Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: JOSEPH M. MARCIAL
Judges: LAWRENCE P. STEVENSON
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Deltona, Florida
Filed: Feb. 09, 2015
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, April 27, 2015.
Latest Update: Apr. 02, 2025
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Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULAT] (Givi aun rrocer
File #
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO.; 2014-014938
JOSEPH M. MARCIAL,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior
Design against JOSEPH M. MARCIAL, ("Respondent"), and says:
lL. 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. Respondent, is and has been at all times material hereto,.a licensed architect in the
State of Florida, having been issued license number AR 15565.
3. Respondent’s address of record is 249 Abbeyville Street, Deltona, FL, 32725.
4. Omega Construction Enterprises, Inc. and Omega Design Architecture
(“Omega”) are not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida.
5. Respondent is allegedly the qualifier and architect in responsible supervisory
control of Omega.
6. Respondent was not an officer or director of Omega nor was he listed on the
firm’s web site until prompted by Petitioner’s investigations.
7. Respondent aided and assisted Omega in the unlicensed practice of architecture.
8. 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.
9. Based upon the foregoing, Respondent have violated Section 455.227(1)Q),
Florida Statutes, by assisting Omega in the practice of architecture contrary to Chapter 481,
Florida Statutes.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing one
or more of the following penalties: Imposition of probation, reprimand the licensee, revoke,
suspend, deny the issuance or renewal of the certificate or registration, require financial
restitution toa consumer, impose an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, require
continuing education, 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.
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Signed this Jot day of __AJovimbr , 2014,
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DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw,
Minacci & Colon, P.A.
3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor
Tallahassee, Florida 32309
FL Bar No. 0056774
Ph: (850) 402-1570
Fax: (850) 241-0161
davidm@stslaw.com
PCP: October 29, 2014
Shore
Toppe
Rivers
Docket for Case No: 15-000660PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Apr. 24, 2018 |
Suggestion of Death filed.
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Apr. 27, 2015 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Apr. 24, 2015 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Apr. 14, 2015 |
Notice of Taking Deposition (Joseph Marcial) filed.
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Apr. 13, 2015 |
Notice of Appearance (Tanner Andrews)filed.
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Apr. 01, 2015 |
Order Granting Motion to Compel and Canceling Hearing (parties to advise status by May 7, 2015).
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Mar. 17, 2015 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction for Hearing Not Involving Disputed Issues of Material Fact filed.
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Mar. 17, 2015 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Compel Responses to Interrogatories and Request for Production filed.
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Mar. 11, 2015 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Mar. 11, 2015 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for April 7, 2015; 9:00 a.m.; Deltona, FL).
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Feb. 18, 2015 |
Petitioner's Response to Initial Order filed.
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Feb. 10, 2015 |
Initial Order.
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Feb. 09, 2015 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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Feb. 09, 2015 |
Request for Administrative Hearing filed.
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Feb. 09, 2015 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Feb. 09, 2015 |
Referral Letter filed.
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