La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XIX-903

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIX-903 - Qualifying Experience

A. The experience required to be demonstrated for issuance of an initial certificate pursuant to R.S. 37:75.G shall meet the requirements of this rule.

1. Experience may consist of providing any type of services or advice using accounting, attest, management advisory, financial advisory, tax, or consulting skills.

2. The applicant shall have their experience verified to the board by a certificate holder or one from another state. Acceptable experience shall include employment in government, industry, academia, or public practice. The board shall look at such factors as the complexity and diversity of the work.

a. Complexity and diversity of experience includes:

i. employment as a teacher of subjects primarily in the accounting discipline for an accredited college or university as defined in §501:

(a). the applicant shall have developed and or taught more than one academic course required to sit for the CPA exam;

(b). the applicant shall have taught an accumulated course load of 24 semester hours or its equivalent for a period of no less than one year in the four years immediately preceding the date of application.

3. Any certificate holder who has been requested by an applicant to submit to the board evidence of the applicant's experience and has refused to do so shall, upon request by the board, explain in writing or in person the basis for such refusal.

4. The board may require any certificate holder who has furnished evidence of an applicant's experience to substantiate the information.

5. Any applicant may be required to appear before the board or its representative to supplement or verify evidence of experience.

6. The board may inspect documentation relating to an applicant's claimed experience.

B. One year of experience may consist of full-time or part-time employment that extends over a period of no less than one year and no more than four years. Experience shall be obtained within the immediate four-year period preceding the application. Part-time employment shall consist of no fewer than 2,000 hours of performance of services as described in Paragraph 2 above.

C. One year of experience may also include U.S. military service that consists of completion of a program of occupational training, holding an occupational specialty, or performing a specialty that is substantially equivalent to, or exceeds, all of the licensing requirements of R.S. 37:75 and the rules of the board. U.S. military specialty training, performance, and active practice that is substantially equivalent to §903. A and B is also acceptable as qualifying experience for applicants who may have satisfied the remainder of the licensing requirements outside of military service. Experience submitted under this provision must be verifiable. Recognition of military experience is subject to the following limitations.

1. Discipline by the military, or by any state or jurisdiction, for an act that would constitute grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license in this state, at the time the act was committed, provides a basis for the denial of the issuance of a certificate.

2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any applicant receiving a dishonorable discharge.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XIX-903

Adopted by the Department of Commerce, Board of Certified Public Accountants, January 1974, promulgated LR 4:223 (June 1978), amended LR 6:7 (January 1980), LR 9:208 (April 1983), amended by the Department of Economic Development, Board of Certified Public Accountants, LR 15:617 (August 1989), LR 23:1122 (September 1997), LR 26:1972 (September 2000), Amended by Office of the Governor, Board of Certified Public Accountants, LR 431903 (10/1/2017), Amended LR 49651 (4/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:71 et seq.