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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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April 1998
Nursing
GLORIA YAW JOAN; HARTFORD, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 461510; Cal. No. 15735 15736
Action: LPN license--2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years RN license--license annulled.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of falsely stating on a delayed registration application that since her last registration no other state had instituted charges against her for professional misconduct or that she had not resigned from a licensed facility to avoid termination due to professional misconduct. Licensee also did not contest a charge of falsely stating on application for licensure that she had never been found guilty of professional misconduct or resigned from a licensed facility to avoid imposition of termination by such facility.
GLORIA YAW JOAN; HARTFORD, CT
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 179764; Cal. No. 15735 15736
Action: LPN license--2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years RN license--license annulled.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of falsely stating on a delayed registration application that since her last registration no other state had instituted charges against her for professional misconduct or that she had not resigned from a licensed facility to avoid termination due to professional misconduct. Licensee also did not contest a charge of falsely stating on application for licensure that she had never been found guilty of professional misconduct or resigned from a licensed facility to avoid imposition of termination by such facility.
GLORIA YAW JOAN; HARTFORD, CT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 461510; Cal. No. 15735 15736
Action: LPN license--2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years RN license--license annulled.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of falsely stating on a delayed registration application that since her last registration no other state had instituted charges against her for professional misconduct or that she had not resigned from a licensed facility to avoid termination due to professional misconduct. Licensee also did not contest a charge of falsely stating on application for licensure that she had never been found guilty of professional misconduct or resigned from a licensed facility to avoid imposition of termination by such facility.
GLORIA YAW JOAN; HARTFORD, CT
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 179764; Cal. No. 15735 15736
Action: LPN license--2 year suspension, execution of last 18 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years RN license--license annulled.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of falsely stating on a delayed registration application that since her last registration no other state had instituted charges against her for professional misconduct or that she had not resigned from a licensed facility to avoid termination due to professional misconduct. Licensee also did not contest a charge of falsely stating on application for licensure that she had never been found guilty of professional misconduct or resigned from a licensed facility to avoid imposition of termination by such facility.
Pharmacy
HOWARD JONATHAN BRASS; NORTH BELLMORE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036458; Cal. No. 17075
Action: $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of dispensing controlled substances before user had exhausted all but a seven day supply and signing daily logs on days when he did not dispense prescriptions.
HOWARD JONATHAN BRASS; NORTH BELLMORE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 036458; Cal. No. 17075
Action: $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of dispensing controlled substances before user had exhausted all but a seven day supply and signing daily logs on days when he did not dispense prescriptions.
E.F.C., INC.; LEVITTOWN, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021384; Cal. No. 17157
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Respondent could not successfully defend against the allegations of dispensing prescription-required controlled substances, Seconal and Fioricet, without prescriptions or other legal authority, and improperly maintaining pharmacy dispensing logs by falsely listing the dispensing pharmacist.
E.F.C., INC.; LEVITTOWN, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021384; Cal. No. 17157
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Respondent could not successfully defend against the allegations of dispensing prescription-required controlled substances, Seconal and Fioricet, without prescriptions or other legal authority, and improperly maintaining pharmacy dispensing logs by falsely listing the dispensing pharmacist.
CHARLES HARTMAN; MERRICK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034766; Cal. No. 17156
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the allegations of dispensing prescription-required controlled substances, Seconal and Fioricet, without prescriptions or other legal authority and improperly maintaining pharmacy dispensing logs by falsely listing the dispensing pharmacist practicing the profession while impaired by drugs and being dependent on or a habitual user of narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having similar effects and in violation of terms of probation imposed by the Board of Regents in an earlier proceeding.
CHARLES HARTMAN; MERRICK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034766; Cal. No. 17156
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against the allegations of dispensing prescription-required controlled substances, Seconal and Fioricet, without prescriptions or other legal authority and improperly maintaining pharmacy dispensing logs by falsely listing the dispensing pharmacist practicing the profession while impaired by drugs and being dependent on or a habitual user of narcotics, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, or other drugs having similar effects and in violation of terms of probation imposed by the Board of Regents in an earlier proceeding.
