FILED Department of Business and Professiorial Regulation Deputy Agency Clerk CLERK = Evette Lawson-Proctor Date =: 81/209. ae _ __ STATEOFELORIDA ie DEPAREMENT OF BUSINESS: AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND oper Petitioner, ve CASENO: 2019-02201 LEONARD LAFOREST, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT: Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Compl: it before the Board of Architecture and Thterior ‘Design against LEONARD LAFOREST, CRespondént"), and says! 1. Petitioner isthe state- agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture. and, interior design pubsnant to Section 20;165, Florida Statutes, arid. Chapters 455 and 481, Florida Statutes, 2; Respondent is and has’been atrall times material hereto, a Itoensed architect in the State of Florida, having been issued license: number AR 14784. 3. — Respondent’s address of record ts 1020 Lincol Street, Hollywood, FL 33019. A. — Resporident is the qualifier and architect in responsible supervisory control of Creative Ast & Design, Inc.., with an office located at 1020 Lincaln Street, Hollywood, Florida, 5; Respondent is also the sole architect in responsible supervisory:control of Genard & Assbciates, LLC, with an officé located at 11000 SW 104 Street 163114, Mianii, Florida. EXHIBIT A 6. Respondent cannot provide proper responsible supervisory control for two different offices at two different locations. 7. Rule 61G1-23.010(2), Florida Administrative Code, states, “Every office offering architectural services must have a resident full-time architect meeting the requirements of this mT » tule. 8. Section 455.227, Florida Statutes, states in pertinent part that violating any rule adopted by the board or the department constitutes grounds for disciplinary action. 9. Based upon the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 455.227, Florida Statutes and Rule 61G1-23.010(2), Florida Administrative Code, by attempting to act as the architect in responsible supervisory over an office in which he does not work fuil time. 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. Signed this 1°* dayof__ A eyes t 2019. DAVID K. MINACCI Smith, Thompson, Shaw, Minacci, Colén & Power, P.A. 140-D W. 1* Street St. George Island, FL 32328 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: (850) 799-1882 Fax: (850) 799-1884 davidm@stslaw.com PCP: July 22, 2019 Rodriguez Shore Rivers

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