Section 1420.20  Application for Licensure as a Certified Public Accountant

a)         An applicant for licensure as a CPA shall submit the following to the Division:

1)         A completed and signed application on forms provided by the Division;

2)         Certification of the issuance of a valid and unrevoked Illinois CPA certificate, issued by the Board or current registration as a CPA with the Division;

3)         Proof of the experience required by Section 1420.10;

4)         The required fee set forth in Section 1420.40; and

5)         If the applicant's CPA certificate from the Board was issued more than 4 years prior to the application for a license as a licensed CPA under this Section, the applicant shall submit proof acceptable to the Division of having completed not less than 90 hours of verifiable CPE, including 4 hours covering the subject of professional ethics(see Section 1420.70) within the 3 years immediately preceding the application.

b)         As set forth in Section 5.1 of the Act, foreign accountants shall comply with this Section.

(Source:  Amended at 40 Ill. Reg. 3692, effective March 11, 2016)