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IA Code § 542.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.9 - Appointment of secretary of state as agent.

542.9 Appointment of secretary of state as agent.   Application for a certificate under section 542.6, a license under section 542.8, a permit to practice under section 542.7, or a certificate under section 542.19 by a person or a firm not a resident of this state constitutes appointment of the secretary of state as the applicant’s agent upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding against the applicant arising out of a transaction or operation connected with or incidental to services performed by the applicant while a licensee within this state.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §9, 38
IA Code § 542.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.10 - Enforcement against a holder of a certificate, permit, or license.

542.10 Enforcement against a holder of a certificate, permit, or license.   1. After notice and hearing pursuant to section 542.11, the board may revoke, suspend for a period of time not to exceed two years, or refuse to renew a license; reprimand, censure, or limit the scope of practice of any licensee; impose an administrative penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars per violation against an individual licensee or ten thousand dollars per violation against a firm licensee; require remedial actions; or place any licensee on probation; all with or without terms, conditions, and in combinations of remedies, for any one or more of the following reasons:   a. Fraud or deceit in obtaining a license, which may also result in permanent revocation of the license.   b. Dishonesty, fraud, or gross negligence in the practice of public accounting.   c. Engaging in any activity prohibited under section 542.13 or 542.20 or permitting persons under the licensee’s supervision to do so.   d. Violation of a rule of professional conduct adopted by the board under the authority granted by this chapter.   e. Conviction of a felony under the laws of any state or the United States.   f. Conviction of any crime, any element of which is dishonesty or fraud as provided in section 542.5, subsection 2, under the laws of any state or the United States.   g. Cancellation, revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew the authority to practice as a certified public accountant, licensed public accountant, or accounting practitioner, or the acceptance of the voluntary surrender of a license to practice as a certified public accountant, licensed public accountant, or accounting practitioner to conclude a pending disciplinary action, by any other state or foreign authority for any cause other than failure to pay appropriate fees in the other jurisdiction.   h. Suspension or revocation of the right to practice before any state or federal agency, or the public company accounting oversight board.   i. Conduct discreditable to the public accounting profession.   j. Violation of section 272C.10.   2. Multiple violations arising from the same factual circumstances or from different factual circumstances containing a common error shall be considered as a single violation for the purpose of imposition of an administrative penalty.   3. In lieu of or in addition to any remedy specifically provided in subsection 1, the board may require a licensee to satisfy a peer review or desk review process on such terms as the board may specify, satisfactorily complete a continuing education program, or such additional remedies as the board may specify by rule.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §10, 38; 2008 Acts, ch 1106, §11, 15  Referred to in §272C.3, 272C.4
IA Code § 542.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.11 - Investigations and hearings.

542.11 Investigations and hearings.   1. The board may initiate proceedings under this chapter upon written complaint or on its own motion pursuant to other information received by the board suggesting violations of this chapter or board rules. The board may conduct an investigation as needed to determine whether probable cause exists to initiate such proceedings. In aid of such investigation, the board may issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to testify or persons to produce evidence consistent with the provisions of section 272C.6, subsection 3. The board may also review the publicly available public accounting work product of licensees on a general or random basis to determine whether reasonable grounds exist to initiate proceedings under this chapter or to conduct a more specific investigation.   2. A written notice stating the nature of the charge or charges against the accused and the time and place of the hearing before the board on the charges shall be served on the accused not less than thirty days prior to the date of hearing either personally or by mailing a copy by restricted certified mail to the last known address of the accused.   3. At any hearing, the accused may appear in person or by counsel, produce evidence and witnesses on behalf of the accused, cross-examine witnesses, and examine evidence which is produced against the accused. A firm may appear by a partner, officer, director, shareholder, member, or manager.   4. The board may issue subpoenas in any proceeding to compel witnesses to testify and to produce documentary evidence on behalf of the board and shall issue such subpoenas upon the application of the accused, pursuant to section 17A.13, subsection 1, and section 272C.6, subsection 3.   5. Evidence supporting the board’s charges may be presented at any hearing by an assistant attorney general.   6. The decision of the board shall be by a majority vote of a quorum of the board. Licensee discipline shall only be imposed upon the majority vote of the members of the board not disqualified pursuant to section 17A.17, subsection 8, or other applicable law.   7. Judicial review may be sought in accordance with chapter 17A.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §11, 38  Referred to in §272C.5, 542.10, 542.14, 542.15
IA Code § 542.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.12 - Reinstatement.

