West Virginia Code
Article 9. Accountants
§30-9-5. Rule-Making Authority

(a) The board shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this article, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The education required of an applicant;
(2) The experience required of an applicant;
(3) The examination administered under this article;
(4) Issuing or renewing a certificate, registration, permit or authorization;
(5) Denying, suspending, revoking, or reinstating a certificate, registration, permit or authorization;
(6) The conduct of investigations;
(7) Firm ownership requirements;
(8) Accounting corporations;
(9) Substantial equivalency requirements;
(10) Continuing professional education requirements for licensees, including exemptions;
(11) Peer review requirements;
(12) Professional conduct requirements;
(13) Identifying professional services required to be performed in accordance with the applicable statements on standards;
(14) Use of the titles "certified public accountant," "CPA," "public accountant" and "PA";
(15) Use of commissions, referral fees and contingent fees;
(16) Fees for the issuance and renewal of a certificate, registration, permit or authorization and other fees authorized by this article; and
(17) Other rules the board considers necessary and proper for implementing the provisions of this article.
(b) All rules in effect on July 1, 2001, will remain in effect until they are superseded.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations

Article 9. Accountants

§30-9-1. License Required to Practice

§30-9-2. Definitions

§30-9-3. Board of Accountancy; Appointment; Terms, Qualifications of Members; Removal of Members; Compensation of Members; Civil Liability Protection for Members

§30-9-4. Powers of the Board

§30-9-5. Rule-Making Authority

§30-9-6. Fees; Special Fund; Administrative Fines

§30-9-7. Issuance of Certificate; Certificates Issued Prior to the First Day of July, Two Thousand One

§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

§30-9-15. Public Accountants

§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

§30-9-22. Hearing; Judicial Review; Notification to Out-of-State Board of Accountancy; Costs of Proceedings

§30-9-23. Reinstatement

§30-9-24. Licensees' Working Papers; Clients' Records

§30-9-25. Commissions, Referral Fees and Contingent Fees

§30-9-26. Unlawful Acts

§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

§30-9-34. Indemnification