07-2 15h STATE OF FLORIDA “ / DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGUL é WON DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Petitioner, vs. DBPR Case No.: 2006-038321 THOMASE.AUDIT, a a a Respondent. . / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against THOMAS E. AUDIT, (“Respondent”), 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( ), and ~ - Section 481.223()@), Florida Statutes. | a 3. Respondent’s last known address is P.O. Box 562, Alachua, Florida 32616. 4. ‘At all times material hereto, Respondent was not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes. 5. John J Strickland (“Strickland”) entered into a contract with Charles J. Spidell to provide architectural services for a church located in Lacrosse, Florida. 6. -Atall times material hereto, Strickland was not duly. registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, F lorida Statutes. 7. Strickland prepared architectural drawings for the project. 8. Strickland’s title block on the drawings uses the title architect. 9. Strickland received compensation for providing architectural drawings for the | project. 10. Strickland is not licensed in the State of Florida to practice architecture and therefore cannot offer or provide such services or use the title architect. . 11. | Onor about September 21, 1998, Respondent, a Florida licensed Professional _ . Engineer, signed and sealed the drawings prepared by Strickland for the purposes of obtaining a. building permit. 12. Section 455.227( 1)@), 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. _ 13. . Based upon the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 455. 27(1)G), Florida Statutes, by assisting Strickland in his 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. —_ * Signedthis 27 dayof_octebe— «2006. DAVIDK.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: OCT 2 3.2006

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