ARTICLE 1. Administration

Article 1 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 1353.

§§ 5000–5025.3 · 32 sections

§ 5000 (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California Board of Accountancy, which consists of 15 members, 7 of whom shall be licensees, and 8 of…
§ 5000.1 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the California Board of Accountancy in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary…
§ 5000.5 No public member shall be a current or former licensee of the board or an immediate family member of a licensee, or be currently or formerly employed by a…
§ 5001 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each member of the board, except the public members, shall be actively engaged in the practice of public accountancy…
§ 5002 Each member shall be appointed for a term of four years and shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor or until one year shall…
§ 5003 The officers of the board are a president, vice president and a secretary-treasurer.
§ 5004 The president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer shall be elected by the board for a term of one year from among its members at the time of the annual…
§ 5006 The officers of the board shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualify.
§ 5007 The president shall preside at all meetings of the board, and in the event of the president’s absence or inability to act, the vice president shall preside. If…
§ 5008 The board shall, from time to time, but not less than twice each year, prepare and distribute to all licensees, a report of the activities of the board,…
§ 5009 The board shall compile and maintain, or may have compiled and maintained on its behalf, a register of licensees that contains information that the board…
§ 5009.5 In the interest of protecting the privacy of applicants and licensees, an email address provided by applicants or licensees to the board pursuant to this…
§ 5010 The board may adopt, repeal, or amend such regulations as may be reasonably necessary and expedient for the orderly conduct of its affairs and for the…
§ 5011 The board shall designate the location of its principal office and may establish branch offices in other locations.
§ 5012 The board shall have a seal.
§ 5013 The board shall keep records of all proceedings and actions by and before the board and before its committees. In any proceeding in court, civil or criminal,…
§ 5015 The board may employ clerks, examiners and, except as provided by Section 159.5, other assistants in the performance of its duties, and pay salaries and…
§ 5015.6 The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the…
§ 5016 A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at any meeting of the board. Notice of each meeting of the board shall be…
§ 5017 All meetings of the board shall be open and public, except that the board may hold executive sessions to deliberate on the decision to be reached upon the…
§ 5017.1 The board shall post, within 10 days of board approval, the finalized minutes from meetings of the board that are open and public pursuant to Section 5017 on…
§ 5017.5 (a) The board shall provide a live audio or video broadcast, on its internet website, of each of its board meetings that are open and public. (b) (1) If…
§ 5018 The board may by regulation, prescribe, amend, or repeal rules of professional conduct appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of a high standard of…
§ 5019 Every applicant, when subscribing to an application for certificate or registration, shall acknowledge the fact that the applicant has read and understands the…
§ 5020 The board may, for the purpose of obtaining technical expertise, appoint an enforcement advisory committee of not more than 13 licensees to provide advice and…
§ 5021 The members of the enforcement advisory and qualifications committees shall hold office for two years.
§ 5022 The qualifications committee shall make recommendations and forward its report to the board for action on any matter on which it is authorized to act. An…
§ 5023 The board may establish a qualifications committee of its own certified public accountant members or other certified public accountants of the state in good…
§ 5024 The board may create and appoint advisory committees, consisting solely of board members or consisting of board members and other persons who are not board…
§ 5025.1 (a) The board may contract with and employ certified public accountants and public accountants as consultants and experts to assist in the investigation and…
§ 5025.2 (a) The Legislature finds that there are occasions when the California Board of Accountancy urgently requires additional expenditure authority in order to fund…
§ 5025.3 (a) Whenever the board enters into a contract for litigation or enforcement purposes, including, but not limited to, contracts pursuant to Section 5025.1,…