Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-15.1
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Short title - Declaration of policy
Official statutory text
Section 15.1 et seq. of this title shall be known and may be
cited as the “Oklahoma Accountancy Act”.
In order to protect the citizens of this state, the Legislature
hereby declares that it is the policy of this state, and the purpose
of this act, to promote the reliability of information that is used
for guidance in financial transactions or for accounting for or
assessing the financial status or performance of commercial,
noncommercial and governmental enterprises. The public interest
requires that persons professing special competence in accountancy
or offering assurance as to the reliability or fairness of
presentation of such information shall have demonstrated their
qualifications to do so, that persons who have not demonstrated and
maintained such qualifications, not be permitted to represent
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themselves as having such special competence or to offer such
assurance, that the conduct of registrants as having special
competence in accountancy be regulated in all aspects of their
professional work, that a public authority competent to prescribe
and assess the qualifications and to regulate the conduct of
registrants be established, and that the use of titles that have a
capacity or tendency to deceive the public as to the status or
competence of the persons using such titles be prohibited.
cited as the “Oklahoma Accountancy Act”.
In order to protect the citizens of this state, the Legislature
hereby declares that it is the policy of this state, and the purpose
of this act, to promote the reliability of information that is used
for guidance in financial transactions or for accounting for or
assessing the financial status or performance of commercial,
noncommercial and governmental enterprises. The public interest
requires that persons professing special competence in accountancy
or offering assurance as to the reliability or fairness of
presentation of such information shall have demonstrated their
qualifications to do so, that persons who have not demonstrated and
maintained such qualifications, not be permitted to represent
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 44
themselves as having such special competence or to offer such
assurance, that the conduct of registrants as having special
competence in accountancy be regulated in all aspects of their
professional work, that a public authority competent to prescribe
and assess the qualifications and to regulate the conduct of
registrants be established, and that the use of titles that have a
capacity or tendency to deceive the public as to the status or
competence of the persons using such titles be prohibited.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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