2009 Connecticut Code
Title 20 Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 389 Public Accountants
Sec. 20-281d. Issuance of initial license to persons and license renewal. Holders of certificates from other states. Continuing education requirements. Fees. Applicants' disclosure requirements.

      Sec. 20-281d. Issuance of initial license to persons and license renewal. Holders of certificates from other states. Continuing education requirements. Fees. Applicants' disclosure requirements. (a) The board shall issue or renew licenses to persons who make application and demonstrate their qualifications in accordance with subsections (b) to (g), inclusive, of this section.

      (b) Licenses shall be initially issued for one year and renewed annually. Applications for such licenses shall be made in such form, and in the case of applications for renewal, between such dates, as the board shall by regulation specify.

      (c) An applicant for initial issuance of a license under this section shall show:

      (1) That he holds a valid certificate;

      (2) If the applicant's certificate was issued more than four years prior to his application for issuance of an initial license under this section, that he has fulfilled the requirements of continuing professional education that would have been applicable under subsection (e) of this section if he had secured his initial license within four years of issuance of his certificate and was now applying under subsection (e) of this section for renewal of such license.

      (d) The board shall issue a certificate to a holder of a certificate issued by another state upon a showing that:

      (1) The applicant passed the examination required for issuance of his certificate with grades that would have been passing grades at the time in this state; and

      (2) The applicant meets all current requirements in this state for issuance of a certificate at the time the application is made; or the applicant, at the time of the issuance of the applicant's certificate in the other state, met all such requirements then applicable in this state; or the applicant has had five years of experience in the practice of public accountancy no earlier than the ten years immediately preceding the applicant's application or meets equivalent requirements prescribed by the board by regulation.

      (e) For renewal of a license under this section an applicant shall show that he has completed forty hours of continuing professional education during each year from the date of issuance or last renewal. The board may prescribe, by regulation, the content, duration and organization of continuing professional education courses which contribute to the general professional competence of the applicant.

      (f) For renewal of a license under this section, the board shall charge the following fees for failure to earn continuing education credits by the June thirtieth deadline:

      (1) Two hundred fifty dollars for reporting on a renewal application a minimum of forty hours of continuing professional education, any of which was earned after June thirtieth and on or by September thirtieth;

      (2) Five hundred dollars for reporting on a renewal application a minimum of forty hours of continuing professional education any of which was earned after June thirtieth and on or by December thirty-first.

      (g) The board shall charge a fee of seventy-five dollars for the initial issuance and the professional services fee for class I, as defined in section 33-182l, for each annual renewal of such license.

      (h) Applicants for initial issuance or renewal of licenses under this section shall in their applications list all states in which they have applied for or hold certificates or licenses, and each holder of or applicant for a license under this section shall notify the board in writing, within thirty days after its occurrence, of any issuance, denial, revocation or suspension of a certificate or license by another state.

      (P.A. 92-212, S. 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 51, 89; P.A. 04-36, S. 1; P.A. 05-287, S. 21; P.A. 08-52, S. 9.)

      History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 replaced $450 renewal fee with fee for professional service fee class I established pursuant to Sec. 33-182l; P.A. 04-36 amended Subsec. (d)(2) to eliminate requirement that 5 years of experience be performed outside of this state, effective April 28, 2004; P.A. 05-287 amended Subsec. (d)(2) to clarify the option to have 5 years of experience in the practice of public accountancy no earlier than the 10 years immediately preceding the applicant's application or to meet equivalent requirements prescribed by the board, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 08-52 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), added new Subsec. (f) re license renewal fees for failure to earn continuing education credits by deadline and redesignated existing Subsecs. (f) and (g) as new Subsecs. (g) and (h), effective May 12, 2008.