542.12 Reinstatement.   1. In any case in which the board has suspended, revoked, or restricted a license, refused to renew a license, or accepted the voluntary surrender of a license to conclude a pending disciplinary investigation or action, the board may, upon written application, modify or terminate the suspension, reissue the license, or modify or remove the restriction, with or without terms and conditions.   2. The board is vested with discretionary authority to specify by rule the manner in which such applications shall be made, the times within which they shall be made, the circumstances in which a hearing will be held, and the grounds upon which such applications will be decided. The rules shall provide at a minimum that the burden is on the licensee to produce evidence that the basis for revocation, suspension, restriction, refusal to renew, or voluntarily surrender no longer exists and that it will be in the public interest for the board to grant the application on such terms and conditions as the board deems desirable.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §12, 38
IA Code § 542.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.15 - Criminal penalties.

542.15 Criminal penalties.   1. A person who violates a provision of section 542.13 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.   2. If the board has reason to believe that a person has committed a violation subject to subsection 1, the board may certify the facts to the attorney general of this state, or to the county attorney of the county where the person maintains a business office, who, in the attorney general’s or county attorney’s discretion, may initiate an appropriate criminal proceeding.   3. If, after an investigation under section 542.11 or otherwise, the board has reason to believe that a person or firm has knowingly engaged in an act or practice that constitutes a violation subject to subsection 1, the board may submit its information to the attorney general of any state, or other appropriate law enforcement official, who, in such official’s discretion, may initiate an appropriate criminal proceeding.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §15, 38  Referred to in §542.14, 542.16
IA Code § 542.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.16 - Single act evidence of practice.

542.16 Single act evidence of practice.   In an action brought under section 542.14 or 542.15, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this chapter is sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order, or conviction, without evidence of a general course of conduct.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §16, 38
IA Code § 542.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.17 - Confidential communications.

542.17 Confidential communications.   1. A licensee shall not voluntarily disclose information communicated to the licensee by a client relating to and in connection with services rendered to the client by the licensee, except with the permission of the client, or an heir, successor, or personal representative of the client. Such information is deemed to be confidential. However, this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the disclosure of information required to be disclosed by the standards of the public accounting profession in reporting on the examination of financial statements or in the performance of an attest service or as prohibiting disclosures in a court proceeding, in an investigation or proceeding under this chapter or chapter 272C, in an ethical investigation conducted by a private professional organization, in the course of a peer review, to another person active in the licensee’s firm performing services for that client on a need-to-know basis, to persons associated with the investigative entity who need this information for the sole purpose of assuring quality control, or as otherwise required by law.   2. This section does not preclude a licensee from filing a complaint with, or responding to an inquiry made by, the board, a taxing authority or law enforcement authority of this state, or a licensing or similar authority of another state or the United States.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §17, 38; 2015 Acts, ch 13, §9; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127  Referred to in §542.18
IA Code § 542.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542 - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS|Section 542.18 - Licensees’ working papers — clients’ records.

