STATE OF FLORIDA ' DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ae «2 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND FT yy PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ees BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, () 4.( Ou C If | Petitioner, vs. CASENO.: 2008-031384 2008-031371 DEIRDRE L. VOUZIERS, AND ’ ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING WORKS, LLC, Respondents. . / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT. Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against DEIRDRE L. VOUZIERS and ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING WORKS, LLC, (“Respondents”), and says: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture and interior design 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 130 S. w. 120 Way, Coral Springs, Florida 33071. 4. At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture or interior design pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes. 5. Respondents entered into a contract with Tyler Strait to provide architectural services for a property located 180 SW 32" Terrace, Deerfield, Florida. see" 6 ~The contract uses the title architect and makes reference to architectural Services. 7. Respondents are doing business Architecture & Engineering Works, LLC. 8. Respondents are not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and therefore cannot offer or provide architectural services. COUNT I 9. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 10. 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.” 11. | Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, by practicing architecture when they were not the holder of a valid license by offering architectural services. COUNT II 12. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 13. 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.” 14. 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 Ii 15. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) “as if fully set forth herein. #2 <> , 16. Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization for a corporation, partnership, or fictitious name offering architectural services. 17. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondent, Architecture & Engineering Works, LLC, 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. +4 Signed this 74 day of _A/owenbe — , 2008. FILED SSL 0 Deparment of Business an Profeona Reuaion DAVID K MINACCI DE Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A. 3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor Tallahassee, Florida 32309 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: (850) 402-1570 Fax: (850) 558-1613 PCP: Rodriguez, Wirtz, Gustafson November 13, 2008

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