COVID-19's Impact on Boards (boards operating remotely, visitors by appointment, emergency rulemaking, virtual board meetings; CPE reporting, peer review and examination deadline extensions; test center closures; live CPE programs converted to virtual)

The record

Jurisdiction

All States; NASBA

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Inventory

Issued

2020-07-30 July 30, 2020

Effective

2020-03 to 2020-07 (read as 2020-07-30)

In force

July 30, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• boards of accountancy
• CPAs, firms and CPE sponsors

Functions reached

• OF
• HR
• EV live CPE conferences converted or cancelled

Collection

State trade licensing boards AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS

Operative words

In recent months many Accountancy Board members have been working from home and Boards were operating under [restricted access, with] visitors by appointment. For some Boards emergency rule-making was [required to hold] virtual Board meetings. Throughout this time, NASBA has been issuing [guidance on CPE] reporting, peer review and examination deadline extensions, test center [closures].... NASBA's CPE Sponsor Registry received requests from CPE program sponsors to allow them to convert their registered live programs to virtual

Enforcement