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.
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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 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
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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
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Department of Business and Professional Régulation
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Docket for Case No: 07-002191
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jul. 03, 2007 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Jun. 29, 2007 |
Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Jun. 21, 2007 |
Notice of Taking Deposition of (J. Galsure) filed.
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May 25, 2007 |
Order Concerning Hearing Exhibits, Witnesses, and Dispute Resolution.
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May 25, 2007 |
Notice of Telephonic Final Hearing (hearing set for July 13, 2007; 9:00 a.m.).
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May 22, 2007 |
Petitioner`s Response to Initial Order.
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May 22, 2007 |
Letter to DOAH from J. Glasure regarding dates of availability filed.
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May 15, 2007 |
Initial Order.
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May 14, 2007 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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May 14, 2007 |
Election of Rights filed.
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May 14, 2007 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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May 14, 2007 |
Referral Letter filed.
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