Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: PETER LEENMAN
Judges: ROBERT J. TELFER III
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Destin, Florida
Filed: Mar. 25, 2021
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, May 10, 2021.
Latest Update: Feb. 08, 2025
FILED
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
CLERK Evette Lawson-Proctor
Date 2/8/2021
STATE OF FLORIDA File #
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petitioner,
Vs, CASENO.: 2020-043855
PETER LEENMAN,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT.
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior
Design against PETER LEENMAN, ("Respondent"), and says:
iF 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.
Z: Respondent, is and has been at all times material hereto, a licensed architect in the
State of Florida, having been issued license number AR 14027.
Bi Respondent’s address of record is 3795 Scenic Hwy 98, Unit C, Destin, FL
32541,
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, 2017 through December 31,
2018 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 September 11, 2019, the Respondent was selected to participate in a
continuing education random audit to determine compliance with the continuing education
requirements for the January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2018 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, 2017 through December 31, 2018 biennium.
9, Section 481,225(1)(j), 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)qj), 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.
PCP:
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Signed this
dayof Fel --e-¥ 2021,
January 28, 2021
Hall
Rodriguez,
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DAVID K. MINACCI
Manausa, Shaw & Minacci, P.A.
140-D W I" Street
St, George Island, FL 32328
FL Bar No. 0056774
Ph: (850) 799-1882
Fax: (850) 799-1884
david@manausalaw.com
Docket for Case No: 21-001138PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
May 10, 2021 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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May 07, 2021 |
Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Apr. 09, 2021 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Apr. 09, 2021 |
Notice of Hearing by Zoom Conference (hearing set for June 4, 2021; 9:00 a.m., Central Time).
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Apr. 01, 2021 |
Joint Response to Initial Order filed.
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Mar. 26, 2021 |
Initial Order.
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Mar. 25, 2021 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner's First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production, and Requests for Admission filed.
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Mar. 25, 2021 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Mar. 25, 2021 |
Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing and Evidentiary Hearing filed.
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Mar. 25, 2021 |
Referral letter filed.
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