2018 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
General
Article 2 - Accountants
§ 12-2-119. Continuing education
(1) to (4) Repealed.
(5) As a condition of renewing, reactivating, or reinstating a certificate of certified public accountant, every applicant shall comply with continuing education requirements adopted by the board.
(6) The board shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the following:
(a) The basic requirements for continuing education; except that the board shall not require continuing education of more than eighty hours every two years;
(b) A delineation of qualifying programs;
(c) A system of control and reporting.
(7) In exercising its power under subsection (6) of this section, the board shall, as a basis for a high standard of practice by certified public accountants, establish requirements which will assure reasonable currency of knowledge. The requirements shall assure that a variety of alternative means of compliance with continuing education requirements are available to certificate holders and shall take cognizance of specialized areas of practice.
(8) The board shall make exceptions from continuing education requirements for holders of certificates who are not engaged in public practice or who cannot continue their education for reasons of health, military service, or other good cause. If such holders of certificates return to the practice of public accounting, the holders of certificates shall meet such continuing education requirements as the board may determine.
(9) The board shall determine in each case whether a holder of certificate of certified public accountant has complied with continuing education requirements adopted by the board.
