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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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December 1994

Dentistry

MARC MORDECAI LIECHTUNG (A/K/A LIECHTUNG MARL M, LIECHTUNG MORDECAI MARC); BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 040754; Cal. No. 14494

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of submitting an insurance claim form for payment indicating that porcelain with gold crowns had been placed on four teeth of a patient when only porcelain laminates had been placed on the teeth.

JERRY HAROLD LYNN; NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 022427; Cal. No. 12612

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $15,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of advertising or soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, violating a term of probation by advertising or soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, and negligent insurance billing.

PAUL A PALANGE; BRONX, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 038157; Cal. No. 12559

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 3 year suspension, execution of last 2 years of suspension stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of gross negligence, gross incompetence, practicing the profession with incompetence on more than one occasion, and unprofessional conduct involving root canal treatment performed by him.

JAIME P PORTALATIN (A/K/A PORTALATIN JAIME PORFIRIO); NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041205; Cal. No. 14963

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of errors in judgement regarding crown and denture fabrication.

GUTIERREZ ROBERTO MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ; YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 041782; Cal. No. 15005

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, $1,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of receiving a fee from a third party in connection with the performance of professional services.

WILLIAM C TINELLI; NEW HARTFORD, NY

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 032337; Cal. No. 14880

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law related to controlled substances.

TOOTHSAVERS DENTAL SERVICES PC; NEW YORK, NY

Profession: Professional Service Corporation; Cal. No. 12613

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $10,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of advertising or soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, violating a term of probation by advertising or soliciting for patronage not in the public interest, and negligent insurance billing.

Engineering

DONALD C GREGORY; BUFFALO, NY

Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 028979; Cal. No. 14187

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of errors in the plans for a residence.

JOHN C HOEFLICH; LONG BEACH, NY

Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 054082; Cal. No. 14994

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
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.

Land Surveying

GERALD T OBUCKLEY; JAMAICA, NY

Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 039834; Cal. No. 14829

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year under various terms, $2,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to indicate on a survey map that the map was based on a survey in his possession.

RICHARD ALLEN STYLES; KINGSTON, NY

Profession: Land Surveyor; Lic. No. 045892; Cal. No. 14685

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee could not successfully defend against charges of preparing an incorrect survey and failing to respond to a verbal request by the client's attorney to consult further with her with regard to the survey.

Landscape Architecture

WILLIAM C PERKINS; SAYVILLE, NY

Profession: Landscape Architect; Lic. No. 001056; Cal. No. 15027

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: $500 fine, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of placing his seal on a landscape plan which he did not prepare and retaining a written evaluation of the professional services represented by the plan.

Nursing

LESLYE D BLACKSTOCK; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 334206; Cal. No. 14908 14909

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of posing as being on duty in order to obtain syringes from a hospital unit.

LESLYE D BLACKSTOCK; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 147131; Cal. No. 14908 14909

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of posing as being on duty in order to obtain syringes from a hospital unit.

NICOLINA SBARBATI CONAWAY; NIAGARA FALLS, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 169530; Cal. No. 12203

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year under various terms to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to follow a physician's order requiring removal and/or replacement of a dressing and a Transderm-Nitro 10 mg. ADH patch on three patients.

SALOME ALETHEA EDWARDS (A/K/A EDWARDS-HARBAJOHN SALOME ALETHEA); YONKERS, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 412264; Cal. No. 14654 14653

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to maintain two patient records that accurately reflected evaluations of the two patients.

SALOME ALETHEA EDWARDS-HARBAJOHN (A/K/A EDWARDS SALOME ALETHEA); YONKERS, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 200432; Cal. No. 14654 14653

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to maintain two patient records that accurately reflected evaluations of the two patients.

QUINCIE FULLER (A/K/A KENDRICK QUINCIE); PARISHVILLE, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 138233; Cal. No. 14988

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: Censure and Reprimand, probation 1 year under various terms, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Petit Larceny.

JEFFREY ALLEN HARTER; BROCKPORT, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 213072; Cal. No. 14906

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of physically abusing a nursing home resident by throwing a urinal at the resident.

JANICE ANN LAGUERRA; SHIRLEY, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 185906; Cal. No. 14952

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms to commence upon return to practice, 25 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Unauthorized Sale of a Controlled Substance.

ELAINE TAYLOR LANNON; NEWARK, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 152021; Cal. No. 14455

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to indicate on a medication sheet for students in an elementary school that one student's dosage of a controlled medication had been changed, failure to indicate on the medication sheet what medication one student was to receive, administering medication on two occasions to the students in the school but failing to indicate on the medication sheet that she had done so, and preparing to administer the wrong medication to a student.

EDWARD LUCKER; YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 221931; Cal. No. 14982

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
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.

MARGARET M MAHMOUD (A/K/A OCONNELL MARGARET M); ASTORIA, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 266253; Cal. No. 13992

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of administering medication to a patient twice although the physician's order called for the medication to be administered only once and administering three medications to a patient while failing to record the administration of the medications on the Medication Record.

BERNICE J MERRITT; MT. VERNON, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 141945; Cal. No. 14803

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been found guilty by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled substances.

ELEANOR MARIE WHITE NOISETTE; JAMAICA, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 075788; Cal. No. 14799

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of having been convicted of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, a Class A Misdemeanor.

SUSAN OBENAUER; BUFFALO, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 362280; Cal. No. 14984 14985

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled substances.

SUSAN M OBENAUER; BUFFALO, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 128083; Cal. No. 14984 14985

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been found by the Commissioner of Health to be in violation of Article 33 of the Public Health Law relating to controlled substances.

KATHLEEN ONEILL (A/K/A MOESSINGER KATHLEEN M); RICHMOND, TX

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 112683; Cal. No. 14891 14892

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified Misdemeanor.

KATHLEEN MARIE ONEILL (A/K/A MOESSINGER KATHLEEN M, O'NEILL KATHLEEN M); RICHMOND, TX

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 304627; Cal. No. 14891 14892

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an Unclassified Misdemeanor.

KAY LORAINE PINKNEY; ROCHESTER, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 129985; Cal. No. 14571

Regents Action Date: December 16, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of seven occasions of committing medication errors.