Deputy Agency Clerk STATE OF FLORIDA CLERK Evette Lawson-Prector DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULA]| pao 2/49/2045 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO.: 2014-042066 MARIELA MARTIN-FERNANDEZ, AND REMODEL BY DESIGN, 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 MARIELA MARTIN-FERNANDEZ and REMODEL BY DESIGN, 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 2484 SW 115 Avenue, Miami, FL 33165. 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, however Respondent Mariela Martin-Fernandez was previously a licensed interior designer prior to her license being revoked for failure to comply with a Final Order. 5. Respondents are offering architectural services on their business card. 6. Respondents are listed as the architect on a Building Permit Application for a project located at 8001 NW 54 Street, Miami, Florida. 7. Respondents are offering architectural services on their LinkedIn page. 8. Respondents are not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and therefore cannot offer or provide architectural services or use the title architect. 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.” 11. 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 481.223(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.” 14. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondents have violated Section 481.223(1)(c), Florida Statutes, by using the name or title “architect”, when they were not the holder of a valid license. COUNT OL 15. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8) as if fully set forth herein. 16. Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization for a corporation, partnership, or fictitious name offering architectural services. 17. Based upon the foregoing, the Respondent, Remodel by Design, LLC, has 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. Signed this 1&* _dayof_Febrve oy 2015. SS) se 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: February 13, 2015 Hall Shore Costoya Rivers

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