Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board - Disciplinary Action
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2006
BENNETT, EDISON H.
License Number: AD-133
License Type: Nursing Home Administrator
Complaint Number: 2005-NHA-84
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 8/15/06
Summary: An annual survey of the nursing home supervised by licensee found widespread deficiencies that constituted no actual harm but had the potential to cause more than minimal harm. A revisit almost two months later found that two of the deficiencies in the annual survey had not been corrected, and also identified two new deficiencies: (1) Physical Restraint, and (2) Resident Assessment. The deficiencies cited in the revisit survey were corrected shortly thereafter.
Licensee failed to implement adequate procedural and operational systems at the nursing home to ensure that residents were receiving services that complied with the standards of practice for resident care. Licensee lacks an adequate understanding of his role as an administrator to provide leadership to ensure that the current standards of practice are being employed at a nursing facility.
Licensee agreed to a 2-year probation. Conditions of probation include completing continuing professional education in the areas of current CMS guidelines for nursing home administration; completing a 3 credit course in leadership from an accredited college or university; and providing the board with a written report every three months regarding the status and progress in his participation in continuing professional education and plans for future education during his term of probation. Mr. Bennett's license will remain on probationary status and subject to the terms of the consent agreement indefinitely beyond the 2-year probationary period unless and until the board, at licensee's request, votes to terminate the probation. When considering whether to terminate the probation, the board will consider the extent to which licensee has complied with the provisions of the consent agreement.
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2005
NOTHING TO REPORT
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2004
CYR, PHILIP A.
License Number: MLA346
License Type: Multi-Level Long Term Care Administrator
Complaint Number: NHA-64
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 11/15/04
Summary: Licensee failed to adequately ensure that current standards of practice were exercised at the long term care facility of which he was administrator regarding documentation and resident assessment for the use of restraints and side rails. Licensee agreed to a warning.
POWERS, DOUGLAS N.
Freeport Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
License Number: AD-416
License Type: Nursing Home Administrator
Complaint Number: NHA-61
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 10/5/04
Summary: Facility failed to provide adequate medical care for a resident admitted with a decubitis ulcer on the coccyx/sacrum area. Resident was discharged eleven days after admission with a stage IV decubitus ulcer that later required multiple surgeries to correct. In addition, the resident also suffered from progressing groin blisters, and pressure sores to her ear and heel while at the facility. This complaint was an isolated incident. Licensee agreed to a reprimand.
VERTZ, DORIS B.
Haven Health Center of Cape Elizabeth, f/k/a Viking Nursing Facility
License Number: MLA687
License Type: Multi-Level Long Term Care Administrator
Complaint Number: NHA-62
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 10/8/04
Summary: Facility failed to ensure a quality of care such that residents who entered the facility without pressure sores did not develop pressure sores, and that residents admitted with pressure sores received the necessary treatment and services to promote healing, prevent infection and prevent new sores from developing.
WEBER, KENNETH J.
License Number: MLA377
License Type: Multi-Level Long Term Care Administrator
Complaint Number: NHA-59
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 11/24/04
Summary: Licensee failed to adequately ensure that current standards of practice were exercised at the long term care facility of which he was administrator regarding: (a) sanitary conditions and maintenance of the physical plant, (b) documentation pertaining to resident health care assessments and individualized plans of care, (c) documentation pertaining to resident risk assessment for the utilization of side rails, (d) operational policies, assessing and monitoring of the placement of dangerous chemicals and medications in secure areas within the facility to ensure resident safety. Licensee agreed to a warning. Licensee also agreed to a $250 civil penalty for each of the above violations, for a total civil penalty of $1000.
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2003
ATTWOOD, KATHLEEN J.
(Montello Manor, Lewiston)
License Number: MLA836
License Type: Multi-Level Long Term Care Administrator
Complaint Number: NHA-53
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 8/11/03
Summary: Licensee admitted that the nursing home: (a) violated physical restraint standards with respect to a severely disabled resident who died after his head fell between the bars of his bed rails, cutting off his air supply, and (b) violated transfer and discharge requirements by refusing to accept back a resident with Alzheimer's disease and severe behavioral problems after a hospital psychiatric unit refused to admit the resident. (The resident had previously been admitted to the psychiatric unit and returned to the nursing home.)
