>, STATE OF FLORIDA 7 “hp DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ©© p, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND ; : PROFESSIONAL. REGULATION, ay Lip Petitioner, DBPR Case No.: 2006-044950 OT 14a> vs. KIMBERLY J. SCUDDER, Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT _ Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against KIMBERLY J. SCUDDER, (“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. 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. Respondent’ s last known address is 1252 se 14™ Street, Ocala, Florida 33127. 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. Respondent’s business card holds herself out as an “Interior Desi gn Consultant”. 6. Respondent is not licensed to. practice interior design services in the State of Florida and therefore cannot hold herself out as an interior designer. 7. Section 481.223(1)(c), Florida Statutes, prohibits a person from using the title © interior designer or words to that effect unless the person is a registered interior designer. 8. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondent has violated Section 481.223(1)(c), Florida Statutes, by holding herself out as interior designers when she was not the holder of a valid license. 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. es Signed this 8" dayof_Aebeea- of , 2006. < ra sss Jot DAVID K. MINACCI Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A. 2075 Centre Pointe Blvd. Tallahassee, FL 32308-4893 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: (850) 402-1570 Fax: (850) 402-1508 F nm 0 5 2007 Oratmeratieal, LE diniyr, DEPUTy Cleon Regulation - Ci \W LERK AY Z,; ,

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