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New Jersey Board of Nursing Permanently Revokes License of Bergen County Registered Professional Nurse After Video Purportedly Shows Her Slapping and Roughly Treating a Ventilator-Dependent, Bed-Bound Patient
Dorothea Harvilik, RN, voluntarily surrendered her license, to be deemed a permanent revocation effective immediately, in a Consent Order with the Board that resolves the allegations against her. The patient’s mother set up a camera to record Harvilik’s...
New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Permanently Revokes License of Middlesex Doctor for Indiscriminately Prescribing “Subsys,” A Highly-Restricted Spray Form of Painkiller Fentanyl to His Patients – Revocation Follows Doctor’s Criminal Conviction for Concealing More Than $3.6 Million in Income from His Medical Practice to Evade Taxes and for Paying Kickbacks to Other Doctors for Referrals to His Pain Management Centers
Dr. Manoj Patharkar, who owns Pain Management Associates of Central Jersey (PMACJ) in Edison and Prospect Pain Management (PPM) in Passaic, is forever barred from practicing medicine in New Jersey under a Consent Order with the Board that found, among other things,...
Auto Parts Company to Pay $75,000 to Settle Allegations It Discriminated on Basis of Race, Age in Hiring Delivery Drivers
In addition to the money it will pay former delivery driver applicant Anthony Sturgis, who is African-American and in his 50s, Continental Auto Parts will pay a total of another $20,000 to four other driver applicants who also were not hired by the company. The four...
Division of Highway Traffic Safety Urges Motorists and Pedestrians to Share Safety Responsibility for Busy Thanksgiving Travel Period
“Heading home for Thanksgiving is as much a tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie,” said Attorney General Porrino. “We want everyone to stay safe while traveling to and from holiday gatherings with friends and family.”As one of the busiest travel...
New Jersey Board of Nursing Temporarily Suspends the Certifications of Two Certified Homemaker-Home Health Aides Following Their Arrests on Criminal Charges Involving Patients
Robin L. Frye, of Newark, is charged with sexual assault by force or coercion and related offenses for allegedly engaging in sexual contact with an elderly female patient who resided at the nursing facility where he worked. Dionne Eke, of Lawrence Township, is charged...