2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-15.14B. Acts subject to penalty.

After notice and hearing, the Oklahoma Accountancy Board may impose any one or more of the penalties authorized in Section 15.24 of this title on a certified public accountant or a public accountant for any one or more of the following causes:

1. Fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate, license, practice privilege or permit;

2. Dishonesty, fraud, or gross negligence in accountancy or financially related activities;

3. Conviction, plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere of a felony in a court of competent jurisdiction of any state or federal court of the United States if the acts involved would have constituted a felony under the laws of this state;

4. Conviction, plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere of any misdemeanor, an element of which is dishonesty or fraud, pursuant to the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction if the acts involved would have constituted a misdemeanor under the laws of this state;

5. Failure to comply with professional standards in the Board’s professional code of conduct to the attest and/or compilation competency requirement for those who supervise attest and/or compilation engagements and sign the report on financial statements or other compilation communications with respect to financial statements; and

6. Violation of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Accountancy Act and rules promulgated for its implementation by the Board.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 188, § 20, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 271, § 15, emerg. eff. April 30, 1968; Laws 1992, c. 272, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Renumbered from § 15.20 of this title by Laws 1992, c. 272, § 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 2004, c. 125, § 18, eff. Nov. 1, 2004; Laws 2009, c. 45, § 14, emerg. eff. April 14, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 85, § 10, eff. July 1, 2010.