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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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December 2000
Nursing
LINDA A WIDRIG; ORCHARD PARK, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 121132; Cal. No. 18687
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Partial suspension in certain area until terminated as set forth in consent order application, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of committing medication administration errors.
Pharmacy
PAULA J DECKER (A/K/A VLAHOS PAULA JOHN); ITHACA, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037631; Cal. No. 18734
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 dispensing a medication other than the one prescribed by the physician.
PAULA J DECKER (A/K/A VLAHOS PAULA JOHN); ITHACA, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037631; Cal. No. 18734
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 dispensing a medication other than the one prescribed by the physician.
JEAN MARIE JOSEPH; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029884; Cal. No. 18364
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of dispensing drugs without a prescription, selling misbranded drugs, and failing to place lot numbers on dispensed drugs.
JEAN MARIE JOSEPH; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 029884; Cal. No. 18364
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of dispensing drugs without a prescription, selling misbranded drugs, and failing to place lot numbers on dispensed drugs.
WILLIAM C LE ROY; MALONE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025560; Cal. No. 18737
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having outdated misbranded drugs in stock and estimating the number of pills dispensed.
WILLIAM C LE ROY; MALONE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 025560; Cal. No. 18737
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having outdated misbranded drugs in stock and estimating the number of pills dispensed.
KENNETH H LEE; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 046459; Cal. No. 18808
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to provide adequate supervision of a pharmacy of which he was the supervising pharmacist in that an unlicensed person received an oral prescription from a prescriber, and failing to appropriately note his initials on a prescription and on the daily log for a drug which he dispensed.
KENNETH H LEE; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 046459; Cal. No. 18808
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to provide adequate supervision of a pharmacy of which he was the supervising pharmacist in that an unlicensed person received an oral prescription from a prescriber, and failing to appropriately note his initials on a prescription and on the daily log for a drug which he dispensed.
FRANCES MA LEUNG (A/K/A MA FRANCES); ALBION, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034818; Cal. No. 18675
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions in the First Degree, a class C felony Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony and Welfare Fraud in the Second Degree, a class C Felony.
FRANCES MA LEUNG (A/K/A MA FRANCES); ALBION, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034818; Cal. No. 18675
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct; Penalty: Revocation, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony Criminal Diversion of Prescription Medications and Prescriptions in the First Degree, a class C felony Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, a class C felony and Welfare Fraud in the Second Degree, a class C Felony.
ARNOLD LUBITZ; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028281; Cal. No. 18509
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of aiding and abetting an unlicensed person to dispense drugs and having expired drugs in the pharmacy stock.
ARNOLD LUBITZ; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 028281; Cal. No. 18509
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 24 month suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of aiding and abetting an unlicensed person to dispense drugs and having expired drugs in the pharmacy stock.
NASH PHARMACY INC.; BAYSIDE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 023389; Cal. No. 18940
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of permitting an unlicensed person to dispense medication pursuant to prescriptions and being open for business when it was not under the immediate supervision and management of a licensed pharmacist.
NASH PHARMACY INC.; BAYSIDE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 023389; Cal. No. 18940
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $20,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of permitting an unlicensed person to dispense medication pursuant to prescriptions and being open for business when it was not under the immediate supervision and management of a licensed pharmacist.
CHIHUNG PENG; HOLLIS HILLS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 041794; Cal. No. 18594
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation for last 18 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of dispensing a prescription-required drug without a prescription.
CHIHUNG PENG; HOLLIS HILLS, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 041794; Cal. No. 18594
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation for last 18 months.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of dispensing a prescription-required drug without a prescription.
PEPCO PHARMACY INC.; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019213; Cal. No. 18510
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $3,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of aiding and abetting an unlicensed person to dispense drugs and having expired drugs in the pharmacy stock.
PEPCO PHARMACY INC.; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019213; Cal. No. 18510
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Censure and Reprimand, $3,500 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of aiding and abetting an unlicensed person to dispense drugs and having expired drugs in the pharmacy stock.
GUS JAMES PRODANOVITCH; ALBANY, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024648; Cal. No. 18265
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to maintain a patient profile on each patient conduct a prospective drug review before each prescription was dispensed maintain daily logs complete Drug Enforcement Administration Forms to show the amount of drug products received and dates received report the loss of some controlled drugs and, additionally, licensee maintained a drug cabinet outside of the pharmacy which constitutes unlawfully delegating the duties of a pharmacist.
GUS JAMES PRODANOVITCH; ALBANY, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 024648; Cal. No. 18265
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of failing to maintain a patient profile on each patient conduct a prospective drug review before each prescription was dispensed maintain daily logs complete Drug Enforcement Administration Forms to show the amount of drug products received and dates received report the loss of some controlled drugs and, additionally, licensee maintained a drug cabinet outside of the pharmacy which constitutes unlawfully delegating the duties of a pharmacist.
RITE AID OF NEW YORK, INC.; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 022660; Cal. No. 18809
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: $3,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of permitting an unlicensed person to receive an oral prescription from a prescriber.
RITE AID OF NEW YORK, INC.; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 022660; Cal. No. 18809
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: $3,000 fine.
Summary: Respondent admitted to charge of permitting an unlicensed person to receive an oral prescription from a prescriber.
JAMES MITCHELL SANNES; KENMORE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032135; Cal. No. 18904
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of substituting, without authorization, a drug in the place of a drug specified in a prescription.
JAMES MITCHELL SANNES; KENMORE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 032135; Cal. No. 18904
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of substituting, without authorization, a drug in the place of a drug specified in a prescription.
Psychology
VERA MAJERSKI (A/K/A OLSON VERA ANN); NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 010661; Cal. No. 17855
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 5 years, $15,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain proper boundaries with patients, revealing confidential information about patients, and failing to maintain accurate patient records.
VERA MAJERSKI (A/K/A OLSON VERA ANN); NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 010661; Cal. No. 17855
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: Suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 5 years, $15,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to maintain proper boundaries with patients, revealing confidential information about patients, and failing to maintain accurate patient records.
BARBARA ROSEN; FORT WORTH, TX
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 004092; Cal. No. 18962
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Health Care Fraud, a federal felony.
BARBARA ROSEN; FORT WORTH, TX
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 004092; Cal. No. 18962
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of having been convicted of Health Care Fraud, a federal felony.
Public Accountancy
PAUL ADEST; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 038293; Cal. No. 19018
Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of committing two errors during the course of an audit of financial statements.