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CT Gen Stat § 20-281b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 389 - Public Accountants|Section 20-281b - Licenses and permits to practice public accountancy issued prior to October 1, 1992. Renewal requirements. Titles.

 Persons and firms who, prior to October 1, 1992, were authorized to practice as public accountants and hold licenses and permits to practice public accountancy issued pursuant to this chapter prior to October 1, 1992, shall be entitled to have their licenses and permits to practice renewed under sections 20-281d and 20-281e, provided they fulfill all requirements for renewal under such provisions. As long as such licensees hold valid licenses and permits to practice under sections 20-281d and 20-281e, they shall be entitled to engage in the practice of public accountancy to the same extent as other holders of such permits, and in addition they shall be entitled to use the designations “public accountants” and “PA”, but no other designation, in connection with the practice of public accountancy.(P.A. 92-212, S. 7; P.A. 06-196, S. 251.)History: P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 20-281f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 389 - Public Accountants|Section 20-281f - Suspension or revocation of registration, certificate, license, practice privilege or permit. Refusal to renew. Reinstatement.

 (a) In any case where the board has suspended or revoked a registration, certificate, license, practice privilege or a permit or refused to renew a certificate, license or permit, the board may, upon application in writing by the person or firm affected and for good cause shown, modify the suspension, or reissue the certificate, license or permit. Any individual whose practice privilege has been suspended or revoked may not reenter this state to practice until such individual complies with the provisions of this section.(b) The board shall specify by regulation the manner in which such applications shall be made and the times within which they shall be made.(c) Before reissuing or terminating the suspension of a registration, certificate, license, practice privilege or permit under this section, and as a condition thereto, the board may require the applicant to show successful completion of specified continuing professional education; and the board may make the reinstatement of a registration, certificate, license, practice privilege or permit conditional and subject to satisfactory completion of a quality review conducted in such fashion as the board may specify.(P.A. 92-212, S. 11; P.A. 08-52, S. 5.)History: P.A. 08-52 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re reinstatement of practice privilege and inserted “practice privilege” in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective May 12, 2008.
CT Gen Stat § 20-281h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 389 - Public Accountants|Section 20-281h - Violations. Fine or imprisonment.

 (a) Whenever, by reason of an investigation under section 20-280c or otherwise, the board has reason to believe that a person or firm has knowingly engaged in acts or practices that constitute a violation of section 20-281g, the board may bring its information to the attention of the state's attorney for the judicial district in which the firm practices, and the state's attorney, in his discretion, may cause appropriate criminal proceedings to be brought against said firm.(b) A person or firm who knowingly violates any provision of section 20-281g shall be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.(P.A. 92-212, S. 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-281i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 389 - Public Accountants|Section 20-281i - Evidence of commission of single prohibited act sufficient to justify penalty, injunction, restraining order or conviction.

 In any action brought under section 20-280b, 20-280c, 20-281a, 20-281g or 20-281h, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by sections 20-279b to 20-281m, inclusive, shall be sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order or conviction, without evidence of a general course of conduct.(P.A. 92-212, S. 14.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-281j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 389 - Public Accountants|Section 20-281j - Confidentiality of client information.

 Except by permission of the client engaging a licensee under sections 20-279b to 20-281m, inclusive, or the heirs, successors or personal representatives of such client, a licensee or any partner, officer, shareholder or employee of a licensee shall not voluntarily disclose information communicated to him by the client relating to and in connection with services rendered to the client by the licensee in the practice of public accountancy. Such information shall be deemed confidential, provided that nothing herein shall 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 as prohibiting disclosures in court proceedings, in investigations or proceedings under section 20-280b or 20-280c in ethical investigations conducted by private professional organizations, or in the course of quality reviews.(P.A. 92-212, S. 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-281k (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 389 - Public Accountants|Section 20-281k - Statements, records, schedules, working papers and memoranda incident to practice of public accountancy. Return of original records. Retention of certain workpaper.

 (a) All statements, records, schedules, working papers and memoranda made by a licensee or partner, shareholder, officer, director or employee of a licensee, incident to, or in the course of, rendering services to a client in the practice of public accountancy, except the reports submitted by the licensee to the client and except for records that are part of the client's records, shall be and remain the property of the licensee in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary between the licensee and the client. No such statement, record, schedule, working paper or memorandum shall be sold, transferred or bequeathed, without the consent of the client or his personal representative or assignee, to anyone other than one or more surviving partners or stockholders or new partners or stockholders of the licensee, or any combined or merged firm or successor in interest to the licensee. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any temporary transfer of workpapers or other material necessary in the course of carrying out quality reviews.(b) A licensee shall return a client's original records to his client or former client upon the client's request and reasonable notice in accordance with the regulations of the board and any 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 such documents form the basis for work done by him. A licensee shall provide such other records to a client or former client as the board may provide by regulation.(c) Nothing in this section shall require a licensee to keep any workpaper beyond the period prescribed in any other applicable statute, except that any workpaper prepared by a licensee in the course of an audit of a corporation the securities of which are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as from time to time amended, or that is required to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as from time to time amended, shall be retained for the period described in section 33-1332.(P.A. 92-212, S. 16; P.A. 03-259, S. 43; P.A. 04-56, S. 4.)History: P.A. 03-259 amended Subsec. (c) by adding exception to require workpaper prepared by licensee in course of audit of publicly held corporation to be retained for period described in Sec. 33-1332; P.A. 04-56 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing reference to “publicly held corporation” with provision re corporation subject to securities registration or reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and by making a technical change, effective May 10, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 20-281m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 389 - Public Accountants|Section 20-281m - Contingent fees.