542.18 Licensees’ working papers — clients’ records.   1. Subject to section 542.17, all statements, records, schedules, working papers, and memoranda made by a licensee or a partner, shareholder, officer, director, member, manager, or employee of a licensee, incident to, or in the course of, rendering services to a client, except reports submitted by the licensee to the client and except for records that are part of the client’s records, are the property of the licensee in the absence of an express agreement between the licensee and the client to the contrary. Such statement, record, schedule, working paper, or memorandum shall not be sold, transferred, or bequeathed, without the consent of the client or the client’s personal representative or assignee, to anyone other than a surviving partner, stockholder, or member of the licensee, or any combined or merged firm or successor in interest to the licensee. This section shall not be construed as prohibiting a temporary transfer of working papers or other material necessary in the course of carrying out peer reviews or as otherwise interfering with the disclosure of information pursuant to section 542.17.   2. A licensee shall furnish to a client or former client, upon request and reasonable notice, the following:   a. A copy of the licensee’s working papers, to the extent that such working papers include records that would ordinarily constitute part of the client’s records and are not otherwise available to the client.   b. Accounting or other records belonging to, or obtained from or on behalf of, the client that the licensee removed from the client’s premises or received for the client’s account. The licensee may make and retain copies of such documents of the client when they form the basis for work done by the licensee.   3. This chapter does not require a licensee to keep any working papers beyond the period prescribed in any other applicable statute.  2001 Acts, ch 55, §18, 38
IA Code § 542B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.1 - Licensed professional engineers and surveyors.

542B.1 Licensed professional engineers and surveyors.   A person shall not engage in the practice of engineering or land surveying in the state unless the person is a licensed professional engineer or a licensed professional land surveyor as provided in this chapter, except as permitted by section 542B.26.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1854; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.1]  C93, §542B.1  95 Acts, ch 65, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1055, §4; 2012 Acts, ch 1009, §10
IA Code § 542B.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.3 - Engineering and land surveying examining board created.

542B.3 Engineering and land surveying examining board created.   An engineering and land surveying examining board is created within the professional licensing and regulation bureau of the banking division of the department of commerce. The board consists of three members who are licensed professional engineers, two members who are licensed professional land surveyors, and two members who are not licensed professional engineers or licensed professional land surveyors and who shall represent the general public. An individual who is licensed as both a professional engineer and a professional land surveyor may serve to satisfy the board membership requirement for either a licensed professional engineer or a licensed professional land surveyor, but not both. Members shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate. A licensed member shall be actively engaged in the practice of engineering or land surveying and shall have been so engaged for five years preceding the appointment, the last two of which shall have been in Iowa. Insofar as practicable, licensed engineer members of the board shall be from different branches of the profession of engineering. Professional associations or societies composed of licensed engineers or licensed land surveyors may recommend the names of potential board members whose profession is representative of that association or society to the governor. However, the governor is not bound by the recommendations. A board member shall not be required to be a member of any professional association or society composed of professional engineers or professional land surveyors.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1856; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.3]  84 Acts, ch 1104, §3; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §716; 88 Acts, ch 1125, §1  C93, §542B.3  96 Acts, ch 1055, §5; 2006 Acts, ch 1177, §36; 2012 Acts, ch 1009, §12; 2018 Acts, ch 1082, §1  Confirmation, see §2.32
IA Code § 542B.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.4 - Terms of office.

542B.4 Terms of office.   Appointments shall be for three-year terms and shall commence and end as provided by section 69.19. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the governor and shall be subject to senate confirmation. Members shall serve no more than three terms or nine years, whichever is least.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1857, 1858; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §114.4, 114.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §114.4]  C93, §542B.4  Confirmation, see §2.32
IA Code § 542B.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.6 - Official seal — bylaws.

542B.6 Official seal — bylaws.   The board shall adopt and have an official seal which shall be affixed to all certificates of licensure granted and may make all bylaws and rules, not inconsistent with law, necessary for the proper performance of its duty.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1859; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.6]  C93, §542B.6  96 Acts, ch 1055, §6
IA Code § 542B.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.7 - Attorney general to assist — general powers.

