Puy STATE OF FLORIDA "Ch EP DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL BPGELATION bs Pi le: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND , DIV is) 43 PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, A Dramas OF . U a Heap RAT Ve Petitioner, O C7 Hes ~ vs. DBPR Case No: —-2005-040123 ELYSE SANTORO AND, FENG SHUI DESIGNS BY ELYSE SANTORO, Respondents. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against BLYSE SANTORO and FENG SHUI DESIGNS BY ELYSE SANTORO, (“Respondents”), and says: . 1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture and 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. Respondents’ last known address is 5600 Collins: Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33140. 4. At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture or interior design in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes. 5. Respondents’ website offers to provide architectural interior design services for both residential and commercial properties. 6. Thesé services are offered through a business entity. that does not hold a certificate of authorization. COUNT I . 7. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through six (6) as _if fully set forth herein. 8. Section 481.223(1)(b), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly practice interior design, when the person is not then the holder of a valid license. 9. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(b), Florida Statutes, by practicing interior design, when they were not the holder of a valid license. COUNT II 10. _ Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through six (6) as if fully set forth herein. . 11. 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. 12, _... Based upon the foregoing, the Respondents have violated. Section 481.223(1)(c); Florida Statutes, by holding themselves out as interior designers when they were not the holder of a valid license. COUNT IIt 13. __. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through six (6) as if fully set forth herein. 14. — Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly “practice architecture unless the pérson is an architect or a registered architect.” 15. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents, have violated Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, by offering to provide architectural services when they were not the holder of a valid license. COUNT IV 16. - Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through six (6) as if fully set forth herein. 17, Section 481.219(3), Florida Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization to practice interior design services through a corporation, partnership, or under a fictitious name. 18. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481.219(3), Florida Statutes, by offering interior design services through Feng Shui Designs by Elyse Santoro, without a certificate of authorization. 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. tM Signed this ix dayof Dean , 2006. SS 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

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