Tex. Occ. Code § 901.503 · Subchapter K. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
BOARD ACTION INVOLVING APPLICANT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On a determination that a ground for discipline exists under Subsection (b), after notice and hearing as provided by Section 901.509, the board may:
(1) deny an individual's application to take the uniform CPA examination;
(2) prohibit an individual from taking the uniform CPA examination for a period not to exceed five years; or
(3) void an individual's uniform CPA examination grades.
(b) The board may discipline an individual under Subsection (a) for:
(1) fraud or deceit on an application for the uniform CPA examination;
(2) cheating on the uniform CPA examination;
(3) a final conviction of or the imposition of deferred adjudication for an offense under the laws of any state or the United States that:
(A) is a felony; or
(B) includes fraud or dishonesty as an element of the offense; or
(4) conduct indicating lack of fitness to serve the public as a professional accountant.
(c) The board shall provide for the refund of the examination fee paid by a person whose application for examination is denied under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 525, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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