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

Your Professional Practice Committee held its scheduled meeting on March 21, 2016.  All members were present, except Regent Christine D. Cea and Regent Josephine Victoria Finn, who were excused.  Regent James R. Tallon, Jr. and Regent Eileen Mead were also present, 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 40 consent order applications and 9 surrender applications be granted. [PPC EXS (A) 1-3]

These recommendations are made following the review of 53 cases involving fourteen licensed practical nurses, nine registered professional nurses, five certified public accountants, three architects, three dentists, two licensed master social workers who are also licensed clinical social workers, two licensed practical nurses who are also registered professional nurses, two registered professional nurses who are also nurse practitioners (one in Adult Health and the other in Family Health), one chiropractor, one certified public accountant partnership, one dental professional corporation, one pharmacist, one psychologist, one veterinarian, and one veterinary professional corporation.

Restorations

Your Committee recommends the following:

That the application of Steven Charno for the restoration of his license to practice as a physician in New York State be denied.  [PPC EXS (A) 4]

That the application of Carmen D’Angelo for the restoration of his license to practice as a physician in New York State be denied.  [PPC EXS (A) 5]

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 March 21, 2016, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.