The board shall issue a certificate to an applicant of good moral character who holds a foreign designation in public accountancy if:
(1) The foreign authority that granted the designation regulates the practice of public accountancy and allows a person holding a certificate issued by this state to obtain the foreign authority's comparable designation; and
(2) The applicant meets the education, examination, experience and continuing education requirements specified by the board by rule.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations
§30-9-1. License Required to Practice
§30-9-5. Rule-Making Authority
§30-9-6. Fees; Special Fund; Administrative Fines
§30-9-8. Education, Examination and Experience Certificate Requirements
§30-9-9. Substantial Equivalency Certificate Requirements
§30-9-10. Not Substantially Equivalent Certificate Requirements
§30-9-11. Foreign Designation Certificate Requirements
§30-9-12. Certificate Renewal; Conditions of Renewal
§30-9-13. Duty to Inform Board of Denials, Suspensions, Revocations, Limitations
§30-9-14. Holder of Out-of-State Certificate Establishing Principal Place of Business in State
§30-9-16. Substantial Equivalency Practice Privileges
§30-9-17. Issuance and Renewal of Permits
§30-9-18. Notification of Changes in Firm Ownership; Revocation of Permit
§30-9-19. Issuance and Renewal of Authorizations
§30-9-20. Refuse to Issue or Renew; Suspension, Revocation of License; Disciplinary Action
§30-9-21. Complaints; Investigation
§30-9-24. Licensees' Working Papers; Clients' Records
§30-9-25. Commissions, Referral Fees and Contingent Fees
§30-9-27. Injunctions Against Unlawful Acts
§30-9-28. Criminal Proceedings; Penalties
§30-9-29. Single Act Evidence of Practice
§30-9-30. Accounting Corporations
§30-9-31. Inapplicability of Article
§30-9-33. Mandatory Training in Federal Antitrust Law and State Action Immunity