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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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July 1994

Nursing

EMILIA ADOMAH BRYANT (A/K/A BRYANT EMILIA); BRONX, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 403962; Cal. No. 14259

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to follow supervisory instructions for patient care and verbal abuse of a patient.

JEAN MARIE BUDNICK; PEEKSKILL, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 083612; Cal. No. 14382

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of Violation of the Health Laws.

SUZANNE C CAREY (A/K/A RELYEA SUZANNE CAROL); VERONA, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 089711; Cal. No. 13870 13871

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
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 errors.

SUZANNE CAROL CLARK (A/K/A WIER SUZANNE CAROL, CAREY SUZANNE CAROL); VERONA, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 406875; Cal. No. 13870 13871

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
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 errors.

DEBORAH LYNN CLEMONS (A/K/A SCHRUM DEBORAH LYNN); GLOVERSVILLE, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 145498; Cal. No. 14707

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of welfare fraud.

KRISTIN ANN CRANDALL; ORCHARD PARK, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 212938; Cal. No. 14663

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of leaving her place of employment prior to the end of her shift without giving notice.

JULIE FINNEGAN; NORTH BABYLON, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 384915; Cal. No. 14629 14630

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of submitting to her nursing supervisor written reports of nursing supervisory visits to home care patients which she had not performed.

JULIE A FINNEGAN (A/K/A BARCONE JULIE A); NORTH BABYLON, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 177015; Cal. No. 14629 14630

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $1,000 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of submitting to her nursing supervisor written reports of nursing supervisory visits to home care patients which she had not performed.

ROSELINDA FREY; MEDFORD, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 073023; Cal. No. 14202 14203

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of last 21 months of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of initiating a fluid challenge in a patient without a physician's order.

ELIZABETH A HAJJAR; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 319182; Cal. No. 14743

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Indefinite suspension of not less than 6 months and until fit to practice upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of squirting a co-worker in an operating room with the remaining contents of a syringe which had been used to inject a surgical patient, and delivering a tray of supposedly sterile surgical instruments to an operating room without having checked to determine whether the instruments had undergone a required final sterilization.

CLAIRE A HAY (A/K/A HAY CLAIRE A MARKHAM, MARKHAM CLAIRE A); SCOTCHTOWN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 347875; Cal. No. 14673

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of obtaining a controlled substance for administration to a patient, pre-charting the administration of the medication, not administering the medication to the patient, disposing of the medication without obtaining a witness, and failing to keep an accurate employee time sheet record.

DENNIS JAMES HENGST; NIAGARA FALLS, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 185486; Cal. No. 14508

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of violating terms of his probation.

STEVEN F JACOBS; ROME, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 275986; Cal. No. 14681

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Indefinite suspension of not less than 1 year and until fit to practice upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of engaging in consensual sexual activity with a patient in his care while he was on duty as a Registered Professional Nurse.

JAMES JOHNSON; MASPETH, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 390580; Cal. No. 13199

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Revocation, execution of revocation stayed, probation 3 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of charges of violating probation.

MARIAM CHRISTINE LEWERENZ; BINGHAMTON, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 202102; Cal. No. 14229 14230

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of administering an extra dose of medication without authorization and failing to note an incident of possible injury to a patient.

MARIAM CHRISTINE LEWERENZ; BINGHAMTON, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 422021; Cal. No. 14229 14230

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of administering an extra dose of medication without authorization and failing to note an incident of possible injury to a patient.

LILLIAN A LOPEZ; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 370583; Cal. No. 14021 14022

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Suspension until successfully participates in a course of therapy and treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of diversion of controlled substances.

LILLIAN A LOPEZ; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 170951; Cal. No. 14021 14022

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Suspension until successfully participates in a course of therapy and treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence if and when return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of diversion of controlled substances.

BENITA CALMA MAGLANOC; YONKERS, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 235929; Cal. No. 14665

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of inserting an internal catheter to obtain a patient's urine specimen without a physician's order and failing to ensure patient records were completed.

PATRICIA A MERSCHOFF; SOUTH SETAUKET, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 182521; Cal. No. 14529 14530

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to properly assess patients' conditions.

PATRICIA ANN MERSCHOFF; SOUTH SETAUKET, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 392699; Cal. No. 14529 14530

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of failing to properly assess patients' conditions.

SAMUEL MONROE; STATEN ISLAND, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 057766; Cal. No. 13130 13131

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to draw blood samples as ordered and/or failing to forward and deliver blood samples for analysis.

SAMUEL MONROE; STATEN ISLAND, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 237046; Cal. No. 13130 13131

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years under various terms, $500 fine, 50 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charges of failing to draw blood samples as ordered and/or failing to forward and deliver blood samples for analysis.

PATRICK W O'NEILL; CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 371381; Cal. No. 12635 12636

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of medication administration errors and practicing beyond her authorized scope.

PATRICK W ONEILL; CLIFTON SPRINGS, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 130684; Cal. No. 12635 12636

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of medication administration errors and practicing beyond her authorized scope.

CAREN ANNE OTIS; NEWPORT NEWS, VA

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 316574; Cal. No. 14006

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Revocation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of diverting controlled substances for her own personal unauthorized use and being dependent on or a habitual user of controlled substances.

JOHN E POLONY; FLORENCE, SC

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 249408; Cal. No. 13921

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: Suspension until successfully participates in a course of therapy and treatment - upon termination of suspension, probation 2 years under various terms to commence upon return to practice.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of obtaining a controlled substance by deceit while employed and on duty as a Registered Professional Nurse.

SAUVETA PRINCIPAL; BROOKLYN, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 205614; Cal. No. 14373 14374

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine, 100 hours of public service.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of indicating on nursing visit reports for three patients that on four occasions the Licensee visited the homes of and provided home care to the patients, when she did not visit the homes or render home care to the patients.

EILEEN F ROGATO (A/K/A PAPPAS ROGATO EILEEN F, PAPPAS EILEEN FRANCES); VALLEY STREAM, NY

Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 205475; Cal. No. 13799

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 2 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 2 years, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of giving infants to the wrong mothers for feeding.

CAROL H SMITH; NY

Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 396400; Cal. No. 13329 13330

Regents Action Date: July 22, 1994
Action: 1 year suspension, execution of suspension stayed, probation 1 year, $250 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of committing medication and charting errors, and failing to report a change in condition to a patient's physician.