Sec. 20-281c. Certificate of certified public accountant. Good character, education, experience and examination requirements. Examination fee. Registration of certificate. Registration fee.
Sec. 20-281c. Certificate of certified public accountant. Good character, education, experience and examination requirements. Examination fee. Registration
of certificate. Registration fee. (a) The board shall grant the certificate of "certified
public accountant" to any person who meets the good character, education, experience
and examination requirements of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of this section and
upon the payment of a fee of seventy-five dollars.
(b) Good character for purposes of this section means lack of a history of dishonest
or felonious acts. The board may refuse to grant a certificate on the grounds of failure
to satisfy this requirement only if there is a substantial connection between the lack of
good character of the applicant and the professional responsibilities of a licensee and
if the finding by the board of lack of good character is supported by clear and convincing
evidence, and when based upon the prior conviction of a crime, is in accordance with
the provisions of section 46a-80. When an applicant is found to be unqualified for a
certificate because of a finding of lack of good character, the board shall furnish the
applicant a statement containing the findings of the board and a complete record of the
evidence upon which the determination was based.
(c) An applicant may apply to take the examination if such person holds a baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent, conferred by a college or university acceptable to the
board, with an accounting concentration or equivalent, as determined by the board by
regulation to be appropriate. The educational requirements for a certificate shall be
prescribed in regulations to be adopted by the board as follows:
(1) Until December 31, 1999, a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent conferred by
a college or university acceptable to the board, with an accounting concentration or
equivalent as determined by the board by regulation to be appropriate;
(2) After January 1, 2000, at least one hundred fifty semester hours of college education including a baccalaureate or higher degree conferred by a college or university
acceptable to the board. The total educational program shall include an accounting concentration or equivalent, as determined by the board by regulation to be appropriate.
(d) The board may charge each applicant a fee, in an amount prescribed by the
board by regulation, for each section of the examination or reexamination taken by the
applicant, or the board may authorize a third party administering the examination to
charge each applicant a fee for each section of the examination or reexamination taken
by the applicant.
(e) The experience requirement for a certificate shall be as prescribed by the board
by regulation.
(f) The holder of a certificate may register his certificate annually and pay a fee of
twenty dollars in lieu of an annual renewal of a license and such registration shall entitle
the registrant to use the abbreviation "CPA" and the title "certified public accountant"
under conditions and in the manner prescribed by the board by regulation.
(P.A. 92-212, S. 3; P.A. 07-7, S. 1; 07-214, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 07-7 amended Subsec. (c) by changing educational requirements to take the certified public accountant
examination to a bachelor's degree in accounting, or equivalent, and to require board to adopt regulations, effective April
26, 2007; P.A. 07-214 amended Subsec. (d) to delete "or provide for a third party administering the examination to charge"
and allow board to authorize a third party administering examination to charge each applicant a fee for each section of the
examination or reexamination taken by applicant, effective July 5, 2007.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 235 C. 128.