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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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June 1995
Nursing
ROBIN MICHELLE FOLEY; WATERTOWN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 214095; Cal. No. 15260
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a Class A Misdemeanor and Unlawful Inhalation of Vapors or Fumes, a Class A Misdemeanor.
DEANNA MARY FRENYEA; PLATTSBURGH, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 213982; Cal. No. 15073
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of having been convicted of Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree, a Class D Felony.
THERESA DOMUNYENOH GBORKORQUELLIE (A/K/A GBORKORQUELLIE THERESA D); SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 191648; Cal. No. 14776 14777
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing three medication administration errors and of violating a term of probation imposed by the Board of Regents.
THERESADOMUNYENOH GBORKORQUELLIE; SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 434440; Cal. No. 14776 14777
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing three medication administration errors and of violating a term of probation imposed by the Board of Regents.
JANE C JOHNSTON; SYRACUSE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 098235; Cal. No. 15088
Action: 1 year suspension, following the termination of said suspension, probation 3 years, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree.
CHRISTINE VALER KACZOROSKI-VALER (A/K/A KACZOROSKI CHRISTINE); BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 132204; Cal. No. 15285 15286
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to administer medications as ordered, but indicating in patient charts that they had been administered.
CHRISTINE VALER KACZOROSKI-VALER (A/K/A KACZOROSKI CHRISTINE); BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 355561; Cal. No. 15285 15286
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to administer medications as ordered, but indicating in patient charts that they had been administered.
DEBRA D KAUFMAN; WESTFIELD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 205065; Cal. No. 15162 15161
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of obtaining patient information without permission or authority and revealed the information to another.
COLLEEN A LOPEZ (A/K/A MALLEY-LOPEZ COLLEEN A, MALLEY COLLEEN A); MONTGOMERY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 304283; Cal. No. 15303 15240
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Third Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.
SHARON A MATTIACCIO (A/K/A MATTICACCIO SHARON A, WINTLE SHARON ANN ARROWAY, ARROWAY SHARON ANN); LIVERPOOL, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 074481; Cal. No. 15014
Action: 2 year suspension with leave to apply for early termination upon submission of certain proof - upon service or early termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of permitting a patient in her care to continue to receive an infusion of a solution labeled as containing the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin, when the physician's order called for the different chemotherapeutic agent carboplatin to be administered, and administering the antibiotic Ampicillin to a patient via intravenous "piggyback," when the patient was receiving a continuous infusion of Aminophylline via the same intravenous line.
MARILYN ANETTE MCINNIS; ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 218681; Cal. No. 15287
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of willfully making a false entry on a patient's medication administration record.
MARY A MCMORROW (A/K/A MCMORROW MARY ANN); LIVERPOOL, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 208571; Cal. No. 15097
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if and when return to practice, $250 fine, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of willfully making a false entry on a patient's medication administration record.
DONNA H NARDONE (A/K/A MCCARTHY DONNA H); NORTH CHILI, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 144918; Cal. No. 15232
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of diverting a patient's non-controlled medication for personal use.
TINA LEE OBRIEN; PORTVILLE, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 218870; Cal. No. 15202
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of having been convicted of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree, a Class D Felony.
MARK OLSEN; PAWLING, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 310250; Cal. No. 14857
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of Willfully Filing a False Report involving controlled substance receipt records.
KATHLEEN M VANNEIL; WEBSTER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 447680; Cal. No. 15451 15452
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of making false entries in a patient's record concerning the taking of vital signs and the administration of medication.
KATHLEEN MARY VANNEIL; WEBSTER, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 180694; Cal. No. 15451 15452
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of making false entries in a patient's record concerning the taking of vital signs and the administration of medication.
SUSANN ELIZABETH VOLPE; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 441930; Cal. No. 15205 15206
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of altering a physician's order by adding a non-controlled antibiotic to the order for her own use and altering a physician's order by increasing the dosage of two controlled substances prescribed for a patient.
PATRICIA H WORTH (A/K/A KOZIEN PATRICIA H); WHITESBORO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 209877; Cal. No. 14943
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated.
Occupational Therapy
DIANE GOOD RAHN; HOLLAND, NY
Profession: Occupational Therapist; Lic. No. 004727; Cal. No. 14870
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified Misdemeanor.
Pharmacy
FRANK JOSEPH FALVO; SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 041488; Cal. No. 15147
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree.
LOUIS GOSS; RYEBROOK, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 026549; Cal. No. 15433
Action: 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a Class D Felony, and a conviction of Using a Communication Facility to Facilitate a Narcotic Transaction.
MOHAMMED H IMAM; PORT WASHINGTON, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 033001; Cal. No. 13653
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 33 months of suspension stayed, probation for last 33 months.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of holding and offering for sale misbranded and adulterated drugs, and offering sample drugs for sale.
MANOR SANDS PHARMACY INC.; WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY
Profession: Pharmacy; Reg. No. 020881; Cal. No. 13652
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Retail pharmacy admitted to charges of holding and offering for sale misbranded and adulterated drugs and offering sample drugs for sale.
DAVID S SHEROFF; NORTH BELLMORE, NY
Profession: Pharmacist; Lic. No. 031048; Cal. No. 15321
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of suspension stayed, probation 3 years under various terms.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Distribution of Schedule IV Controlled Substances.
Physical Therapy
ANTHONY P VALENTI; CLARENCE CENTER, NY
Profession: Physical Therapist; Lic. No. 004552; Cal. No. 15186
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of having been convicted of a Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, a Class F Felony.
Podiatry
ALBERT M KALAJIAN; HOLLIS, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 002608; Cal. No. 14421
Action: $10,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of submitting an insurance claim form which indicated services ostensibly rendered by a podiatrist at his professional practice when the treatment/service were not rendered.
RICHARD GARY PHILIPS; COMMACK, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 003789; Cal. No. 14798
Action: $5,000 fine, 5 year suspension with leave to apply for early termination of suspension upon proof of payment of fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of violating a term of probation.
MARVIN DAVID PRICE; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Podiatrist; Lic. No. 002337; Cal. No. 14950
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $1,250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of submitting or causing to be submitted a claim form to an insurance company indicating that he had performed certain podiatric procedures when he had not, and willfully failing to register in a timely fashion.
Psychology
JOHN DAVID ERROLL; NEW YORK, NY
Profession: Psychologist; Lic. No. 006939; Cal. No. 15308
Action: Indefinite suspension of no less than 1 year until fit to practice, probation 5 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient.