STATE OF FLORIDA ay DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION Po, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO.: 2007-025613 PANACHE INTERIOR DESIGN, INC. AND, CAROLINE B. ROGOW, Respondents. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against PANACHE INTERIOR DESIGN, INC. AND CAROLINE B. ROGOW, (“Respondents”), and says: 1. 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 5972 Cocoriut Creek Parkway, Margate, Florida 33063. 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. Respondents are doing business as Panache Interior Design, Inc. 6. Respondents are not licensed to practice interior design services in the State of Florida and therefore cannot hold themselves out as interior designers. 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)(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. 9. 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 II 10. _ Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through six (6) as if fully set forth herein. 11. 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. 12. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481 .219(3), Florida Statutes, by offering interior design services through Panache Interior Design, Inc., 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 att” day of Avges , 2007. _ DAVID K. MINACCI Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A. 3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor | Tallahassee, Florida 32309 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: . (850) 402-1570 Fax: (850) 558-1613 Le rose be uN wo Mtflicale “A\- 200 CLERK paATE

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