 (a) A licensee shall not, during any period in which the licensee is engaged to perform any of the services listed in this subsection or during any period covered by any historical financial services involved in any of such services: (1) Perform for a contingent fee any of the following professional services, or accept a contingent fee from a client for whom the licensee performs any of the following services: (A) An audit or review of a financial statement; (B) a compilation of a financial statement if the licensee expects or has reasonable cause to expect that a third party will use the financial statement and the licensee's compilation report does not disclose a lack of independence; or (C) an examination of prospective financial information, or (2) prepare an original or amended tax return or claim for a tax refund for a contingent fee for any client.(b) As used in this section, “contingent fee” means a fee for the performance of a service that will not be charged unless a specified finding or result is attained or in which the amount of the fee is dependent on a specified finding or result of such service. “Contingent fee” does not include: (1) A fee fixed by courts or other public authorities; (2) a fee in a tax matter that is based on the results of judicial proceedings or the findings of governmental agencies; or (3) a fee that varies based solely on the complexity of the services rendered.(c) A contingent fee arrangement between a licensee and a client shall be in writing and shall state the method by which the fee is determined.(P.A. 92-212, S. 18; P.A. 00-42, S. 2.)History: P.A. 00-42 deleted former provisions re contingent fees, added new Subsec. (a) prohibiting contingent fees during certain periods for certain services, added new Subsec. (b) defining “contingent fee” and added new Subsec. (c) re contingent fee arrangement.
CT Gen Stat § 20-288 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-288 - Definitions.

 As used in this chapter:(1) “Board” means the Architectural Licensing Board appointed under the provisions of section 20-289;(2) “Architect” means a person who engages in the practice of architecture;(3) “The practice of architecture” or “practice architecture” means rendering or offering to render service by consultation, investigation, evaluations, preliminary studies, plans, specifications and coordination of structural factors concerning the aesthetic or structural design and contract administration of building construction or any other service in connection with the designing or contract administration of building construction located within the boundaries of this state, regardless of whether any person performing such duties is performing one or all of such duties or whether such person is performing them in person or as the directing head of an office or organization performing them; and(4) “Architect Emeritus” means an honorific title granted to a previously licensed architect who has retired from the active practice of architecture.(1953, S. 2304d; 1971, P.A. 703, S. 1; P.A. 82-419, S. 11, 47; 82-472, S. 86, 183; P.A. 86-159, S. 1; P.A. 98-3, S. 1; P.A. 19-177, S. 13.)History: 1971 act redefined practice of architecture by making slight wording change and substituting “contract administration of building construction” for “supervision of construction of buildings”; P.A. 82-419 amended section to change architectural registration board to architectural licensing board; P.A. 82-472 subdivided the section; P.A. 86-159 made a technical change in Subdiv. (3); P.A. 98-3 made technical changes in Subdiv. (3); P.A. 19-177 added Subdiv. (4) re definition of “Architect Emeritus”.
CT Gen Stat § 20-289a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-289a - Public Works Commissioner to perform fiscal duties of and provide clerical assistance to board.

 Section 20-289a is repealed.(1959, P.A. 103, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-290 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-290 - Use of title “architect”.

 In order to safeguard life, health and property, no person shall practice architecture in this state, except as provided in this chapter, or use the title “architect”, or display or use any words, letters, figures, title, sign, seal, advertisement or other device to indicate that such person practices or offers to practice architecture, unless such person has obtained a license as provided in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any Connecticut corporation in existence prior to 1933, whose charter authorizes the practice of architecture, from making plans and specifications or supervising the construction of any building, except that no such corporation shall issue plans or specifications unless such plans or specifications have been signed and sealed by an architect licensed under the provisions of this chapter.(1949 Rev., S. 4616; 1953, 1955, S. 2305d; 1957, P.A. 552, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 105; P.A. 82-419, S. 13, 47; P.A. 98-3, S. 3.)History: 1959 act added proviso; P.A. 82-419 changed registration to licensure; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes.Cited. 146 C. 280. The utilization by another, for a sum of money, of plans and specifications which were prepared for plaintiff by an architect and were owned by plaintiff, held not to constitute the practice of architecture; the performance of services by plaintiff for a corporation of which he is a member held not to constitute the rendering of services to a client. 148 C. 121. Cited. 207 C. 496.Cited. 20 CA 685.Recovery by a New York architect not registered in this state for services rendered contrary to public policy. 20 CS 183. Contract by registered professional engineer for architectural services is illegal and void as against public policy; not entitled to quantum meruit recovery. Id., 238.
CT Gen Stat § 20-293 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-293 - Seal.

