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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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February 2020

Nursing

JEAN E WOLF (A/K/A JUEN JEAN E); NORTH TONAWANDA, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 103140; Cal. No. 29860 29861

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of documentation errors, medication administration errors, improper set up and administration of a dialysis treatment, and failure to use proper isolation procedures.

JEAN E WOLF (A/K/A WOLF JEAN); NORTH TONAWANDA, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 608916; Cal. No. 29860 29861

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of documentation errors, medication administration errors, improper set up and administration of a dialysis treatment, and failure to use proper isolation procedures.

Pharmacy

BOBBYROCK INC.; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 034874; Cal. No. 31046

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of having been open for business without a licensed pharmacist on duty.

DANIEL J CUTIE; GREENWICH, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 039311; Cal. No. 31134

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 9 months actual suspension, 15 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of pharmacy violations.

SHAMINA ALIHUSSEIN DOHADWALLA; NEW HYDE PARK, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 056928; Cal. No. 31567

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to provide adequate supervision of a pharmacy.

HEALTHWAYS WORLDWIDE, INC.; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 030364; Cal. No. 31566

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $10,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of having been open without a licensed pharmacist in attendance commingling food items with medications in the refrigerator and failing to have a thermometer in a medication refrigerator and the temperature in the refrigerator was not in the acceptable range.

SAM KALAPURACKEL JACOB; NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 054266; Cal. No. 31549

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and reprimand, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to conspicuously display the pharmacy's registration while practicing pharmacy and obtaining the assistance of more than two unlicensed persons while filling prescriptions.

VICTOR M LA PERLA; PLAINVIEW, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 037050; Cal. No. 31771

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Conspiracy in the 4th Degree, a class C felony and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 2nd Degree, a class A-II felony.

MICHAEL ALBERT LENZ; SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 038811; Cal. No. 31581

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of pharmacy violations.

PROVIDENT PHARMA LLC.; BRONX, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 033660; Cal. No. 31550

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest charges of failing to notify the New York State Education Department about the change in pharmacy location and having more than two unlicensed persons assisting the one pharmacist on duty in filling prescriptions

RAINBOW CARE PHARMA INC.; FLUSHING, NY

Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 035813; Cal. No. 31563

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon $10,000 fine.
Summary: Registrant did not contest the charge of holding for sale outdated drugs and drugs stored in refrigerators that were above the recommended temperature.

ROBERT SABET; ELMHURST, NY

Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 049242; Cal. No. 31045

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to provide adequate supervision of a registered establishment.

Psychology

KEVIN THOMAS BARRY; NEW ROCHELLE, NY

Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 010691; Cal. No. 31428

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Partial actual suspension in certain area until successful completion of retraining in said certain area, upon termination of said partial actual suspension, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of striking an 11 year old minor patient on the buttocks with a wooden ruler during a treatment session on or about June 8, 2016.

SARAH ALAINA MITCHELL; NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 019679; Cal. No. 31517

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of accepting gifts from a patient during the course of therapy.

Veterinary Medicine

KATHERINE ANN DEMAREE (A/K/A RYER KATHERINE A); BINGHAMTON, NY

Profession: Veterinarian; Lic. No. 003772; Cal. No. 31360

Regents Action Date: February 11, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, upon return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of failing to maintain accurate records.

January 2020

Architecture

GENARO RAFAEL URUETA; ALBERTSON, NY

Profession: Architect; Lic. No. 035610; Cal. No. 31393

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of filing 27 Technical Report Statement of Responsibility (TR1) forms with the New York City Department of Buildings identifying responsibility for special inspections when he was not a registered Special Inspection Agency or a Director of a Special Inspection Agency and receiving fees from a third party in connection with the performance of professional services.

Dietetics and Nutrition

ANDREW SCOTT TEPPER (A/K/A TEPPER ANDREW S. PHD); WESTTOWN, NY

Profession: Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist; Lic. No. 006485; Cal. No. 31312

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 month actual suspension, 23 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.

Engineering

VINCENT NANTISTA; MT. SINAI, NY

Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 043097; Cal. No. 30948

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 6 months actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $5,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of eight counts of Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 2nd Degree, a Class A misdemeanor.

Mental Health Practitioner

PAULA PESHA COHEN (A/K/A COHEN PAULA PNINA); NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Mental Health Counselor; Lic. No. 002349; Cal. No. 31474

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and reprimand, 1 year probation, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to make separate entries in a patient's treatment record on each date of treatment.

Nursing

DANIELLE ARMETTA; STATEN ISLAND, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 265613; Cal. No. 31375 31376

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having failed to maintain accurate patient records.

DANIELLE DIBS ARMETTA-DIBS (A/K/A ARMETTA DANIELLE); STATEN ISLAND, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 532081; Cal. No. 31375 31376

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having failed to maintain accurate patient records.

LINDA J BORDEN (A/K/A FISHER LINDA); SANFORD, FL

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 378272; Cal. No. 31727 31728

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of Arizona, misrepresenting her employment history on an application for employment and failing to disclose that she was previously terminated.

LINDA J BORDEN; SANFORD, FL

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 176830; Cal. No. 31727 31728

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of, in the State of Arizona, misrepresenting her employment history on an application for employment and failing to disclose that she was previously terminated.

WILLIAM MATHEW CASIERE (A/K/A CASIERE WILLLIAM MATHEW); SAUGERTIES, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 323050; Cal. No. 31436

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of diverting the controlled substance Methadone for his own use.

CARROLL HELENA CLARKE (A/K/A CLARKE-PILGRIM CARROLL-ANN HELENA, CLARKE-PILGRIM CARROLL-ANN); ROSEDALE, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 325710; Cal. No. 31367

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, 20 hours public service, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having been convicted of Official Misconduct, a class A misdemeanor.

DALE J DOYLE (A/K/A FREYN DALE JASON); FAIRPORT, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 232268; Cal. No. 31390

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of having administered medication without a physician order.

CAROLINE RUTH FERRIS (A/K/A SANDROW CAROLINE RUTH); ISLIP TERRACE, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 372072; Cal. No. 30689

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Found guilty of violation of probation Penalty Penalty supersedes penalty previously imposed under Order No. 29449, 6 months actual suspension, 18 months stayed suspension, 2 years probation to commence upon effective date of the service of the Order and to run concurrent with suspension, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee failed to comply with the terms of probation set on September 12, 2017.

LUCIA FOSTER; NEWARK, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 278453; Cal. No. 31463

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failure to follow patient care plan and failure to do proper tracheotomy care.

VICTOR DAVID GONZALEZ; CAZENOVIA, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 617071; Cal. No. 31406

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, a felony.

GINA E GRAY; ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 491492; Cal. No. 31417

Regents Action Date: January 14, 2020
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of stealing Benadryl.