Andrew Thomas Giamberini v. Department of Financial Services

Appellant, Andrew Thomas Giamberini, appeals a final order of the Department of Financial Services denying his application for certification as a firesafety inspector. Because appellant’s 1993 no contest plea to a felony charge disqualified him from being certified as a firesafety inspector under the relevant statutes, we are constrained to affirm.

Appellant has been certified as a firefighter in the State of Florida since 1996. At the time the Department initially certified appellant as a firefighter, the Department was aware that appellant had pleaded no contest to a felony charge of…