 Each architect shall have a seal approved by the board, which shall contain the name of the architect and the words, “Licensed Architect, State of Connecticut”, and such other words or figures as the board deems necessary. The working drawings and specifications prepared for such buildings or structures, which by the terms of this chapter shall be prepared by a licensed architect, shall be stamped with his seal. No person shall designate or imply that he is the author of such working drawings or specifications unless he was in responsible charge of their preparation, whether made by him personally or by his employee or agent under his immediate supervision. Working drawings and specifications prepared by an architectural firm shall be sealed by a principal member or officer of the firm. Except for plans for buildings or structures under the provisions of section 20-298, no official of this state or of any city, town or borough therein, charged with the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the construction or alteration of buildings or structures, shall accept or approve any plans or specifications that are not stamped with the seal of a licensed architect or a licensed professional engineer.(1953, S. 2307d; 1959, P.A. 71; 1971, P.A. 703, S. 5; P.A. 82-419, S. 16, 47.)History: 1959 act added provision permitting designation of authorship for drawings or specifications made by employee or agent; 1971 act required that working drawings and specifications prepared by architectural firm be sealed by principal member or officer of firm; P.A. 82-419 changed registration to licensure.Builder not entitled to prohibitory injunction restraining building inspector from requiring seal on plans before issuing permit. 151 C. 655.
CT Gen Stat § 20-295b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-295b - Holders of certificate of authority as licensed architects.

 Any person who, on October 1, 1969, holds a certificate of authority or renewal issued pursuant to sections 20-295 and 20-295a of the general statutes, revised to 1968, shall be entered on the roster of licensed architects and shall thereafter be authorized and entitled to practice architecture in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.(1969, P.A. 385, S. 1; P.A. 82-419, S. 18, 47.)History: P.A. 82-419 changed term “registered” to “licensed”.
CT Gen Stat § 20-296 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-296 - Inquiry into alleged violations. Orders. Civil penalty.

 The board may, upon the complaint of any one or more licensed architects or on its own motion, request the Department of Consumer Protection to inquire into the existence of any violations of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted under this chapter. If the board determines that a violation of any such provision or regulation exists, the board may issue an appropriate order to the person or persons found to be so violating such provision or regulation, providing for the immediate discontinuance of such violation, or may assess a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars, or both. Any such issuance of an order or assessment of a penalty by the board shall be a proposed final decision and submitted to the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 21a-7.(1957, P.A. 552, S. 4; P.A. 77-614, S. 176, 610; P.A. 82-419, S. 19, 47; P.A. 98-3, S. 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 06-85, S. 2; P.A. 16-185, S. 18.)History: P.A. 77-614 transferred inquiry power from board to consumer protection department, added reference to violations of regulations and deleted provisions re hearings and re petitions to court for enforcement of orders issued by board, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-419 changed term “registered” to “licensed”; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 06-85 added civil penalty provision; P.A. 16-185 added provision re issuance of order or assessment of penalty to be proposed final decision and submitted to commissioner, effective July 1, 2016.Connecticut Society of Architects, having no interest in subject matter, had no standing to sue alleged violator in a representative capacity; board, having direct interest in subject matter, was essential party for rendition of declaratory judgment. 151 C. 68.
CT Gen Stat § 20-297 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-297 - Penalty.

 Any person who knowingly, wilfully or intentionally violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or be both fined and imprisoned. The secretary of the board shall aid in the enforcement of this chapter and shall give any information concerning violations of this chapter which come to his attention to the proper prosecuting authorities for action.(1949 Rev., S. 4620; 1953, S. 2308d; 1957, P.A. 552, S. 3.)Cited. 20 CA 685.
CT Gen Stat § 20-298a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 390 - Architects|Section 20-298a - Partnerships of architects and professional engineers.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter and chapter 391, one or more architects and one or more professional engineers, each of whom is licensed under the provisions of said chapters, may form a partnership, joint enterprise or association, the title of which may include the words “architects” and “engineers”. At least half of the partners or principals in any such partnership, joint enterprise or association shall be licensed architects and all of its announcements, cards, printed matter and listings shall indicate as to each member whether he is an architect or a professional engineer.(February, 1965, P.A. 495; P.A. 82-419, S. 21, 47.)History: P.A. 82-419 changed term “registered” to “licensed”.Cited. 207 C. 496.
CT Gen Stat § 20-300a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 391 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors|Section 20-300a - Public Works Commissioner to perform fiscal duties of and provide clerical assistance to board.

 Section 20-300a is repealed.(1959, P.A. 88, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)