Tex. Occupations Code § 901.260

This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 901.260, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.

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§ 901.260. CERTIFICATE BASED ON FOREIGN CREDENTIALS.

Official statutory text

(a) The board may issue a certificate to an applicant who holds a substantially equivalent foreign credential if:

(1) the foreign jurisdiction that granted the credential has an analogous provision allowing a person who holds a certificate issued by this state to obtain that foreign jurisdiction's comparable credential;

(2) the foreign credential:

(A) entitles the holder to issue reports on financial statements;

(B) was issued by a foreign jurisdiction that regulates the practice of public accountancy on the basis of education, examination, and experience requirements established by the jurisdiction; and

(C) has not expired or been revoked, suspended, limited, or probated; and

(3) the applicant:

(A) received the credential based on education and examination requirements that are comparable to or exceed those in effect in this state on the date that the foreign credential was granted;

(B) satisfied one of the following:

(i) completed an experience requirement in the jurisdiction that granted the foreign credential that is comparable to or exceeds the experience requirements established under this chapter;

(ii) completed at least four years of professional accounting experience in this state; or

(iii) within the 10 years preceding the date of the application, has met equivalent requirements prescribed by board rule;

(C) passed a uniform qualifying examination acceptable to the board covering national standards; and

(D) passed an examination acceptable to the board covering the laws, rules, and code of ethical conduct in effect in this state.

(b) An applicant for a certificate under Subsection (a) must list in the application each jurisdiction, foreign and domestic, in which the applicant has applied for or holds a credential to practice public accountancy. Each holder of a certificate issued under Subsection (a) shall notify the board in writing of the issuance, denial, revocation, suspension, limitation, or probation of a credential or the commencement of a disciplinary or enforcement action by any jurisdiction not later than the 30th day after the effective date of that action.

(c) The board's determination of whether a foreign credential is substantially equivalent to a certificate issued under this chapter is not subject to judicial review.

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