Section 338.5230. Relicensure; continuing education.  


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  • (1) The department shall issue a license to an applicant applying for relicensure to practice public accounting upon submission of proof from the applicant that he or she has completed 40 hours of continuing education credit within the 12 months immediately preceding the date of application. Eight of the 40 hours shall be in auditing or accounting, or both, and 2 of the 40 hours shall be in ethics.

    (2)   The department shall prorate, from the month following the date of licensure, the qualifying hours required for the continuing education period in which the license is granted.

    (3)  The department shall deem a person granted an original certificate of certified public accountant to have complied with all continuing education requirements through the continuing education period ending June 30 of the year in which the certificate was granted.

History: 1979 AC; 1986 AACS; 1996 AACS; 1998-2000 AACS; 2003 AACS; 2013 AACS.