‘STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS. AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ~ DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND , PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ; oP -2 PI Ob : Petitioner, : ‘ ‘VS. CASE NO.: 2006-020146 JUDITH HASKIN.AND, METROPLIS DESIGNS, Respondents. | / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior ~ Design against JUDITH HASKIN and METROPOLIS DESIGNS, (“Respondents”), and says: A 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 interior design pursuant to Section 455.228(1), and Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes. . 3. Respondents’ last known.address is 1385 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021. 4, _ At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice.of interior design in the State of Florida pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes. EXHIBIT A 5. On or about September 1, 2004, Respondents entered into an agreement with _ Melvin Frumkes and Dr. Barbara Buchwald to provide interior design services for an apartment at Three Grove Isle Drive, Miami, Florida. 6. The agreement is titled “Interior Design Agreement”. 7. The agreement specifically offers interior design services. 8. The agreement represents the Respondents as interior designers. 9. The Respondents are not licensed to practice interior design in the State of Florida and therefore cannot offer or provide interior design services. ~ CouNTI 10. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through nine (9) _ "as if fully set forth herein. . ‘11. < 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. 12. 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 I 13. - Petitioner hereby teallegés and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through-nine (9) as if fully set forth herein. | 14. 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. -15. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondents have violated Section 481. 2210), Florida Statutes, by holding themselves out as interior designers when they were not the holder of a valid license. COUNT II ‘16. Petitioner hereby réalleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through nine (9) 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 Metropolis Designs, 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. “~ . . Signed this ye’ dayof__Ma of , 2007. Department ot 8 DAVID K. MINACCI . ct Regutation Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A. LERK 3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor CLERK nd Hh Tallahassee, Florida 32309 eee FL Bar No. 0056774 DATE Ph: (850) 402-1570 Fax: (850) 558-1613 PCR; y 1 42007

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