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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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November 2019
Engineering
UMER A SHAH; KEW GARDENS, NY
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 070587; Cal. No. 31070
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of submitting two (2) professionally certified applications with the New York City Department of Buildings that failed audits resulting in revocation of two (2) permits within a period of six (6) months.
MINGQIAO ZHU; SEWICKLEY, PA
Profession: Professional Engineer; Lic. No. 080249; Cal. No. 31291
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation, $2,500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been found guilty of professinal misconduct in the State of Oklahoma for affixing his signature and seal to documents for which the professional services were not performed or thoroughly reviewed by the licensee.
Nursing
BRANDI LYN AVENT (A/K/A AVENT BRANDI); BUFFALO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 324337; Cal. No. 31394
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failure to maintain accurate records.
DOREN PEDREGAL BABISTA; LAS VEGAS, NV
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 710230; Cal. No. 31542
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 months actual suspension, 22 months stayed suspension. Upon return to practice in the State of New York, 2 years probation , $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee admitted to charges of practicing the profession of nursing without a license in the State of Utah and falsely stating on her application for licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of New York that she had never been fined or otherwise disciplined by any licensing authority.
MELISSA MARGARET BENNETT-CARINI; WEYMOUTH, MA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 745539; Cal. No. 31120
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension. Upon return to practice in the State of New York, 2 years probation , $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to report disciplinary action taken by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing, on an application for licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of New York.
FEDOR VITALYEVICH BILKO; RED LION, PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 602152; Cal. No. 31557
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of abandoning a patient who was required to be accompanied at all times, for being at risk of a fall, by leaving said patient unattended in a bathroom at a rehabilitation hospital in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
MARY GAYLE BOTSFORD; CHITTENANGO, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 364139; Cal. No. 31483 31484 31485
Action: Application to surrender licenses and certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of record keeping and failure to refer patient.
MARY GAYLE BOTSFORD; CHITTENANGO, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 161242; Cal. No. 31483 31484 31485
Action: Application to surrender licenses and certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of record keeping and failure to refer patient.
MARY GAYLE BOTSFORD; CHITTENANGO, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Adult Health; Cert. No. 300701; Cal. No. 31483 31484 31485
Action: Application to surrender licenses and certificate granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of record keeping and failure to refer patient.
LINDA SUSAN BRADY; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 463432; Cal. No. 31513 31514
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering controlled substances too close together and not following policies and procedures when the patient went into respiratory arrest.
LINDA SUSAN BRADY; BROOKLYN, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 234715; Cal. No. 31513 31514
Action: Application to surrender licenses granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of administering controlled substances too close together and not following policies and procedures when the patient went into respiratory arrest.
MURIEL S BROWN (A/K/A BOSER MURIEL S); BATH, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 292077; Cal. No. 31255 31256
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and reprimand, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing on patients out of her specialty.
MURIEL S BROWN; BATH, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Gerontology; Cert. No. 340737; Cal. No. 31255 31256
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon Censure and reprimand, 2 years probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of practicing on patients out of her specialty.
SHAKARA COOPER (A/K/A COOPER SHAKARA MARIE); SCHENECTADY, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 299192; Cal. No. 29625
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension. Upon return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, a class D felony, and one count of forgery in the 3rd Degree, a class A misdemeanor.
PHYLLIS M CORRIGAN; CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 265228; Cal. No. 31605
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving While Intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor and Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, a class E felony.
MARTIN DAVIS; HARRIS, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 454330; Cal. No. 31024
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of violating any term of probation or condition or limitation imposed on the licensee by the Board of Regents pursuant to Education Law, Section 6511.
VICTORIA CHINYERE DIMKPA; RICHMOND, TX
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 273858; Cal. No. 31649
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity in the State of Texas, a felony in the 1st Degree which in NYS constitute Enterprise Corruption, a class B felony.
LINDSAY MARIE DYER (A/K/A DYER LINDSAY); TEN MILE, TN
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 622742; Cal. No. 31265
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 2 years stayed suspension. Upon return to practice in the State of New York, 2 years probation , $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to properly document wastage of the controlled drug morphine on two occasions.
MATTHEW LOUIS FISHER; MOUNT VERNON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 644696; Cal. No. 31354
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of falsely documenting the removal of an epidural catheter with an intact tip while caring for a patient.
PAUL VINCENT GHIGLIOTTI; WEST PALM BEACH, FL
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 216604; Cal. No. 31597
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Sale or Delivery of hydromorphone, in the state of Florida, a felony in the 2nd Degree which in NYS would constitute Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 5th Degree, a class D felony.
SUE ANN GIGUNITO (A/K/A GIGUNITO SUE); WILLIAMSPORT, PA
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 708572; Cal. No. 31579
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of having been convicted of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Controlled Substance (Highest Rate of Alcohol), a misdemeanor of the 1st Degree in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
JILL JACKSON; STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 322734; Cal. No. 31548
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to report a narcotics count discrepancy and leaving the facility before the discrepancy could be reconciled.
ROCHELLE A LASHOMB (A/K/A LAPLANTE ROCHELLE A); NORWOOD, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 126250; Cal. No. 29477
Action: Application for consent order granted Penalty agreed upon 1 year stayed suspension, 1 year probation, $500 fine.
Summary: Licensee did not contest the charge of failing to follow care plan.
DAWN R NELSON (A/K/A COUSAR DAWN R); FREEPORT, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 184685; Cal. No. 31599
Action: Application to surrender license granted.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of willfully harassing, abusing or intimidating a patient either physically or verbally.
MARY ANDREA PANOPOULOS (A/K/A HARTOG MARY A); GARDEN CITY, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 508008; Cal. No. 31363 31364
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 Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor and Fraud and Deceit Related to Controlled Substances, a class A misdemeanor.
MARY ANDREA PANOPOULOS (A/K/A HARTOS); GARDEN CITY, NY
Profession: Nurse Practitioner In Adult Health; Cert. No. 305486; Cal. No. 31363 31364
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 Falsifying Business Records in the 2nd Degree, a class A misdemeanor and Fraud and Deceit Related to Controlled Substances, a class A misdemeanor.
CARMEN ROBERTS; CALCIUM, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 309488; Cal. No. 31351
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 medication administration errors.
STACY L SAWYER; WILLIAMSON, NY
Profession: Registered Professional Nurse; Lic. No. 695666; Cal. No. 31113
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 two counts of Driving While Intoxicated.
BRENDA ANN SMITH (A/K/A LISKOW BRENDA ANN, MEYER BRENDA ANN, BUSEKIST BRENDA ANN); CATTARAUGUS, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 187962; Cal. No. 30415
Action: Found guilty of professional misconduct Penalty 3 months actual suspension, 21 months stayed suspension. Upon return to practice, 2 years probation.
Summary: Licensee was found guilty of having been convicted of one count of Petit Larceny, a class A misdemeanor.
LENA M SMITH (A/K/A MCKENZIE-SMITH LENA); STATEN ISLAND, NY
Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse; Lic. No. 317292; Cal. No. 30290
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 altering a narcotics record, failure to inform the supervisor of a discrepancy in the narcotics record, failure to hand-off narcotic keys to oncoming nurse and failure to conduct the narcotics count with the on-coming nurse.