1. (A) The board may issue a license to a holder of a certificate, license, or permit issued under the laws of any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia or any authority outside the United States upon a showing of substantially equivalent education, examination, and experience upon the condition that the applicant:

   1. (1) received the designation, based on educational and examination standards substantially equivalent to those in effect in this State, at the time the designation was granted; and
   2. (2) completed an experience requirement, substantially equivalent to the requirement provided for in Section 40-2-35(F), in the jurisdiction which granted the designation or has engaged in four years of professional practice, outside of this State, as a certified public accountant within the ten years immediately preceding the application; and
   3. (3) passed a uniform qualifying examination in national standards and an examination on the laws, regulations, and code of ethical conduct in effect in this State acceptable to the board; and
   4. (4) listed all jurisdictions, foreign and domestic, in which the applicant has applied for or holds a designation to practice public accountancy or in which any applications have been denied; and
   5. (5) demonstrated completion of eighty hours of qualified CPE within the last two years; and
   6. (6) filed an application and pays an annual fee sufficient to cover the cost of administering this section.
2. (B) Each holder of a certificate issued under this section shall notify the board in writing within thirty days after its occurrence of any issuance, denial, revocation, or suspension of a designation or commencement of a disciplinary or enforcement action by any jurisdiction.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 453, Section 1; 2004 Act No. 289, Section 1.