Licensee agreed to a reprimand and to a period of probation ending on January 2, 2005.
PAINCHAUD, YOLA V.
License Number: MLA200
License Type: Multi-Level Long Term Care Administrator
Complaint Number: NHA-54
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 2/19/03
Summary: Licensee admitted that she failed to timely complete the 24 hours of continuing education units required for her 2002 license renewal. Licensee agreed to a warning.
RANCOURT, DUANE
(Viking Nursing Facility, Cape Elizabeth)
License Number: AD386
License Type: Nursing Home Administrator
Complaint Number: NHA-51
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 5/21/03
Summary: A resident of the nursing home with Alzheimer's disease who was assessed as an elopement risk eloped on August 8, 2002 and was found dead the following morning from drowning. There were multiple failures in the management system of the nursing home, which consisted of: (a) preventive maintenance regarding safety of the physical plant; (b) lack of documentation pertaining to resident assessments and individualized plans of care; (c) lack of employee orientation and documentation of mandatory training and the lack of employee performance appraisals and evaluations; and (d) lack of operational policies.
Licensee agreed to a 6 month suspension followed by a 1-year probation. As a condition of probation, licensee agreed to complete 2 college courses in organizational management in long term care, and human resources management, respectively.
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2002
BELLIVEAU, ANTHONY J., JR.
License Number: AD378
License Type: Nursing Home Administrator
Case Number: NHA-50
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 6/19/02
Summary: Licensee failed to obtain continuing professional education during a 1 year suspension and 1 year of voluntary nonrenewal. Licensee agreed to a 6 month probation with conditions in connection with reissuance of the license, during which time licensee is to complete 48 hours of continuing professional education.
GADDIS, Thomas D.
(Marshall Manor, Machias)
License Number: RCA 808
License Type: Residential Care Facility Administrator
Case Number: NHA-46
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 3/20/02
Summary: Complaint alleged that licensee continually left a minor unsupervised at the nursing home he administered; failed to implement an adequate incident reporting process relating to violation of residents' rights; falsely stated on two relicensure applications that the nursing home had not been investigated for child/adult abuse, neglect or exploitation; plus other violations. Licensee voluntarily surrendered the license.
MARSHALL, Philomena A.
(Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital, Greenville)
License Number: MLA725
License Type: Multi-level Long-term Care Administrator
Case Number: NHA-45
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 4/23/02
Summary: Licensee agreed that a survey of the facility conducted by the Department of Human Services to determine compliance with Medicare and Medicaid regulations found that the facility had failed to operate in full compliance with all applicable regulations and that she, the licensee, had the responsibility to assure that the facility operated in compliance with all regulations relating to long-term care. Licensee was issued a warning and was ordered to complete 12 continuing education credit hours in nursing home management and administration.
PINGLEY, CONNIE L.
License Number: MLA736
License Type: Multi-Level Long Term Care Administrator
Case Number: NHA-49
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 10/24/02
Summary: Licensee engaged in discussion with a resident involving issues that were confidential to the resident in an area of the facility where confidentiality was not maintained. In response to an inquiry by the resident, licensee provided information to the resident about a regulatory survey at the nursing home regarding a complaint made by the resident that was inappropriate. Licensee agreed to a warning.
SZCZYGIEL, DEBORAH J.
License Number: MLA839
License Type: Multi-Level Long Term Care Administrator
Case Number: NHA-052
Disposition: Consent Agreement dated 10/9/02
Summary: Licensee admitted that she failed to document her receipt of continuing professional education units in accordance with the board's rules. Licensee agreed to a warning and agreed to complete 12 additional continuing professional education hours.
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2001
NOTHING TO REPORT
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2000
BELLIVEAU, Jr., Anthony J.
License Number: AD378
License Type: Nursing Home Administrator
Case Number: NHA-036
Disposition: Board Order dated 4/19/00
Summary: Licensee was the administrator of a nursing home. Upon inspection of the facility by DHS, 20 deficiencies, including failure to provide an environment promoting a resident's quality of life and failure to provide adequate housekeeping and maintenance services, were discovered. After three follow-up inspections several deficiencies remained uncorrected from the previous surveys and new deficiencies appeared. Licensee was issued a 90 day suspension for each violation of the board's code of ethics, totaling 360 days.
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Last Updated:
July 7, 2009
