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...(A) The accountancy board annually shall elect a president, secretary, and treasurer from its members. The board may adopt and amend rules for the orderly conduct of its affairs and for the administration of this chapter. The board may adopt and amend rules defining the practice of public accounting, rules of professional conduct appropriate to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and dignity in ...

...nless it registers with the accountancy board and pays a registration fee set by the board. (B) Public accounting firms shall apply for initial registration within ninety days after formation or within ninety days after the commencement of practicing public accounting in this state. All public accounting firms shall renew their registration triennially. All public accounting firms shall submit with their init...

...Each member of the accountancy board shall be paid an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for each day or portion thereof spent in the discharge of his official duties and shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of such duties.

...ccountants. The board may contract with third parties to perform administrative services that relate to the examination and that the board determines are appropriate in order to assist the board in performing its duties in relation to the examination. (B)(1) The experience requirement for a candidate who does not meet the educational requirements under division (A)(2)(a) of this section because the board has waive...

...06 of the Revised Code, the accountancy board shall grant a certificate of "certified public accountant" to any public accountant who meets all the following requirements: (A) The public accountant applies to the board for the certificate under this section. (B) At the time of application and the time that the certificate is granted, the public accountant holds an Ohio permit. (C) At the time of application, any p...

...The accountancy board shall register as a public accountant any person who meets all the following requirements: (A) The person is a resident of this state or has a place of business in this state. (B) The person has attained the age of eighteen years. (C) The person holds a baccalaureate or higher degree conferred by a college or university recognized by the board, with a concentration in accounting, or with w...

...04 of the Revised Code. The accountancy board shall not grant a license to an applicant for an initial license unless the applicant complies with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

...The accountancy board may, in its discretion, upon the payment of a fee not to exceed seventy-five dollars, permit the registration of any person who is the holder of a certificate, license, or degree in a foreign country constituting a recognized qualification for the practice of public accounting in such country. A person so registered shall use only the title under which the person is generally known in the person...

...(A) The accountancy board, upon application, shall issue Ohio permits to practice public accounting to holders of the CPA certificate or the PA registration. Subject to division (H)(1) of this section, there shall be a triennial Ohio permit fee in an amount to be determined by the board not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars. All Ohio permits shall expire on the last day of December of the year assigned by the board...

...The accountancy board may adopt rules requiring that each applicant for an Ohio permit shall have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant has maintained a high level of professional competence by the completion of programs of continuing education satisfactory to the board during the period immediately prior to the application for the permit. The board shall not require more than one hundred t...

...The display or uttering by a person of a card, sign, advertisement, or other printed, engraved, or written instrument or device, bearing a person's name in conjunction with the words "certified public accountant" or any abbreviation of those words, or "public accountant" or any abbreviation of those words, shall be prima-facie evidence in any action brought under section 4701.18 or 4701.99 of the Revised Code that th...

...The accountancy board shall publish and maintain a publicly available and searchable electronic register. The register shall contain the names, license numbers, license types, license status, and disciplinary history for any actions taken under section 4701.16 of the Revised Code of all certified public accountants and public accountants holding licenses issued under this chapter as of the date the register is access...

...ted by rules adopted by the accountancy board, no individual shall assume or use the title or designation "certified public accountant," "certified accountant," "chartered accountant," "enrolled accountant," "licensed accountant," or "registered accountant," or any other title or designation likely to be confused with "certified public accountant," or any of the abbreviations "CPA," "PA," "CA," "EA," "LA," or "RA," o...

... conduct promulgated by the accountancy board.

...9. of the Revised Code, the accountancy board may discipline as described in division (B) of this section a person holding an Ohio permit, an Ohio registration, a firm registration, a CPA certificate, or a PA registration or any other person whose activities are regulated by the board for any one or any combination of the following causes: (1) Fraud or deceit in obtaining a firm registration or in obtaining a CPA c...

...ing pursuant to notice, the accountancy board may reissue or reinstate a certificate to a certified public accountant whose certificate has been revoked or suspended or reregister anyone whose registration has been revoked or suspended. The board may require a reasonable waiting period, commensurate with the offense, before a certificate holder or registrant whose certificate or registration has been revoked or su...

...ever in the judgment of the accountancy board any person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any acts or practices which constitute, or will constitute, a violation of section 4701.14 of the Revised Code, the board may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, and upon a showing by the board that such person has engaged, or is about to engage, in any such acts or prac...

...(A) All statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a certified public accountant or public accountant incident to or in the course of professional service to clients by the accountant, except reports submitted by a certified public accountant or public accountant to a client, shall be and remain the property of the accountant in the absence of an express agreement between the accountant and...

...All receipts of the accountancy board shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory fund, except that any payment made to the board in connection with an application for examination or for a permit, registration, or certificate shall be deposited only after the board approves the application. In the event the application is not approved, the board shall return the...

...The accountancy board, subject to the approval of the controlling board and except for fees required to be established by the board at amounts "adequate" to cover designated expenses, may establish fees in excess of the amounts provided in sections 4701.01 to 4701.99 of the Revised Code, provided that such fees do not exceed the amounts permitted by these sections by more than fifty per cent.

... document for any department, division, board, commission, or agency of this state or any political subdivision thereof be prepared by a certified public accountant, such requirement shall be construed to mean public accountant or certified public accountant. Except that to certify financial statements for qualification of contractors for the department of transportation, a public accountant holding a valid registrat...

...ngs of the fund. (B) The accountancy board shall enter into a contract with an Ohio-based statewide membership organization representing certified public accountants in this state to use the fund, subject to approval as described in division (C) of this section, for all of the following purposes: (1) For efforts to increase the number of certified public accountants in this state, including efforts to engage wi...

...43 of the Revised Code, the accountancy board shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) The accountancy board may investigate whether a person has violated any provision of this chapter or rule adopted under it before commencing a disciplinary proceeding pursuant to section 4701.16 of the Revised Code or taking legal action pursuant to section 4701.18 of the Revised Code. An investigation under this section is not subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The board may appoint a committee of boa...

...The accountancy board shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.