Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Respondent: TRENDSETTERZ
Judges: DON W. DAVIS
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Ocala, Florida
Filed: Jun. 14, 2007
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, June 28, 2007.
Latest Update: Jan. 10, 2025
CT ALE
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
BARBERS’ BOARD
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
Petitioner,
vs. CaséNG.
TRENDSETTERZ,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
(“Department”), files this Administrative Complaint before the Barbers’ Board, against
TRENDSETTERZ, (“Respondent”), and says:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of barbering
pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 476, Florida Statutes, and the
rules promulgated thereto.
2. Respondent’s address of record is 616 South Pine Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34474.
3. At all times material hereto, Respondent has been licensed as a barbershop in the
State of Florida, having been issued license number BS 1077967.
4. On or about January 20, 2007, Petitioner’s inspector Robert Johnson conducted a
routine inspection of Respondent barbershop.
5. During the inspection, Petitioner’s inspector observed Respondent barbershop
open for business and operating.
6. During the inspection, Petitioner’s inspector observed SAMUEL E. RIVERA
cutting a customer’s hair for compensation.
7. During the inspection, a search of Department records revealed that SAMUEL E.
RIVERA was not licensed as a barber in the State of Florida.
8. During the inspection, Petitioner’s inspector observed RANDY FRANCIS
DEFAY cutting a customer’s hair for compensation.
9. During the inspection, a search of Department records revealed that RANDY
FRANCIS DEFAY was not licensed as a barber in the State of Florida.
10. Section 476.034, Florida Statutes, defines “barbering” as “[a]ny of the following
practices when done for remuneration and for the public, but not when done for the treatment of
disease or physical or mental ailments: shaving, cutting, trimming, coloring, shampooing,
arranging, dressing, curling, or waving the hair or beard or applying oils, creams, lotions, or
other preparations to the face, scalp, or neck, either by hand or by mechanical appliances.”
11. Section 476.194(1)(e)2, Florida Statutes, provides that it is unlawful for any
person to “[o]wn, operate, maintain, open, establish, conduct, or have charge of, either alone or
with another person or persons, a barbershop: in which a person not licensed as a barber is
permitted to perform services.”
12. During the inspection, Petitioner’s inspector observed that hair had accumulated
on the floor and had not been deposited into a closed container.
13. Rule 61G3-19.011(16), Florida Administrative Code, provides in pertinent part
that “[h]air must not be allowed to accumulate on the floor of the barbershop. Hair must be
deposited in a closed container.”
14. During the inspection, Petitioner’s inspector observed that sanitized items were
being stored with unsanitized personal items.
15. Rule 61G3-19.011(15), Florida Administrative Code, provides in pertinent part
that “[aJll drawers and shelves ... being used for the storage of rollers, brushes, combs, pins,
nets, and equipment must have proper sanitation, and shall not be used for storage of nonrelated
barbering equipment or supplies.”
16. Section 476.204(1)(i), Florida Statutes, states in pertinent part that “[iJt is
unlawful for any person to violate or refuse to comply with any provision of this chapter or
chapter 455 or a rule or final order of the board.”
COUNT ONE
17. Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates the allegations set forth in paragraph one
through sixteen (16) as though fully set forth herein.
18. Section 476.194(1)(e)2, Florida Statutes, provides that it is unlawful for any
person to “[o]wn, operate, maintain, open, establish, conduct, or have charge of, either alone or
with another person or persons, a barbershop: in which a person not licensed as a barber is
permitted to perform services.”
19. Based on the foregoing, Respondent violated Section 476.194(1)(e)2, Florida
Statutes, by permitting SAMUEL E. RIVERA to perform barbering services for compensation
while unlicensed, and is therefore subject to disciplinary action by the Barbers’ Board pursuant
to Section 476.204(2), Florida Statutes.
COUNT TWO
20. Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates the allegations set forth in paragraph one
through sixteen (16) as though fully set forth herein.
21. Section 476.194(1)(e)2, Florida Statutes, provides that it is unlawful for any
person to “[o]wn, operate, maintain, open, establish, conduct, or have charge of, either alone or
with another person or persons, a barbershop: in which a person not licensed as a barber is
permitted to perform services.”
22. Based on the foregoing, Respondent violated Section 476.194(1)(e)2, Florida
Statutes, by permitting RANDY FRANCIS DEFAY to perform barbering services for
compensation while unlicensed, and is therefore subject to disciplinary action by the Barbers’
Board pursuant to Section 476.204(2), Florida Statutes.
COUNT THREE
23. Petitioner re-alleges and incorporates the allegations set forth in paragraph one
through sixteen (16) as though fully set forth herein.
24, Section 476.204(1)(i), Florida Statutes, provides that it is unlawful for any person
to “[v]iolate or refuse to comply with any provision of [Chapter 476] or Chapter 455 or a rule or
final order of the Board.”
25. Based on the foregoing, Respondent violated Section 476.204(1)(i), Florida
Statutes, by violating two sanitation rules, and is therefore subject to disciplinary action by the
Barbers’ Board pursuant to Section 476.204(2), Florida Statutes.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Barbers’ Board enter a Final Order
imposing one or more of the following penalties: imposition of an administrative fine, revocation
or suspension of the Respondent’s license, issuance of a reprimand, placement of the Respondent
on probation, restriction of Respondent’s practice, and or any other relief which the Board deems
appropriate.
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Attorney for Petitioner:
Tiffany A. Harrington
Assistant General Counsel
FBN: 26202
Office of the General Counsel
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
1940 North Monroe Street an professional
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Tallehacsee Florida, 32399-2202 pepartment f BUSES cy CLER
Phone: (850) 487-8435
Facsimile: (850) 414-6749
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Case Number: 2007-007255 Qa
RP: Ayiz]or CFT ont
Regulation
Docket for Case No: 07-002661