Report of Regents Professional Practice Executive Session Committee to The Board of Regents

Your Professional Practice Committee held its scheduled meeting on June 8, 2020. All members were present. Chancellor Betty A. Rosa and Regent Frances G. Wills were also present, but did not vote on any case or action.  Regent Roger Tilles was present for the restoration matters under consideration, but did not vote on any case or action.

ACTION ITEMS

Professional Discipline Cases

Your Committee recommends that the reports of the Regents Review Committees, including rulings, findings of fact, determinations as to guilt, and recommendations, by unanimous or majority vote, contained in those reports which have been distributed to you, be accepted in 4 cases.  In addition, your Committee recommends, upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Professions, that 44 consent order applications and 10 surrender applications be granted.

These recommendations are made following the review of 58 cases involving twelve licensed practical nurses, twelve registered professional nurses, four pharmacists, three chiropractors, three massage therapists, two licensed mental health counselors, two pharmacies, two registered professional nurses who are also nurse practitioners (Family Health), two veterinarians, one architect, one certified public accountant, one clinical laboratory technologist, one dental hygienist who is also a holder of a dental hygiene restricted local infiltration anesthesia/nitrous oxide analgesia certificate, one licensed master social worker, one licensed practical nurse who is also a registered professional  nurse, one licensed practical nurse who is also a registered professional nurse who is also a nurse practitioner (Adult Health), one physical therapist, one professional engineer, and one respiratory therapy technician.

Restorations

Your Committee recommends the following:

That the application of Jordan R. Belkin for the restoration of his license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State be denied at this time. [PPC EXS (A) 4]

That the application of Philip Colasuonno for the restoration of his license to practice as a Certified Public Accountant in New York State be denied at this time. [PPC EXS (A) 5]

Long-Term Clinical Clerkships [PPC EXS (A) 6]

Your Committee recommends the following: That the application for Ross University School of Medicine to place students in long-term clinical clerkships in New York be approved, in accordance with and subject to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Long-term Clinical Clerkships

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

Madam Chancellor and Colleagues: Your Professional Practice Committee recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on June 8, 2020, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.