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reported June 26. Florida Hospital spokesperson Samanthza O'Lenick said Novello, the hospital’s vice presiden of women and children healthu andpolicy affairs, remains on a leaved of absence to deal with this “We are very supportive of her as she works througgh this,” she said. Ending a case that alleged she used state stafcas servants, Novello pleaded guilty in Albant County Court to filingy a false instrument, but she will get to keep her medicalo license if she completes the terms of her plea bargain, the Time s Union reported. She also waived her right to appeaol the conviction and will be sentencerdon Aug. 14. The former U.S.
surgeojn general pleaded guilty to falsifying the state mileageon Dec. 9, that stems from travel where a state workeer chauffeured her onprivate business, according to the Timez Union. If she fails to complete her sentence, Novello facesa up to four yearsin jail. She had facedd up to 12 years in prison if convicted of all the chargexshe faced, the Times Unionb reported. The criminal case against Novello was the resulrt of aninspector general’s investigation into the seven-yeadr tenure of the former U.S. surgeon general as New York health commissioner.
It reportexd she used New York state Health Department employees for thousandx of hours to performj personal services for her while inNew York, accordingg to a Jan. 26 A report from the office of Inspector General Josepb Fisch depicts Novello as preoccupiecd with shopping and routinely abusive of her authority overemployeez — using staff as her personal chauffeurs, porterse and shopping assistants which caused them to work more than 2,50 0 hours of overtime and cost the stated $48,000. Novello, 64, was hired to guide the children'sz health and policy platform, according to an Aug. 27 Florida Hospitapl press release. Appointed by President George H.W.
Bush, she was the firs woman and first Hispanic to serv e assurgeon general.