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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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September 1995
Nursing
SANDRA CRAMER (A/K/A CRAMER SANDRA E B, ALDRICH SANDRA EILEEN BERNADETTE); WHITESVILLE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 374807; Cal. No. 15527 15528
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing medication administration and documentation errors.
JANICE R DICK; JACKSONVILLE, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 140805; Cal. No. 15637
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against charges of illegally obtaining a controlled substance by misappropriating a prescription blank and forging a physician's signature.
PATRICIA H FISK; BENNINGTON, VT
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 337309; Cal. No. 15493
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of, on five different days, signing the name of a co-worker as having witnessed the wastage of controlled substances, when in fact, the co-worker had not witnessed the wastage.
ANDREA ELLEN GARCIA; SCOTIA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 191380; Cal. No. 14755
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of obtaining a license fraudulently and having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified Misdemeanor.
JUDITH A GESSNER; LACKAWANNA, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 181819; Cal. No. 15315
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Third Degree.
MARY ANN CREERON GROSTEFON; LIVERPOOL, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 150248; Cal. No. 15518
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing five documentation errors.
CAROL ANN HAMMOND; HUNTINGTON STATION, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 131956; Cal. No. 12956 12957
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of concealing medication administration errors, including the placement of medications into a container, the reporting to another nurse that she had disposed of medication when she had not, and the charting on the Narcotics Sheets that she had, when she had not and filing of a false report relating to the charting.
THERESA HARZYNSKI; WEST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 065819; Cal. No. 15069 15070
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing medication errors and not properly assessing a patient.
THERESA GRAZYNA HARZYNSKI; WEST ISLIP, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 216698; Cal. No. 15069 15070
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing medication errors and not properly assessing a patient.
CAROL HUND (A/K/A HAMMOND CAROL ANN); HUNTINGTON STATION, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 349993; Cal. No. 12956 12957
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of concealing medication administration errors, including the placement of medications into a container, the reporting to another nurse that she had disposed of medication when she had not, and the charting on the Narcotics Sheets that she had, when she had not and filing of a false report relating to the charting.
CLARASUE S KETTENBEIL; SOUTHOLD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 202328; Cal. No. 15623 15624
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to transcribe a medication order, administering pre-operative medications after surgery, and not taking action to insure that a patient continued to receive oxygen after being informed by an aide that the patient's chest tube bottle was empty.
CLARASUE S KETTENBEIL; SOUTHOLD, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 416095; Cal. No. 15623 15624
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to transcribe a medication order, administering pre-operative medications after surgery, and not taking action to insure that a patient continued to receive oxygen after being informed by an aide that the patient's chest tube bottle was empty.
SHIRLEY ANN METERA; WINDSOR, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 178758; Cal. No. 14636 14635
Action: No penalty be imposed.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of wilfully altering a physician's order sheet.
SHIRLEY ANN METERA; WINDSOR, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 386024; Cal. No. 14636 14635
Action: No penalty be imposed.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of wilfully altering a physician's order sheet.
ROSE-MARGARETT M PIERRE-LOUIS (A/K/A PIERRE LOUIS MARIE R); WESTBURY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 260236; Cal. No. 15536
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of starting a transfusion of the wrong blood into a hospital patient.
PHYLLIS B RASK; WATERLOO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 392038; Cal. No. 15534 15535
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of transcribing a physician's order incorrectly, applying a splint to the wrong leg of a patient, and permitting an unlicensed person to do rectal checks.
PHYLLIS BINGMAN RASK (A/K/A BINGMAN PHYLLIS JEAN); WATERLOO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 056154; Cal. No. 15534 15535
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of transcribing a physician's order incorrectly, applying a splint to the wrong leg of a patient, and permitting an unlicensed person to do rectal checks.
PATRICIA JOAN STUDD (A/K/A STUDD PATRICIA BYRK, BYRK PATRICIA JOAN); OLEAN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 055000; Cal. No. 15460
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified Misdemeanor.
CANDY L THOMPSON (A/K/A MOULTON CANDY L, EXFORD CANDY LEE); COHOES, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 167095; Cal. No. 14433
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing five medication administration errors.
BEBE S TOPPING; PORT JEFFERSON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 271992; Cal. No. 15388
Action: 24 month suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 24 months under various terms.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to accurately record the administration of medications to patients.
SUSAN BARBARA VALENTINO; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 447444; Cal. No. 15269
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of administering a hyper-alimentation preparation at a rate of 999 cc/hour when the physician's order called for 80 cc/hour.
RITA DAVEY WEST; NORFOLK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 128611; Cal. No. 14484
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of falsifying hospital records and failing to notify a physician regarding a patient's condition.
MARY DANA WHITE; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 447513; Cal. No. 15247
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Assault in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Optometry
JOHN BIELINSKI;
Profession: Optometrist; Lic. No. 003165; Cal. No. 15364
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the Second Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
Pharmacy
STEVEN BRIAN BERKOWITZ; BABYLON, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 034636; Cal. No. 13899
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of dispensing a prescription which lacked the date on which it was written and printed name of the prescriber, dispensing the wrong drug pursuant to the prescription, and mislabelling the container in which the drug was dispensed.
RUDY LICUL; WHITESTONE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 040314; Cal. No. 15650
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of substituting without authorization the non-controlled substance Fluphenazine 10 mg. Instead of Trifluoperazine 10 mg. as ordered by patient's physicians.
PHARMACY MANAGEMENT CORP.; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 020855; Cal. No. 15313
Action: $500 fine.
Summary: Retail pharmacy admitted to charges of having a drug stock containing overfills failure to identify generic products dispensed, and having a drug stock containing a misbranded drug.
OWAIS A QURESHI; NEW HYDE PARK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037671; Cal. No. 15442
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having a drug stock containing two misbranded drugs lacking Pharmacopedia Dispensing Information, the pharmacy's registration not conspicuously displayed, and dispensing prescriptions which lacked a patient's age.
JOHN HENRY SIEN; SOUND BEACH, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 035207; Cal. No. 14671
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing dispensing errors and failing to file a prescription for retrieval.
GARY STOLTZENBERG; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039113; Cal. No. 15314
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of pharmacy violations on location where he was a supervisory pharmacist.