Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Respondent: TRACY A. GREGORY AND TAG FOR DESIGN
Judges: R. BRUCE MCKIBBEN
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Largo, Florida
Filed: Sep. 22, 2006
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, October 31, 2006.
Latest Update: Jan. 18, 2025
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STATE OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE
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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
Petitioner,
ys. DBPR Case No.: 2005-063289
TRACY A. GREGORY AND
TAG FOR DESIGN, Ob & - ab ss
Respondents.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior
Design against TRACY A. GREGORY AND TAG FOR DESIGN, (“Respondents”), and says:
1, Petitioner is the stale agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture
pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481, Florida Statutes.
2. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation has jurisdiction over the
unlicensed practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 455.228(1), and
Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes.
3. Respondents’ last known address is 2396 Orangepoint Avenue, Palm Harbor,
Florida 34683.
4, At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to
engage in the practice of architecture in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida
Statutes.
5, On or about November 16, 2005, Respondents made a presentation to the Tampa
City Historic Preservation Architectural Review Committee for a proposed renovation of the
Floridan Hotel.
6. Respondents prepare drawings for the proposed renovations and presented the
drawings to the committee.
7. One of the required documents to make such a presentation to the committee was
an architectural site plan.
8. Respondent told the committee that she was an architectural designer.
9, Respondent is not licensed in the State of Florida as an architect and therefore
cannot perform design services for a commercial project or hold herself out an architectural
designer.
COUNT I
10. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through nine (9)
as if fully set forth herein,
ll. Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly
“practice architecture unless the person is an architect or a registered architect.”
12. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(a),
Florida Statutes, by offering and providing architectural services.
COUNT I
13. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through nine (9)
as if fully set forth herein.
14, Section 481.223(1)(c), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly “use
the name or title ‘architect’ or ‘registered architect’ or words to that effect, when the person is
not then the holder of a valid license.”
15. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(c),
Florida Statutes, by using the name or title “architect”, when they were not the holder of a valid
license.
COUNT LI
16: Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through nine (9)
as if fully set forth herein.
17. Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization for a
corporation, partnership, or fictitious name offering architectural services.
18. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondent, TAG for Design has violated Section
481.219(2), Florida Statutes, by offering architectural services without a certificate of
authorization.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing an
administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, assess costs associated with investigation and
prosecution, impose any or all penalties delineated within Section 455.227(2), Florida Statutes,
and/or any other relief that the Board is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapters 481 and 455,
Florida Statutes, and/or the rules promulgated thereunder.
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Signed this 27 dayof_ Aus ea b , 2006.
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DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A.
2075 Centre Pointe Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32308-4893
FL Bar No. 0056774
Ph: = (850) 402-1570
Fax: (850) 402-1508
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Dopartment of Business and Professional Regulation
DEPUTY CLERK
CLERK Prardnt Tihele
DATE 9-5-2006 -
Docket for Case No: 06-003655
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Oct. 31, 2006 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Oct. 27, 2006 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Notice of Taking Deposition filed.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Notice of Service of Petitioner`s Answers to Interrogatories, Response to First Request for Production and Admission filed.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Respondent`s First Requests for Admission filed.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Respondent`s First Requests for Production filed.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Respondent`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Notice of Filing Respondent`s First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and First Request for Admission.
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Oct. 17, 2006 |
Proposed Hearing Exhibits filed.
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Oct. 17, 2006 |
Respondent`s Responses to Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
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Oct. 17, 2006 |
Respondent`s Responses to Petitioner`s First Requests for Admission filed.
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Oct. 17, 2006 |
Respondent`s Responses to Petitioner`s First Set of Request for Production filed.
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Oct. 17, 2006 |
Notice of Filing Respondent`s Responses to Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production, and First Requests for Admission filed.
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Oct. 16, 2006 |
Order Denying Motion (to Prohibit Discovery by Oral Deposition).
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Oct. 13, 2006 |
Petitioner`s Response to Motion to Prohibit Discovery by Oral Deposition filed.
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Oct. 12, 2006 |
Motion to Prohibit Discovery by Oral Deposition filed.
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Oct. 05, 2006 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for November 6, 2006; 9:00 a.m.; Largo, FL).
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Sep. 29, 2006 |
Letter to Judge McKibben from T. Gregory responding to the Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 27, 2006 |
Petitioner`s Response to Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 25, 2006 |
Initial Order.
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Sep. 22, 2006 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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Sep. 22, 2006 |
Response to Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 22, 2006 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Sep. 22, 2006 |
Request for Administrative Hearing filed.
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Sep. 22, 2006 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 22, 2006 |
Referral Letter filed.
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