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 thereof, or "public accountant" or any abbreviation thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in any action brought under Section 34-1-18 or 34-1-19 that the person whose name is so displayed caused or procured the display or uttering of such card, sign, advertisement, or other printed, engraved, or written instrument or device, and that such person is holding himself out to be a certified public accountant or a public accountant holding a permit to practice under Section 34-1-11, or practicing pursuant to Section 34-1-7. In any such action, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this chapter shall be sufficient to justify an injunction or a conviction without evidence of a general course of conduct.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.
Section 34-1-3 - State Board of Public Accountancy.
Section 34-1-4 - Granting of Certificates to Certified Public Accountants.
Section 34-1-5 - Registration of Foreign Accountants.
Section 34-1-6 - Registration of Firms of Certified Public Accountants.
Section 34-1-7 - Practice Privilege for Nonresident Certified Public Accountants.
Section 34-1-8 - Registration of Public Accountants.
Section 34-1-9 - Registration of Firms of Public Accountants.
Section 34-1-10 - Registration and Supervision of Offices.
Section 34-1-11 - Annual Permits to Practice; Inactive Status; Continuing Education.
Section 34-1-12 - Suspension, Revocation, etc., of Certificate, Registration, or Permit; Fines.
Section 34-1-14 - Hearings; Judicial Review.
Section 34-1-15 - Reinstatement of Certificate, Registration, or Permit.
Section 34-1-16 - Acts Declared Unlawful.
Section 34-1-17 - Acts Not Prohibited.
Section 34-1-18 - Injunctions Against Unlawful Acts.
Section 34-1-19 - Misdemeanors; Penalties.
Section 34-1-20 - Evidence of Unlawful Practice.
Section 34-1-21 - Ownership of Accountants' Working Papers.
Section 34-1-22 - Disposition of Fees and Charges; Disbursements.