2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
General
Article 2 - Accountants
§ 12-2-121. Exceptions - acts not prohibited - rules

(1) Nothing in this article shall prohibit any person not a certified public accountant from serving as an employee of or an assistant to a certified public accountant holding an active certificate or serving as an employee or assistant of a validly registered partnership, professional corporation, or limited liability company composed of certified public accountants. Such employee or assistant shall not issue any accounting or financial statement over his name.

(2) (a) Nothing in this article shall prohibit a certified public accountant whose principal place of business is located in another state or jurisdiction of the United States from practicing in this state on professional business, as defined by rules promulgated by the board. Such practice shall be conducted in conformity with rules promulgated by the board. Notwithstanding the requirements of section 12-2-117, a foreign partnership, corporation, limited partnership, limited liability limited partnership, or limited liability company may engage in the practice of accountancy in this state without registering with the board.

(b) Nothing in this article shall prohibit:

(I) An accountant who holds a certificate, degree, or license in a foreign country, constituting a recognized qualification for the practice of public accounting in such country, from practicing in this state on professional business incident to his or her regular practice outside this state, as defined by the board. Such practice shall be conducted in conformity with rules promulgated by the board.

(II) and (III) Repealed.

(c) A certified public accountant from another state or jurisdiction of the United States who is practicing in this state pursuant to this subsection (2) and the firm that employs the certified public accountant simultaneously consent, as a condition of practicing in this state:

(I) To be subject to the jurisdiction of and disciplinary authority of the board;

(II) To comply with the requirements of this subsection (2) and rules promulgated by the board pursuant to this subsection (2);

(III) That if the certified public accountant's certificate, license, or registration issued by the state in which the certified public accountant's principal place of business is located is no longer valid, the certified public accountant will cease to offer or render professional services in this state, either individually or on behalf of a firm; and

(IV) To appoint the state board or entity that issued a certificate, license, or registration to the certified public accountant as the agent for service of process in any action or proceeding brought by the board against the certified public accountant.

(d) The board may recover its reasonable costs incurred as part of its investigative, administrative, and disciplinary proceedings against a certified public accountant from another state or jurisdiction of the United States or from a foreign country if the board:

(I) Enters a final order against the certified public accountant, finding that the certified public accountant violated a provision of this article, a rule adopted by the board, or an order of the board with which the certified public accountant is obligated to comply and the board has the authority to enforce; or

(II) Enters into a consent or settlement agreement in which the board finds, or the certified public accountant admits or does not contest, that he or she violated a provision of this article, a rule adopted by the board, or an order of the board with which the certified public accountant is obligated to comply and the board has the authority to enforce.