Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: LEONARD LAFOREST
Judges: JUNE C. MCKINNEY
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Sep. 11, 2019
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, October 21, 2019.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
FILED
Department of Business and Professiorial Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
CLERK = Evette Lawson-Proctor
Date =: 81/209.
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DEPAREMENT OF BUSINESS: AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
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Petitioner,
ve CASENO: 2019-02201
LEONARD LAFOREST,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT:
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Compl:
it before the Board of Architecture and Thterior
‘Design against LEONARD LAFOREST, CRespondént"), and says!
1. Petitioner isthe state- agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture.
and, interior design pubsnant to Section 20;165, Florida Statutes, arid. Chapters 455 and 481,
Florida Statutes,
2; Respondent is and has’been atrall times material hereto, a Itoensed architect in the
State of Florida, having been issued license: number AR 14784.
3. — Respondent’s address of record ts 1020 Lincol Street, Hollywood, FL 33019.
A. — Resporident is the qualifier and architect in responsible supervisory control of
Creative Ast & Design, Inc.., with an office located at 1020 Lincaln Street, Hollywood, Florida,
5; Respondent is also the sole architect in responsible supervisory:control of Genard
& Assbciates, LLC, with an officé located at 11000 SW 104 Street 163114, Mianii, Florida.
EXHIBIT A
6. Respondent cannot provide proper responsible supervisory control for two
different offices at two different locations.
7. Rule 61G1-23.010(2), Florida Administrative Code, states, “Every office offering
architectural services must have a resident full-time architect meeting the requirements of this
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tule.
8. Section 455.227, Florida Statutes, states in pertinent part that violating any
rule adopted by the board or the department constitutes grounds for disciplinary action.
9. Based upon the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section
455.227, Florida Statutes and Rule 61G1-23.010(2), Florida Administrative Code, by attempting
to act as the architect in responsible supervisory over an office in which he does not work fuil
time.
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.
Signed this 1°* dayof__ A eyes t 2019.
DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw,
Minacci, Colén & Power, P.A.
140-D W. 1* Street
St. George Island, FL 32328
FL Bar No. 0056774
Ph: (850) 799-1882
Fax: (850) 799-1884
davidm@stslaw.com
PCP: July 22, 2019
Rodriguez
Shore
Rivers
Docket for Case No: 19-004791PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Oct. 21, 2019 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Oct. 21, 2019 |
Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Sep. 20, 2019 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Sep. 20, 2019 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for November 4, 2019; 9:30 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Sep. 19, 2019 |
Petitioner's Response to Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 11, 2019 |
Initial Order.
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Sep. 11, 2019 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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Sep. 11, 2019 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Sep. 11, 2019 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 11, 2019 |
Referral Letter filed.
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