Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: HUGO BUENO AND BUENO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Feb. 20, 2018
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
Latest Update: Dec. 24, 2024
FILED
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA CLERK = Evette Lawson-Proctor
: Date = 8/30/2017
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATI gies
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NOS.: 2016-023894
2016-023897
HUGO BUENO AND
BUENO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC,,
Respondents,
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Archifecture and Interior
Design against HUGO BUENO and BUBNO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,
(“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’ Jast known address is 519 South 21" Avenue, Hollywood, FL
33020.
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4, At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to
engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes,
5, On or about January 19, 2016, Respondents entered into a design build contract
with Wholeness Empowerment Ministry for a church project.
6. The Contract provides that the Contractor is “to provide a set of drawings signed
and sealed by an Architect.”
7. | Respondents and/or the Owner contracted with Aldeval Design to provide
drawings for the project.
8. Aldeval Design is not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and
therefore cannot prepare design drawings for a church.
9. Respondents aided Aldeval Design in the unlicensed practice of architecture.
10. Section 455.227(1)(j), Florida Statutes, prohibits aiding, assisting, procuring,
employing, or advising any unlicensed person or entity to practice a profession contrary to this
chapter, the chapter regulating the profession, or the rules of the department or the board.
11. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 455.227(1)(),
Florida Statutes, by assisting Aldeval Design in its performance of unlicensed activity contrary to
Chapter 481, Florida Statutes.
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 2 day of Agus t , 2017.
DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw,
Minacci, Colén & Power, 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: August 28, 2017
Hall
Smith
Rodriguez
Docket for Case No: 18-000939
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Mar. 20, 2018 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Mar. 19, 2018 |
Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Mar. 19, 2018 |
Notice of Canceling Deposition filed.
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Mar. 07, 2018 |
Notice of Taking Deposition filed.
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Feb. 27, 2018 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Feb. 27, 2018 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for April 18, 2018; 9:30 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Feb. 26, 2018 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Feb. 21, 2018 |
Initial Order.
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Feb. 20, 2018 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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Feb. 20, 2018 |
Answer to Administrative Complaint filed.
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Feb. 20, 2018 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Feb. 20, 2018 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Feb. 20, 2018 |
Referral Letter filed.
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