violating terms of probation in failing to submit to drug screening reports and failing to complete twenty-five (25) hours of public service.
MARGUERITE CLAIRE FAXON; WADING RIVER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 207551; Cal. No. 19657 19658
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of violating terms of probation in failing to submit to drug screening reports and failing to complete twenty-five (25) hours of public service.
MARGUERITE CLAIRE FAXON; WADING RIVER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 425028; Cal. No. 19657 19658
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of violating terms of probation in failing to submit to drug screening reports and failing to complete twenty-five (25) hours of public service.
DADEREA TEHAIRE FORREST; BRONX, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 484835; Cal. No. 19612
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of committing an act of neglect of a person receiving care or services in a residential health care facility, in that in carrying out a physician's order to apply a warm compress, she applied a plastic leg bottle filled with hot tap water wrapped in a towel to an elderly resident's left buttock area, instead of applying warm gauze squares as required by facility policy.
DADEREA TEHAIRE FORREST; BRONX, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 484835; Cal. No. 19612
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of committing an act of neglect of a person receiving care or services in a residential health care facility, in that in carrying out a physician's order to apply a warm compress, she applied a plastic leg bottle filled with hot tap water wrapped in a towel to an elderly resident's left buttock area, instead of applying warm gauze squares as required by facility policy.
TAMI LOUISE FOWLER; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 228045; Cal. No. 19187
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Issuing a Bad Check, a misdemeanor.
TAMI LOUISE FOWLER; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 228045; Cal. No. 19187
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Issuing a Bad Check, a misdemeanor.
JEAN M FULTZ; OSWEGO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 238798; Cal. No. 19554
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension for 2 years with leave to apply, after 1 year of suspension, for a stay of execution of any unserved portion of suspension as set forth in consent order application - upon service of 2 year suspension, or upon stay of execution of any unserved portion of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to properly transcribe medication orders and failing to properly document the results of blood gas tests and PPD screenings.
JEAN M FULTZ; OSWEGO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 238798; Cal. No. 19554
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension for 2 years with leave to apply, after 1 year of suspension, for a stay of execution of any unserved portion of suspension as set forth in consent order application - upon service of 2 year suspension, or upon stay of execution of any unserved portion of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to properly transcribe medication orders and failing to properly document the results of blood gas tests and PPD screenings.
DONNA LENTINI M GERST-LENTINI (A/K/A GERST DONNA MARIE); BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 477928; Cal. No. 19713
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to make all home care visits as recorded in patient records, and failure to maintain accurate patient records.
DONNA LENTINI M GERST-LENTINI (A/K/A GERST DONNA MARIE); BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 477928; Cal. No. 19713
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to make all home care visits as recorded in patient records, and failure to maintain accurate patient records.
GERRY LOUIS GONSER; MARCY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 496754; Cal. No. 18990
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 30 day suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of establishing an inappropriate personal relationship with a patient.
GERRY LOUIS GONSER; MARCY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 496754; Cal. No. 18990
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 30 day suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of establishing an inappropriate personal relationship with a patient.
ROBERT HOWARD JEFFERSON; PLATTSBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 445315; Cal. No. 19718
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated Per Se as a class E felony.
ROBERT HOWARD JEFFERSON; PLATTSBURGH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 445315; Cal. No. 19718
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated Per Se as a class E felony.
DUNBAR C JOHN; PEEKSKILL, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 153483; Cal. No. 19613
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of administering an additional dose of a medication and failing, on ten occasions, to chart that he administered medication to a patient.
DUNBAR C JOHN; PEEKSKILL, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 153483; Cal. No. 19613
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of administering an additional dose of a medication and failing, on ten occasions, to chart that he administered medication to a patient.
SHIRLEY LEE; VALLEY STREAM, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 162758; Cal. No. 19254 19255
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
SHIRLEY LEE; VALLEY STREAM, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 162758; Cal. No. 19254 19255
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
SHIRLEY ANN LEE-PEREZ (A/K/A LEE SHIRLEY A); VALLEY STREAM, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 365277; Cal. No. 19254 19255
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
SHIRLEY ANN LEE-PEREZ (A/K/A LEE SHIRLEY A); VALLEY STREAM, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 365277; Cal. No. 19254 19255
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
LORNA ROSE LINDO; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 235893; Cal. No. 19707 19708
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension for no less than 3 months and until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of injecting a patient with a sterile saline solution when said patient required no injection at all.
LORNA ROSE LINDO; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 235893; Cal. No. 19707 19708
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension for no less than 3 months and until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of injecting a patient with a sterile saline solution when said patient required no injection at all.
LORNA ROSE LINDO; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 466880; Cal. No. 19707 19708
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension for no less than 3 months and until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of injecting a patient with a sterile saline solution when said patient required no injection at all.
GINETTE MACHARIE; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 206595; Cal. No. 19611
Action: Application for consent order granted penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of the last 21 months stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely indicating on my application for licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing Degree.
GINETTE MACHARIE; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 206595; Cal. No. 19611
Action: Application for consent order granted penalty agreed upon 24 month suspension, execution of the last 21 months stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of falsely indicating on my application for licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of New York that she had received an Associate Nursing Degree.
DONNA H MALONEY (A/K/A HAMPTON DONNA JEAN); WEST SENECA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 329519; Cal. No. 19550
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension, for a minimum period of 1 year, and until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of over a period of one month diverting the narcotic Demerol from the Pyxis machine for her personal use on at least two occasions, while dependent on said drug, and charting in some patient records that she had administered the medication to the patients, when in fact she had not so administered, in order to hide her diversion of the narcotic.
DONNA H MALONEY (A/K/A HAMPTON DONNA JEAN); WEST SENECA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 329519; Cal. No. 19550
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Suspension, for a minimum period of 1 year, and until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of over a period of one month diverting the narcotic Demerol from the Pyxis machine for her personal use on at least two occasions, while dependent on said drug, and charting in some patient records that she had administered the medication to the patients, when in fact she had not so administered, in order to hide her diversion of the narcotic.
CHRISTINE BEATRICE MARCHENA (A/K/A PIERCE CHRISTINE BEATRICE); MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 219170; Cal. No. 19432
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of last 22 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the charge of failure to administer medications to five patients.
CHRISTINE BEATRICE MARCHENA (A/K/A PIERCE CHRISTINE BEATRICE); MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 219170; Cal. No. 19432
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of last 22 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the charge of failure to administer medications to five patients.