JEDI PHARMACY, INC.; HICKSVILLE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 015504; Cal. No. 16572
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted to a charge of holding for sale outdated and misbranded non-controlled drugs holding for sale sample drugs failure of dispensing pharmacist to sign daily computerized records of prescriptions failing to conspicuously display the official price poster of drugs and failing to possess the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensing Information.
JEDI PHARMACY, INC.; HICKSVILLE, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 015504; Cal. No. 16572
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted to a charge of holding for sale outdated and misbranded non-controlled drugs holding for sale sample drugs failure of dispensing pharmacist to sign daily computerized records of prescriptions failing to conspicuously display the official price poster of drugs and failing to possess the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensing Information.
L.I.- EZRA APOTHECARY LTD.; CEDARHURST, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019577; Cal. No. 16893
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted a charge of holding misbranded drugs in active inventory.
L.I.- EZRA APOTHECARY LTD.; CEDARHURST, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 019577; Cal. No. 16893
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Retail Pharmacy admitted a charge of holding misbranded drugs in active inventory.
FRANCIS 4TH J MOSHER; SPENCERPORT, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033463; Cal. No. 16799
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of dispensing two medications without a physician's order.
FRANCIS 4TH J MOSHER; SPENCERPORT, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033463; Cal. No. 16799
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of dispensing two medications without a physician's order.
WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHADY; COLTS NECK, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037852; Cal. No. 17106
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of having been convicted of Criminally Negligent Homicide.
WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHADY; COLTS NECK, NJ
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037852; Cal. No. 17106
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of having been convicted of Criminally Negligent Homicide.
ROBERT SCHER; PLAINVIEW, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022259; Cal. No. 17072
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of holding for sale and /or offering for sale misbranded and repacked drugs.
ROBERT SCHER; PLAINVIEW, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 022259; Cal. No. 17072
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of holding for sale and /or offering for sale misbranded and repacked drugs.
CATALDO PETER STASI; HICKSVILLE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 019338; Cal. No. 16573
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of holding for sale outdated and misbranded non-controlled drugs failure of dispensing pharmacist to sign daily computerized records of prescriptions failing to conspicuously display the official price poster of drugs and failing to possess the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensing Information.
CATALDO PETER STASI; HICKSVILLE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 019338; Cal. No. 16573
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of holding for sale outdated and misbranded non-controlled drugs failure of dispensing pharmacist to sign daily computerized records of prescriptions failing to conspicuously display the official price poster of drugs and failing to possess the latest edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia Dispensing Information.
Physical Therapy
ALFRED N ANDERSEN; PLEASANTVILLE, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 001958; Cal. No. 16942
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of having sexual relations with a patient over a period of approximately one and a half years.
ALFRED N ANDERSEN; PLEASANTVILLE, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 001958; Cal. No. 16942
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of having sexual relations with a patient over a period of approximately one and a half years.
Psychology
RAYMOND PAUL LIGHTSTONE; LYNBROOK, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 011169; Cal. No. 16667
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 5 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of having been convicted of Public Lewdness, a Class B Misdemeanor.
RAYMOND PAUL LIGHTSTONE; LYNBROOK, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 011169; Cal. No. 16667
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 5 years, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to a charge of having been convicted of Public Lewdness, a Class B Misdemeanor.
FRANK J VACCARO; PLAINVIEW, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 008483; Cal. No. 17026
Action: 90 day suspension to be served as set forth in consent order application, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of billing for services not provided.
FRANK J VACCARO; PLAINVIEW, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 008483; Cal. No. 17026
Action: 90 day suspension to be served as set forth in consent order application, probation 24 months, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest a charge of billing for services not provided.
Public Accountancy
STEVEN ROBERT GREENWALD; GLENS OAKS, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 043884; Cal. No. 16776
Action: 2 years suspension, probation 4 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree.
STEVEN ROBERT GREENWALD; GLENS OAKS, NY
Profession: Certified Public Accountant; Lic. No. 043884; Cal. No. 16776
Action: 2 years suspension, probation 4 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Seventh Degree.