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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN vs ISAAC MOLINA, 17-000454PL (2017)

Court: Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 17-000454PL Visitors: 10
Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: ISAAC MOLINA
Judges: E. GARY EARLY
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Jan. 19, 2017
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, January 23, 2017.

Latest Update: Jun. 01, 2024
Deputy Agency Clerk STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULA’ CLERK = Evette Lawson-Proctor Date 11/29/2016 File # DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO.: 2016-009274 ISAAC MOLINA, Respondent. ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, ("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior Design against ISAAC MOLINA, (“Respondent”), and says: L. 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 92245. | | | | | 3. Respondent’s address of record is 2436 Dorrington Drive, Dallas, TX 75228, 4. Section 481.215(3), Florida Statutes, states that no license renewal shall be issued to an architect or an interior designer by the department until the licensee submits proof satisfactory to the department that, during the 2 years prior to application for renewal, the licensee participated per biennium in not less than 24 hours of at least 50 minutes each per biennium of continuing education approved by the board. 5. Respondent renewed his license for the January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014 biennium. 6. By renewing his license, the Respondent affirmed his compliance with Section 481.215(3), Florida Statutes, and that he had completed twenty-four hours of continuing education. 7. On or about August 25, 2015, the Respondent was selected to participate in a continuing education random audit to determine compliance with the continuing education requirements for the January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014 biennium, reestablishment period. 8. Respondent has not been able to provide proof of completing twenty-four hours of continuing education during the period of January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014 biennium. 9. Section 481.225(1)(), Florida Statutes, states disciplinary action can be taken for failing to perform any statutory or legal obligation placed upon a registered architect. 10. Based upon the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 481.225(1)(j), Florida Statutes, by affirming his compliance with the continuing education requirements when he renewed his license, although he had not completed the statutory requirement. 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 to a 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. Ww Signed this _ 2 r day of Afenmle 52016. PCP: November 18, 2016 Hall Smith Toppe DAVID K. MINACCI Smith, Thompson, Shaw, Minacci & Colén, 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

Docket for Case No: 17-000454PL
Source:  Florida - Division of Administrative Hearings

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