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REGULATORY BOARDS DISCIPLINARY ACTION REPORT

MAY 2012

 

Alarm Systems Contractors Board

 

Respondent:                 CTS Protective Services, Inc., C-1210 - Rossville, GA

Violation:                      TCA 62-32-304(j) & (k), 62-32-307(d), 62-32-312(a),(c) & (d)

                                    Rule 0090-01-.05(3) Failure to register alarm employees within thirty (30) days.

Action:                          $18,300 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Harley, Phillip S. d/b/a Well Connected Audio/Visual      

                                    Nashville, TN    

Violation:                      TCA 62-32-303(2) & 62-32-304(a) Unlicensed activity

Action:                          $ 2,000 Civil Penalty plus $200 Investigatory and Hearing costs

                                   

Respondent:                 Moore, Justin, G., QA-753,        Smyrna, TN      

Violation:                      Rule 0090-01-.06(7) & (9)(k) Failure to submit termination notices within thirty (30) days

Action:                          $100 Civil Penalty

 

Architectural and Engineering Examiners

 

Respondent:                 Harry Lee Davidson, P.E. #8571

Violation:                      Practiced on an expired license.

Action:                          $1,500 civil penalty & take and pass the Board’s Law and Rules Exam

 

Barber Examiners Board

 

Respondent:                 Butlers Barber & Hair Salon, Old Hickory, TN

Violation:                      Expired shop license

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Fade Doc, Antioch, TN

Violation:                      Expired license

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

 

 

 

Board For Licensing Contractors

 

Respondent:                 Anytime Plumbing, Johnson City, TN

Violation:                      Unlicensed Activity

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 CB Roofing Construction Inc., Lenoir City, TN

Violation:                      Exceeding Limit; Out of Class

Action:                          $1,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Clear Choice Builders, Nashville, TN

Violation:                      Unlicensed Activity

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 East Tennessee Solar, Athens, TN

Violation:                      Unlicensed Activity

Action:                          $1,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Clifford and Angela Evans, Dayton, TN

Violation:                      Poor Workmanship

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Walter R. Lane, Knoxville, TN

Violation:                      Incompetency and Misconduct

Action:                          $116,030 Civil Penalty w/costs and Revocation

 

Respondent:                 Pro Circuit Inc., Kansas City, MO

Violation:                      Unlicensed Activity

Action:                          $5,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Southeast Painters Inc., Chattanooga, TN

Violation:                      Unlicensed Activity

Action:                          $1,000 Civil Penalty

 

Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers

 

Respondent:                 Beverly Howard Godfrey, Fayetteville, TN

Violation:                      Practiced as a funeral director on multiple occasions while license had not been renewed by its expiration date

Action:                          $520 Assessed Hearing Costs and Revocation of License

 

Respondent:                 Halls Funeral Home, Inc., Halls, TN

Violation:                      Failed to provide a General Price List when consumer initially inquired in person about prices of funeral goods and services

Action:                          $250 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Heritage Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC, Columbia, TN

Violation:                      Engaged in unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined in the Funeral Rule and failed to designate a specific job title of an unlicensed individual on a business card

Action:                          $2,000 Civil Penalty

 

 

 

Respondent:                 Howard Funeral Home, Fayetteville, TN

Violation:                      Operated an establishment on multiple occasions while license was invalid, failed to have available an embalmer license for inspection, failed to disclose the address and telephone number of the crematory that the establishment used, failed to comply with preventive requirements specified in the Funeral Rule, operated the funeral establishment without being managed and supervised by a licensed funeral director responsible for the establishment and failed to have a copy of the crematory license available for inspection which the funeral homes uses

Action:                          $520 Assessed Hearing Costs and Revocation of License

 

Respondent:                 Jones & Son Funeral Home, Oneida, TN

Violation:                      Failed to retain multiple copies of cremation authorization forms and an aspect of the establishment’s contract did not comply with the Funeral Rule

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Llewellyn Funeral Home, Jellico, TN

Violation:                      Engaged in unfair and deceptive acts or practices defined in the Funeral Rule

Action:                          $250 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Martin Wilson Funeral Home, LaFollette, TN

Violation:                      Engaged in unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined in the Funeral Rule

Action:                          $1,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Inc., Maryville, TN

Violation:                      Failed to obtain the signature of a funeral director on cremation authorization forms and failed to properly itemize caskets on contracts

Action:                          $250 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 West-Murley Funeral Home, Oneida, TN

Violation:                      Immoral or unprofessional conduct (placed viscera and soiled clothing at the feet of a deceased inside the casket), failed to retain copies of cremation authorization forms and an aspect of the establishment’s contract did not comply with the Funeral Rule

Action:                          $1,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Whitson Funeral Home, Cookeville, TN

Violation:                      Failed to have a copy of the latest inspection report from the crematory that the funeral home uses, failed to obtain the signature of a funeral director on cremation authorization forms and failed to maintain the preparation room in a clean and orderly manner

