The Florida Senate

473.3101  Licensure of sole proprietors, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, and other legal entities.--

(1)  Each sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or any other legal entity seeking to engage in the practice of public accounting, as defined in s. 473.302(7)(a), in this state must file an application for licensure with the department and supply the information the board requires. An application must be made upon the affidavit of a sole proprietor, general partner, shareholder, or member who is a certified public accountant.

(2)  The board shall determine whether the sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or any other legal entity meets the requirements for practice and, pending that determination, may certify to the department the partnership, corporation, or limited liability company for provisional licensure.

(3)  Each license must be renewed every 2 years. Each sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or any other legal entity licensed under this section must notify the department within 1 month after any change in the information contained in the application on which its license is based.

History.--ss. 9, 25, ch. 79-202; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 11, ch. 85-9; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 17, ch. 93-110; s. 2, ch. 93-284; s. 6, ch. 98-340.