542B.7 Attorney general to assist — general powers.   Such board, or any committee thereof, shall be entitled to the counsel and to the services of the attorney general, and shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses, pay witness fees and mileage, and may take testimony and proofs and may administer oaths concerning any matter within its jurisdiction.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1860; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.7]  C93, §542B.7  Administration of oaths, §63A.2
IA Code § 542B.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.8 - Expenses — compensation.

542B.8 Expenses — compensation.   Members of the board are entitled to receive all actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties within the limits of funds appropriated to the board. Each member of the board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1861; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.8]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §717  C93, §542B.8  Compensation; see §114.8, Code 1985, and §7E.6(1)
IA Code § 542B.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.9 - Organization of the board — staff.

542B.9 Organization of the board — staff.   The board shall elect annually from its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson. The administrator of the professional licensing and regulation bureau of the banking division of the department of commerce shall hire and provide staff to assist the board in implementing this chapter. The board shall hold at least one meeting at the location of the board’s principal office, and meetings shall be called at other times by the administrator at the request of the chairperson or four members of the board. At any meeting of the board, a majority of members constitutes a quorum.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1862; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.9]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §718; 88 Acts, ch 1158, §19  C93, §542B.9  2006 Acts, ch 1177, §37
IA Code § 542B.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.10 - Annual report.

542B.10 Annual report. Repealed by 98 Acts, ch 1119, §11.
IA Code § 542B.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.11 - Staff — duties.

542B.11 Staff — duties.   The staff shall keep on file a record of all certificates of licensure granted and shall make annual revisions of the record as necessary.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1864; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.11]  84 Acts, ch 1104, §1; 85 Acts, ch 68, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1168, §15  C93, §542B.11  96 Acts, ch 1055, §5, 6; 2012 Acts, ch 1009, §13
IA Code § 542B.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.12 - Disposition of fees.

542B.12 Disposition of fees.   The staff shall collect and account for all fees provided for by this chapter and pay the fees to the treasurer of state who shall deposit the fees in the general fund of the state.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1865; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.12]  90 Acts, ch 1168, §16; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §36  C93, §542B.12  94 Acts, ch 1107, §87
IA Code § 542B.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.13 - Applications and examination fees.

542B.13 Applications and examination fees.   Applications for licensure shall be on forms prescribed and furnished by the board, shall contain statements made under oath, showing the applicant’s education and a detailed summary of the applicant’s technical work, and the board shall not require that a recent photograph of the applicant be attached to the application form. An applicant is not ineligible for licensure because of age, citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status or national origin, although the application form may require citizenship information. The board may consider the past felony record of an applicant. The board may require that an applicant submit references. Applications for examination in fundamentals in the practice of engineering and land surveying shall be accompanied by application fees determined by the board. The board shall determine the annual cost of administering the examinations and shall set the fees accordingly.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1866; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.13]  84 Acts, ch 1104, §4  C93, §542B.13  95 Acts, ch 65, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1055, §7
IA Code § 542B.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title XIII - COMMERCE|Chapter 542B - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS|Section 542B.15 - Examinations — report required.

542B.15 Examinations — report required.   Examinations for licensure shall be given as often as deemed necessary by the board, but no less than one time per year. The scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the board. Any examination may be given by representatives of the board. The identity of the person taking the examination shall be concealed until after the examination has been graded. As soon as practicable after the close of each examination, a report shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the board by the board. The report shall show the action of the board upon each application and the secretary of the board shall notify each applicant of the result of the applicant’s examination. Applicants who fail the examination once shall be allowed to take the examination at the next scheduled time. Thereafter, the applicant shall be allowed to take the examination at the discretion of the board. An applicant who has failed the examination may request in writing information from the board concerning the applicant’s examination grade and subject areas or questions which the applicant failed to answer correctly, except that if the board administers a uniform, standardized examination, the board shall only be required to provide the examination grade and such other information concerning the applicant’s examination results which are available to the board.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1867; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §114.15]  C93, §542B.15  96 Acts, ch 1055, §6; 2013 Acts, ch 5, §22