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60 California Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1977)

handle is hein.sag/sagca0060 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINIONS
OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF CALIFORNIA
Volume 60
Opinion No. CV 76-154-January 13, 1977
SUBJECT: BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY-REGULATIONS ON CPA APPLI-
CATIONS, EXAMINATIONS-Board of Accountancy not authorized to
adopt regulation establishing specific time period within which applicants
for certificate of certified public accountant must either complete experience
requirement of Business and Professions Code section 5083 or have their
applications considered abandoned. Said board may not adopt regulation
calling for applicants who do not meet experience requirement within specific
time period to pass additional examination.
Requested by: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
Opinion by: EVELLE J. YOUNGER, Attorney General
Maya S. Vasquez, Deputy
Mr. Donald Otten, Executive Secretary of the Board of Accountancy, has re-
quested the opinion of this office on the following questions:
1. May the Board of Accountancy adopt a regulation establishing a period of
time after which an application may be considered to be abandoned when the
applicant has successfully passed the examination for a certified public accountant
certificate but has not completed the experience requirement of Business and Pro-
fessions Code section 5083?
2. May the Board of Accountancy adopt a regulation establishing a time limit
in years within which an applicant must either meet the requirements of Business
and Professions Code section 5083 or be required to pass an additional examina-
tion?

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