Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: MAURA K. ROSSI
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Filed: Jun. 02, 2015
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, June 18, 2015.
Latest Update: Dec. 25, 2024
Department of Business ano Professional Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA CLERK Evette Lawson-Proctor
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULA pa. 9995/9048
File #
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petitioner,
VS. CASE NO.: 2014-022092
MAURA K. ROSS],
Respondent.
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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 MAURA K. ROSSI, ("Respondent"), 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.
2. Respondent is and has been at all times material hereto, a licensed interior
designer in the State of Florida, having been issued license number ID 742.
3. Respondent’s address of record is 511 SE 5" Avenue, #1914, Fort Lauderdale, FL
4, Respondent contracted with George Behan to perform interior design services at a
condominium located at 1581 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida.
5. Respondent contract to provide electrical services on the project.
6. Respondent is a licensed interior designers and cannot contract for electrical
contracting services.
7. Section 481.2251(1)(), 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, Respondent has violated Section 481.2251(1)q),
Florida Statutes by contracting for electrical 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 23 day of Feb cuncg , 2015.
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DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw,
Minacci & Colon, 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: February 13, 2015
Hall
Shore
Costoya
Rivers
Docket for Case No: 15-003160PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jun. 18, 2015 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Jun. 15, 2015 |
Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Jun. 12, 2015 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Jun. 12, 2015 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for July 14, 2015; 9:00 a.m.; Fort Lauderdale, FL).
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Jun. 10, 2015 |
Petitioner's Response to Initial Order filed.
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Jun. 03, 2015 |
Initial Order.
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Jun. 02, 2015 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatoaries, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission.
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Jun. 02, 2015 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Jun. 02, 2015 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Jun. 02, 2015 |
Agency referral letter filed.
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