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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.


Information on pre-1994 Regents Actions is available by phone: 518-474-3817, ext. 330; fax: 518-473-0578; e-mail: dplsdsu@nysed.gov, or by writing to the Office of the Professions.


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June 1997

Dentistry

MARK MERGLER DDS PC; NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 16606

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: $500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of making errors on insurance claims.

HOWARD B MARSHALL; NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 023288; Cal. No. 14736

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of wrongfully using the title "specialist in implant dentistry."

MARK J MERGLER; AND LONG ISLAND CITY, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 033031; Cal. No. 16605

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: $500 fine, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of errors on insurance claims.

DAVID MOLHO; NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 024118; Cal. No. 16533

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Suspension until served at least 3 months of suspension and until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 3 years, $10,000 fine, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of the crime of Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.

Nursing

BONITA M CALDWELL (A/K/A TRIPP BONITA MARIE); ITHACA, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 256021; Cal. No. 16404

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 month suspension - following the period of suspension, probation 3 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted of Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree, a Class Misdemeanor on each occasion.

SHARON L CARLSON (A/K/A JUBREY SHARON LYNN); EAST GREENBUSH, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 434844; Cal. No. 16729

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 6 month suspension - upon service of suspension, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree, a class E felony.

DAWN A DEFOREST; MT. UPTON, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 227862; Cal. No. 16664

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of physical abuse of a patient.

ALICIA ASUNCION R FLORENDO; JERSEY CITY, NJ

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 170022; Cal. No. 15547 369302 15548

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to use an infusion pump when administering an intravenous solution to a premature infant and failing to properly monitor the rate of infusion.

D G GRENDA (A/K/A GRENDA GREGG D); GRAND ISLAND, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 375744; Cal. No. 16155

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to use proper care in transporting a patient to her room which caused the patient to suffer physical injury.

CHARLES JOSEPH HARTZ; MALONE, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 232502; Cal. No. 16510 16511

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of a transcription error and failure to properly assess a patient.

CHARLES JOSEPH HARTZ; MALONE, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 466060; Cal. No. 16510 16511

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of a transcription error and failure to properly assess a patient.

ROSALINA EUGENIO JABON; LARGO, FL

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 214102; Cal. No. 16558 16559

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of transfusing a third unit of blood into a patient when the physician's order called for only two units of blood to be transfused into the patient.

ROSALINA EUGENIO JABON; LARGO, FL

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 435376; Cal. No. 16558 16559

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of last 23 months of suspension stayed, probation 24 months, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of transfusing a third unit of blood into a patient when the physician's order called for only two units of blood to be transfused into the patient.

DIANNA LYNN NARBON (A/K/A CHARO DIANNA LYNN); BALLSTON SPA, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 227676; Cal. No. 16011

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing eleven medication administration and documentation errors.

PATRICK JOSEPH REILLY; ROCK TAVERN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 446582; Cal. No. 16218

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Indefinite suspension until terminated as set forth in consent order application - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted of Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor.

LINDA E RIZZO (A/K/A SUCHADOLA LINDA E); LEVITTOWN, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 183128; Cal. No. 16663

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence upon return to practice, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny.

CAROLINE G SALTSMAN (A/K/A HAVENS CAROLINE); HAMMONDSPORT, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 464949; Cal. No. 16567

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of failing to properly chart the administration of the controlled substance Demorol and the non-controlled habit forming substance Nubain.

SHERIL ALTHEA SCARLETT; MT. VERNON, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 212035; Cal. No. 16690

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 3 month suspension - upon service of suspension, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits to allegations that she failed to file a report concerning an act of patient neglect and made false entries in the business records of Hebrew Hospital Home in September, 1994, to wit she failed to report that a patient had fallen from a hoyerlift and she represented that she was present during the transfer of a patient from a chair to a bed and that she has assisted in the transfer when she had not.

SHEILA M SEXTON; VERONA, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 099419; Cal. No. 16236

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing medication errors/omissions.

ILENE SPIELMAN (A/K/A KLAJER ILENE, KLAJER ILENE DORI); BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 437752; Cal. No. 16687

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of diverting Restoril from the hospital where she was employed.

AMELIA ZEIGERMAN; SCHENECTADY, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 396829; Cal. No. 16615

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of being a habitual user of heroin from on or about 1994 to on or about early, 1996.

ADLAIN ZINTEL; MARYLAND, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 164395; Cal. No. 16596

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of medication administration and documentation errors.

Occupational Therapy

MARGARET A GIOIA (A/K/A ADAMCZAK MARGARET JOANN); 112 ALBERTSON, NY

Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 003469; Cal. No. 16534

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of Attempted Petit Larceny

SARAH KATES NOSEL-KATES (A/K/A KATES SARAH NOSEL); NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 003410; Cal. No. 16639

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree (17 counts) and Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (19 Counts).

Pharmacy

SYED R ABBAS; PLAINVIEW, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031156; Cal. No. 15892

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing a controlled substance without a prescription.

NICHOLAS GEORGE ATHANAS; JAMESVILLE, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026093; Cal. No. 16455

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension to be terminated earlier if and when certain terms of consent order application are satisfied, $1,500 fine, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of committing five (5) dispensing errors and handing two (2) dispensed medications to the wrong patient.

E.F.C., INC.; LEVITTOWN, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021384; Cal. No. 16589

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing prescription-required drugs not on the basis of prescriptions or other legal authority.

E.F.C., INC.; LEVITTOWN, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 021384; Cal. No. 16589

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of dispensing prescription-required drugs not on the basis of prescriptions or other legal authority.

BURTON ETTINGER; JERICHO, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 021379; Cal. No. 16624

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $3,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of violations found during a pharmacy inspection.

ETTINGER, BURTON; GARDEN CITY, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 010309; Cal. No. 16625

Regents Action Date: June 12, 1997
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admits charges of violations found during a pharmacy inspection.