Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: TUI PRANICH AND TUI LIFESTYLE, LLC
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Feb. 23, 2015
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
Latest Update: Dec. 22, 2024
Deputy Agency Clerk
STATE OF FLORIDA vette Lawson-F
‘vette Lawson-Proctor
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULAY 4412/2014
' DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE —
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO.: 2013-036472
TUI PRANICH AND,
TUI LIFESTYLE, LLC,
Respondents.
/
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior
Design against TUI PRANICH and TUI LIFESTYLE, LLC, (“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 18000 State Road 9, Miami, FL 33 162.
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. Respondent uses the title architect on his web site.
6. Respondent is not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and
therefore cannot use the title architect.
7. Section 481.223(1)(c), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly “use
the name or title ‘architect? or ‘registered architect’ or words to that effect, when the person is
not then the holder of a valid license.”
8. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondent has violated Section 481.223(1)(c),
Florida Statutes, by using the name or title “architect”, when he was not the holder of a valid
license. in
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.
en
Signed this s? day of A) ovimbs , 2014.
BSP ee
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
Hall
Shore
Toppe
Rivers
Docket for Case No: 15-001016
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Apr. 14, 2015 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Apr. 06, 2015 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction for Hearing Not Involving Disputed Issues of Material Fact filed.
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Apr. 06, 2015 |
(Petitioner's) Motion to Compel Responses to Interrogatories and Requests for Production filed.
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Mar. 26, 2015 |
Notice of Transfer.
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Mar. 06, 2015 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Mar. 06, 2015 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for April 27, 2015; 9:00 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Feb. 24, 2015 |
Initial Order.
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Feb. 23, 2015 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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Feb. 23, 2015 |
Answer filed.
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Feb. 23, 2015 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Feb. 23, 2015 |
Referral Letter filed.
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