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Wilson County Funeral Home and Memorial Park, Lebanon, TN

Violation:                      Failed to provide the license of an embalmer for inspection, contract referred to the funeral establishment by a name other than the exact name approved by the Board and multiple aspects of the establishment’s price lists did not comply with the Funeral Rule

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

 

Burial Services

 

Respondent:                 J. Dan Buckner, Charlotte, TN

Violation:                      Failed to obtain a certificate of cemetery registration, failed to create and maintain an Improvement Care Trust Fund, failed to make monetary deposits into the trust fund and failed to file annual reports with the Commissioner

Action:                          Bring the cemetery into compliance with registration, reporting and improvement care trust account requirements within ninety (90) days and deposit $7,573.00 into the Improvement Care Trust Fund created for McEwen (Meadowlawn) Cemetery

 

Respondent:                 Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Decatur, TN

Violation:                      Failed to properly trust outer burial containers sold as funeral merchandise, offered and sold preneed funeral contracts without first registering with the Commissioner as a Preneed Seller and individuals as a Preneed Sales Agent, failed to provide a detailed listing of preneed merchandise and service contracts sold but not yet serviced, failed to order monuments and failed to deposit funds into trusts within the required time

Action:                          $3,000 Civil Penalty

 

Home Inspector Licensing Program

 

Respondent:                 James M. Wall, Rising Fawn, GA

Violation:                      Failed to continuously maintain insurance.

Action:                          Revocation of home inspection license and assessed all investigatory and hearing costs

 

Respondent:                 Brett Blair, Clarksville, TN

Violation:                      Failed to adequately report evidence of water penetration in the attic.

Action:                          $250 civil penalty

 

Motor Vehicle Commission

 

Respondent:                 Winters Auto Center, Knoxville, TN

Violation:                      Business Hours Not Posted

Action:                          $250 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Victory Nissan West, Dickson, TN

Violation:                      Advertising Violation

Action:                          $1,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Madison Imports, Inc., Madison, TN

Violation:                      Deceptive Acts Regarding Mileage Discrepancy

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Latino Auto Sales, Inc., Nashville, TN

Violation:                      Unlicensed Salesperson

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Kondo Auto, Cleveland, TN

Violation:                      Signage

Action:                          $250 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Tennessee Autoplex, Nashville, TN

Violation:                      Temporary Tag Violation

Action:                          $1,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Honda of Cleveland, Cleveland, TN

Violation:                      Temporary Tag Log Violation

Action:                          $4,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Auto Credit Lawrence County, LLC, Lawrenceburg, TN

Violation:                      Unlicensed Salesperson

Action:                          $500 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Gary Mathews Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Nashville, TN

Violation:                      Deceptive Acts

Action:                          $5,000 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:                 Downtown Nashville Nissan, Nashville, TN

Violation:                      Multiple Advertising Violations

Action:                          $2,000 Civil Penalty

 

Private Protective Security Services

 

Respondent:                 Settles, Richard D., UG-400721, Memphis, TN

Violation:                      TCA 62-35-130(e) Failure to request a hearing within thirty (30)                                                      days of the conviction.

Action:                          Revocation

 

Real Estate Appraisers

 

Respondent:                 Thomas Matt Davis, Mount Juliet, TN 

Violation:                      Numerous violations of USPAP in the appraisal of a residential property.

Action:                          $1,500.00 civil penalty and a fifteen (15) hour USPAP course and a four (4) hour course on Supervising Trainees

 

Respondent:                 Jeffery Ezell, White House, TN

Violation:                      Numerous violations of USPAP in the appraisal of a residential property.

Action:                          $500.00 civil penalty and a thirty (30) hour Sales Comparison and Income Approach course and a fifteen (15) hour USPAP course            

 

Respondent:                 John A. Hicks, Knoxville, TN

Violation:                      Inadequate summary in the neighborhood description, in support of adjustments applied in the sales comparison approach, and in support of the site value in the cost approach.

Action:                          A fifteen (15) hour Residential Report Writing course

                                     

Respondent:                 John Pinkston, Cordova, TN

Violation:                      Several violations of the reporting standards of USPAP in a residential appraisal report.

Action:                          A fifteen (15) hour Site Value and Cost Approach course

 

 

 

 

Real Estate Commission:

 

Respondent:           Jeffrey “Jeff” D. Petitt, Cottontown, TN

Violation:                Conduct which constitutes improper, fraudulent or dishonest

                               dealing and making a substantial and willful misrepresentation

Action:                    Surrendered license

 

Respondent:           Anita C. Deal, Nashville, TN

Violation:                Failure to timely complete required education

Action:                   $400 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:           Deborah “Debbie” J. Mays, Parsons, TN

Violation:                Failure to timely complete required education

Action:                   $450 Civil Penalty

 

Respondent:          Troy Cornell Richardson, Sevierville, TN

Violation:                Failure to timely complete administrative measures

Action:                     $250 Civil Penalty

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