Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 80 Part 1.djvu/827

 80 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 8 9 - 5 7 8 - S E P T. 16, 1966

791

SEC. 10. (a) A partnership which maintains an office within and engages in the full-time practice of public accountancy or a partnership which may hereafter wish to practice as such in the District of Columbia, may apply for registration, renewable periodically but no more frequently than annually, with the Commissioners as a partnership of certified public accountants, provided it meets all of the following requirements: (1) Each partner thereof is a certified public accountant in good standing of the District of Columbia or of some State or territory. (2) A t least one partner or the resident manager thereof is a certified public accountant of the District of Columbia engaged in the full-time practice of public accountancy in the District of Columbia. (3) Each partner thereof engaged in public practice as a certified public accountant in the District of Columbia is a certified public accountant of the District of Columbia. (b) A registered partnership of certified public accountants, and only such partnership may use the title "Certified Public Accountants" and the abbreviation "C.P.A.s" in connection with the partnership name in the District of Columbia. Revocation of SEC. 11. After notice by registered or certified mail and reasonable certificates, etc. opportunity for a hearing, the Commissioners are authorized and empowered to revoke, or suspend for not more than three years, any certificate, endorsement, or registration issued by the Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or to refuse to grant or renew, any certificate, endorsement, or registration applied for in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or may censure the holder thereof if the applicant or holder thereof violates the rules of professional conduct or other rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Act, or for other sufficient cause: Provided, That said denial, suspension, or revocation shall be made only upon specific charges in writing. A certified copy of any such charge and at least twenty days' notice of the hearing of the same, shall be served upon the holder of or applicant for such certificate, endorsement, or registration. SEC. 12. The Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered subpena power. in connection with any hearing conducted pursuant to authority contained in section 11 of this Act, to subpena any necessary witnesses, books, papers, records, and documents. Any such hearing shall be considered an investigation of a municipal matter within the meaning of the Act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 591; D.C. Code, sec. 1-237). SEC. 13. After notice and hearing are given as provided for in section 11 of this Act, the Commissioners may revoke or suspend the registration of a partnership or may censure a registered partnership for any of the causes described in section 11 of this Act, or for any of the following additional causes: (1) failure to maintain the qualifications prescribed by section 10 of this Act; (2) the revocation or suspension by the Commissioners of the certificate or endorsement of a certificate of certified public accountant of any partner; or (3) the cancellation, revocation, suspension or refusal to renew the authority of the partnership or any partner thereof to practice public accountancy m any State or territory. SEC. 14. The Commissioners shall adopt and prescribe administrative ^"^^^'^ hearings. procedures for public hearings for the purpose of denial, suspension, or revocation oi a certificate, endorsement, or registration. SEC. 15. Upon application in writing and after hearing pursuant to ce^«nca"tes" °^ notice, the Commissioners may issue a new certificate or endorsement

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