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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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March 1999
Nursing
CHERYLE LEE CORNAIRE (A/K/A SPRAGUE CHERYLE L, LARKIN CHERYLE LEE); WATERTOWN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 211538; Cal. No. 17656
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, failing to properly administer medications to patients and/or failing to document said administrations, and having been found in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law by diverting the controlled substance Demerol for self-administration.
CHERYLE LEE CORNAIRE (A/K/A SPRAGUE CHERYLE L, LARKIN CHERYLE LEE); WATERTOWN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 211538; Cal. No. 17656
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of being convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, failing to properly administer medications to patients and/or failing to document said administrations, and having been found in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law by diverting the controlled substance Demerol for self-administration.
WILLIAM COX ROBERT; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 216459; Cal. No. 16471
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 making numerous medication administration errors and prescribing medications without authorization.
RANDON FAY AMY; OLEAN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 389554; Cal. No. 17447
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to administer medication in accordance with physicians' orders on four occasions.
RANDON FAY AMY; OLEAN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 389554; Cal. No. 17447
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of failing to administer medication in accordance with physicians' orders on four occasions.
LORRAINE J FREIBERG; STONY POINT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 486321; Cal. No. 17614
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of administering a medication via the incorrect route, mislabeling the medication, administering the incorrect medication to a patient and failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
LORRAINE J FREIBERG; STONY POINT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 486321; Cal. No. 17614
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of administering a medication via the incorrect route, mislabeling the medication, administering the incorrect medication to a patient and failing to maintain an accurate patient record.
SALY GEORGE; BELLEROSE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 429736; Cal. No. 17645 17643
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 failing to notice that the wrong pain medication was infusing into patient.
SALY GEORGE; BELLEROSE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 199018; Cal. No. 17645 17643
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 failing to notice that the wrong pain medication was infusing into patient.
SALY GEORGE; BELLEROSE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 429736; Cal. No. 17645 17643
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 failing to notice that the wrong pain medication was infusing into patient.
SALY GEORGE; BELLEROSE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 199018; Cal. No. 17645 17643
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 failing to notice that the wrong pain medication was infusing into patient.
GERALD SCOTT LENAHAN; PEEKSKILL AND BEACON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 232718; Cal. No. 16849
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of committing several acts of theft from patients at his employer's place of business and from his employer.
GERALD SCOTT LENAHAN; PEEKSKILL AND BEACON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 232718; Cal. No. 16849
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of committing several acts of theft from patients at his employer's place of business and from his employer.
MICHELE ROACH MAHAN-ROACH (A/K/A MAHAN MICHELE T); ROCKY POINT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 385720; Cal. No. 17721
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of recording in patients records that double doses of patients' ordered Demerol were administered while she had administered the ordered amount and kept the excess for her own use.
MICHELE ROACH MAHAN-ROACH (A/K/A MAHAN MICHELE T); ROCKY POINT, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 385720; Cal. No. 17721
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years to commence if and when return to practice, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of recording in patients records that double doses of patients' ordered Demerol were administered while she had administered the ordered amount and kept the excess for her own use.
CHARLES A MARLOW; NORTH MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 340561; Cal. No. 17732 17733
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of the crime Driving While Intoxicated.
CHARLES A MARLOW; NORTH MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 150619; Cal. No. 17732 17733
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of the crime Driving While Intoxicated.
CHARLES A MARLOW; NORTH MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 340561; Cal. No. 17732 17733
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of the crime Driving While Intoxicated.
CHARLES A MARLOW; NORTH MASSAPEQUA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 150619; Cal. No. 17732 17733
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to having been convicted of the crime Driving While Intoxicated.
EDWARD J MCKENNA; ISLIP, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 446099; Cal. No. 17684
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of willfully physically abusing a psychiatric patient by pushing an unlit cigarette into the patient's face.
EDWARD J MCKENNA; ISLIP, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 446099; Cal. No. 17684
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of willfully physically abusing a psychiatric patient by pushing an unlit cigarette into the patient's face.
RAYMOND MONROE; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 167065; Cal. No. 17575
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 obtaining a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse fraudulently, being convicted of two counts of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree, Unauthorized use of a Motor Vehicle in the Third Degree, and Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs.
RAYMOND MONROE; BRONX, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 167065; Cal. No. 17575
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 obtaining a license to practice as a licensed practical nurse fraudulently, being convicted of two counts of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree, Unauthorized use of a Motor Vehicle in the Third Degree, and Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs.
HEATHER JILSON MOORE; ELMIRA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 458581; Cal. No. 17795
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to perform medical tests but indicating in medical administration documents that they were performed, failing to disclose to employer that her license to practice her profession was on probation, and for submitting false documents to the Department in connection with a previously imposed term of probation.
HEATHER JILSON MOORE; ELMIRA, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 458581; Cal. No. 17795
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to perform medical tests but indicating in medical administration documents that they were performed, failing to disclose to employer that her license to practice her profession was on probation, and for submitting false documents to the Department in connection with a previously imposed term of probation.
ELLEN MOSELEY; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 315083; Cal. No. 17666 17667
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, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of charting that Flagyl had been administered to a patient by herself and other nurses when she knew that the drug had not been administered.
ELLEN MOSELEY; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 315083; Cal. No. 17666 17667
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, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of charting that Flagyl had been administered to a patient by herself and other nurses when she knew that the drug had not been administered.
ELLEN M MOSELEY; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 115324; Cal. No. 17666 17667
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, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of charting that Flagyl had been administered to a patient by herself and other nurses when she knew that the drug had not been administered.
ELLEN M MOSELEY; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 115324; Cal. No. 17666 17667
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, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charge of charting that Flagyl had been administered to a patient by herself and other nurses when she knew that the drug had not been administered.
MARIE MAGALI PLANCHUELO (A/K/A PLANCHUELO MARIE MAGALIE); FOREST HILLS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 202839; Cal. No. 17611 17612
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $750 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of signing a transfusion administration record to indicate that she had made all required identification checks between the intended recipient of a blood transfusion and the blood product label when she had not, and commencing the transfusion without having made all required identification checks.