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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION vs JRG INCORPORATED AND JON R. GALSURE, 07-002191 (2007)

Court: Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 07-002191 Visitors: 5
Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Respondent: JRG INCORPORATED AND JON R. GALSURE
Judges: STUART M. LERNER
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Filed: May 14, 2007
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, July 3, 2007.

Latest Update: Dec. 22, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA 4 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS Bina he DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, O7-2149| DBPR Case No.: 2005-013885 Petitioner, vs. JRG INCORPORATED AND, JON R. GALSURE, Respondents. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against JRG INCORPORATED AND J ON R. GALSURE, (“Respondents” , and says: 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture 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’ last known address is 856 SW Rustic Circle, Stuart, Florida 34997. 4. At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes. 5. Respondents entered into a contract to provide design services for a residential project. 6. Respondents prepared drawings for the project. 7. Respondents’ title block ‘offers services as “IRG Incorporated Architectural Plans”. 8. Respondents are not licensed in the State of Florida as architects and therefore cannot offer architectural plans. 9. Section 481.223(1)(c), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly “use the name or title ‘architect’ or ‘registered architect’ or words to that effect, when the person is not then the holder of a valid license.” 10. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(c), Florida Statutes, by using the name or title “architect”, when they were 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. Po r . Signed this /7 — dayof_Dccembs — , 2006. 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 PCP: DEC 1 1 2006 \ | FILED~ Department of Business and Professional Régulation AGENCY CLERK CuK Sayed £. Woadun nn oate_._| 2727 -Z2OO0G

Docket for Case No: 07-002191
Source:  Florida - Division of Administrative Hearings

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