FILED Department of Business and Professional Regulation Deputy Agency Clerk STATE OF FLORIDA : DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULA1 CLERK Evette Lawson-Proctor Date 7/26/2012 File # DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, Petitioner, vs. CASENO.: 2011-06122 BLUE WATER ENGINEERING & DESIGN, INC., RICAHRD E. HOPKINS, INC., AND RICHARD E. HOPKINS, Respondents. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT. Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against BLUE WATER ENGINEERING & DESIGN, INC., RICHARED E. HOPKINS, INC, and RICHARD 5 HOPKINS, (“Respondents”), dnd 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 88005 Overseas Highway, Suite 12 ad Islamarada, Florida 33036. Filed August 30, 2012 3:39 PM Division of Administrative Hearings 4, At all times material hereto, Respondents were not duly registered or certified to engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes. 5. On or about May 10, 2010, Respondents entered into a contract to provide architectural services for a commercial project known as Snook’s Bayside Restaurant. 6. The contract specifically offers to provide Four Architectural Building Elevations. 7. In a letter dated October 8, 2010, the Respondents once again offer architectural services for the project. 8. Respondents, Blue Water Engineering & Design, Inc., and Richard E. Hopkins, Inc., are offering architectural services without a certificate of authorization. COUNT I 9. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 10. Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly “practice architecture unless the person is an architect or a registered architect.” Ll. Based upon the foregoing, Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, by practicing architecture when they were not the holder of a valid license by offering architectural services. COUNT I 12. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 13. Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization for a corporation, partnership, or fictitious name offering architectural services. 14. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondents, Blue Water Engineering & Design, Inc., and Richard E. Hopkins, Inc., have violated Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, by offering architectural services 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. J | Signed this 23 dayof July , 2012. “DSI DAVID K. MINACCIL Smith, Thompson, Shaw, Minacci & Colon, P.A. 3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor Tallahassee, Florida 32309 FL Bar No. 0056774 Ph: ($50) 402-1570 Fax: (850) 241-0161 PCP: July 16, 2012 Hall Shore Gozdz

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