CBA's new notice of proposed practice privilege regulations.

• Position: California Board of Accountancy - Brief article

Legislation enacted in 2012 rewrote the California Board of Accountancy's practice privilege provisions (Article 5.1, Chapter 1, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code). The law, prior to July 1, 2013, requires individual out-of-state licensees who wish to practice in California to either obtain a California license or a California practice privilege (see Business and Professions Code secs. 5050, 5096). Under that law, an out-of-state licensee could obtain a practice privilege by filing a notice with the CBA and paying a fee.

The new provisions--effective July 1, 2013, and beginning at Sec. 5096 of the Business and Professions Code--allow individuals, whose principal...