Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: INNOVATIVE INTERIORS AND GLADYS LANDA
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Filed: Sep. 05, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, October 31, 2014.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
Deputy Agency Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA CLERK cate seep rotor
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULA 5. 734/2044
File #
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petition er,
vs. CASE NO.: 2012-051748
INNOVATIVE INTERIORS, INC.,
AND GLADYS LANDA,
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 INNOVATIVE INTERIORS, INC. and GLADYS LANDA, ("Respondents"),
and says:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of interior
design pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481, Florida Statutes.
m Respondent, Innovative Interiors, Inc., is and has been at all times material hereto,
a licensed interior design firm in the State of Florida, having been issued license number
IBC000246.
3. Respondents’ address of record is 1236 7" Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.
4, On or about August 4, 2011, Respondents contracted with George Behan to
perform interior design services at a restaurant located at 2199 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manor,
Florida.
5. The contract specifically offers stucco installation, framing, drywall installation,
and ceiling installation.
6. Respondents are licensed interior designers and cannot contract for contracting
services.
7. Section 481.2251(1)G), Florida Statutes, prohibits a licensed interior designer
from accepting and performing professional responsibilities which the licensee knows or has
reason to know that she or he is not competent or licensed to perform.
8. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481.2251(1)(),
Florida Statutes by providing contracting services which she is not licensed to perform.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing one
or more of the following penalties: Imposition of probation, reprimand the licensee, revoke,
suspend, deny the issuance or renewal of the certificate or registration, require financial
restitution to a consumer, impose an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, require
continuing education, 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 24 dayof__ yuely , 2014.
DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw,
Minacci & Colén, P.A.
3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor
Tallahassee, Florida 32309
FL Bar No. 0056774
(Ph) (850) 402-1570
(Fax) (850) 241-0161
davidm@stslaw.com
PCP: July 14, 2014
Rodriguez
Shore
Costoya
Rwercs
Docket for Case No: 14-004145PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Oct. 31, 2014 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Oct. 23, 2014 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Continue Hearing filed.
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Oct. 22, 2014 |
Order Taking Petitioner`s Motion to Compel Under Advisement.
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Oct. 22, 2014 |
Order to Show Cause.
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Oct. 17, 2014 |
Amended Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for November 6, 2014; 9:00 a.m.; Lauderdale Lakes and Tallahassee, FL; amended as to video teleconference and hearing locations).
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Oct. 13, 2014 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction for Hearing not Involving Disputed Issues of Material Fact filed.
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Oct. 13, 2014 |
Motion to Compel Responses to Interrogatories and Requests for Production filed.
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Sep. 16, 2014 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Sep. 16, 2014 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for November 6, 2014; 9:00 a.m.; Fort Lauderdale, FL).
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Sep. 11, 2014 |
Amended Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 09, 2014 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 08, 2014 |
Initial Order.
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Sep. 05, 2014 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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Sep. 05, 2014 |
Response to Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 05, 2014 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 05, 2014 |
Referral Letter filed.
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