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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
Land Surveying
RONALD R KREILING; ONTARIO, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 049053; Cal. No. 14558
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of performing professional services not duly authorized by his client.
WILLIAM JOSEPH NEWTON; BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 037218; Cal. No. 15209
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of making errors and using improper techniques in performing a survey and preparing a survey map.
Nursing
MARINA ALEKSANDROWICZ (A/K/A MURDEVSKI MARINA); ROCHESTER, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 441072; Cal. No. 15367
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to administer medications in accordance with physicians' orders and failing to open two patients' I.V. clamps.
MAGGIE SELINE ANDRADE; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 076891; Cal. No. 15255
Action: 2 year suspension with leave to apply, after service of first 2 months of suspension, for early termination upon certain satisfactory proof -upon service or termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of indicating administration of medication to a patient when it was not administered, stealing medication from hospital stock and indicating in patient records that medication was administered when it was not, charting medication was administered when it was not, and administering medications to patients at different times than when they were ordered.
DEBRA LEE BLASCZIENSKI; SAN DIEGO, CA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 438893; Cal. No. 15138 15139
Action: Suspension until successfully completes a course of treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of unlawfully obtaining a partial dosage of Morphine Sulphate by falsely noting that she wasted a portion of the drug and that she used this drug for subsequent self-administration.
DEBRA LEE BLASCZIENSKI; SAN DIEGO, CA
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 213887; Cal. No. 15138 15139
Action: Suspension until successfully completes a course of treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of unlawfully obtaining a partial dosage of Morphine Sulphate by falsely noting that she wasted a portion of the drug and that she used this drug for subsequent self-administration.
COLLIN FORBES BRATHWAITE; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 207282; Cal. No. 14503 14502
Action: $1,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree.
COLLIN FORBES BRATHWAITE; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 428712; Cal. No. 14503 14502
Action: $1,000 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree.
VIVIAN ANN CARSTARPHEN; SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 224141; Cal. No. 15246
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Misuse of Food Stamp, a Class A Misdemeanor.
ALICIA E DECASTRI; HAMPTON BAYS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 050676; Cal. No. 15391
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of administering intramuscularly a crushed oral Codeine tablet diluted in sterile water.
ADRIENNE DECOSTA (A/K/A ADAMS ADRIENNE I, DECOSTA ADRIENNE IDA); HEMPSTEAD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 210049; Cal. No. 15368
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Attempted Assault in the Third Degree.
DEBRA D DELOE (A/K/A DELOE DEBRA DENISE, KAUFMAN DEBRA D); WESTFIELD, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 435354; 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.
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.