Meeting of the Board of Regents | November 2010

Report of
REGENTS COMMITTEE

ON PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

to

The Board of Regents

November 16, 2010

Your Professional Practice Committee held its scheduled meeting on November 16, 2010.  All Committee members were present. Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch and Regent James C. Dawson 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 7 cases.  In addition, your Committee recommends, upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Professions, that 47 consent order applications and 8 surrender applications be granted, with five members of the committee voting acceptance of the consent application in the case of Susan M. Raymon, L.C.S.W., Cal. No. 25029, and Regent Christine D. Cea recusing herself from any consideration of this matter, and further recommends that 1 summary suspension application be granted.   [PPC EXS (A) 1-3]

In the case of Isadora Guggenheim, Massage Therapist, Calendar No. 25206, we recommend that wherever the calendar number ”25062” is used in the Application For Consent Order and its exhibits in this matter, said calendar number be deemed corrected and be deemed to read the correct calendar number for this matter of ”25206.”

In the case of Jennifer Hannah-Albon, Licensed Practical Nurse, Calendar No. 24584, in which the Board of Regents granted the respondent’s Application For Consent Order on October 19, 2010, we recommend that the license number ”291401” used on page one of said application in this matter be deemed corrected and be deemed to read respondent’s correct license number ”267474.”

In the case of John P. Maffucci, Pharmacist, Calendar No. 25094, in which the Board of Regents granted the respondent’s Application For Consent Order on September 14, 2010, we recommend that the title “licensed practical nurse” used on page two of said application in this matter be deemed corrected and be deemed to read respondent’s correct title as a “pharmacist.”

These recommendations are made following the review of 63 cases involving eleven registered professional nurses, nine licensed practical nurses, six dentists, five certified public accountants, five massage therapists, five pharmacists, four licensed practical nurses who are also registered professional nurses, two pharmacies, one acupuncturist, one architect, one chiropractor, one clinical laboratory technologist, one dental hygienist, one licensed clinical social worker, one licensed master social worker, one nurse practitioner, one physical therapist, one professional engineer, one respiratory therapist, and one veterinarian.

Restoration Petitions

Your Committee recommends the following actions with regard to applications for the restoration of professional licenses:
           

That the Board of Regents deny the application for the restoration of the physician license of Lloyd George Bayme.  [PPC EXS (A) 4]

That, after he has taken and passed, at his own expense, the Special Purpose Examination offered by the Federation of State Medical Boards; has completed, at his own expense, a clinical skills evaluation that has been pre-approved by the Director of the Office of Professional Medical Conduct; and has successfully followed any recommendations, including, but not limited to, the taking of specific courses, proposed by the clinical skills examiners, the physician license of Alan Roitman be restored.  [PPC EXS (A) 6]

With respect to the application for the restoration of the physician license of Julius Goepp, a first motion with regard to the restoration of his license failed to achieve a majority vote. The Committee then voted unanimously to reconsider said first vote and subsquently to table the matter pending receipt of additional information.  [PPC EXS (A) 5] 

Approvals

Social Work Regulations – Your Committee recommends:

That sections 74.3 through 74.7 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended and that section 74.9 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be added, as submitted, effective November 19, 2010, as an emergency action upon a finding by the Board of Regents that such action is necessary for the preservation of the public health and general welfare to ensure that the rule remains continuously in effect until it is adopted as a permanent rule; and

That sections 74.3 through 74.4 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended and that section 74.9 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be added, as submitted, effective December 8, 2010. [PPC (A) 1]

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 November 16, 2010, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Your Committee discussed several topics of interest, including:

Deputy Commissioner's Report/Update –

• Strategic Vision and Goals – A discussion of Department’s strategic vision and goals document, and the vision and goals for OP.  [BR (D) 1/PPC (D) 3]

• 2011 Regulatory Agenda – A discussion of upcoming regulations, which may be presented for adoption during 2011.  [BR (A) 4]

Public Accountancy Regulations – Discussion of proposed amendments to implement the provisions of chapter 651 of the Laws of 2009 relating to the mandatory quality review program for CPA firms.  [PPC (D) 2]

Regents Oversight of Foreign Medical Schools – Consideration of the  recommendations resulting from the discussions of the study group regarding the oversight of the didactic and clinical education of the 14 dual-campus International Medical Schools that the Department has approved for purposes of long-term clinical clerkships and licensure. [PPC (D) 1]