R4-1-101. Definitions

A. The definitions in A.R.S. § 32-701 apply to this Chapter. B. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Contested case” means any proceeding in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a party are required by law to be determined by any agency after an opportunity for hearing. 2. “CPE” or “continuing professional education” means attending classes, writing articles, conducting or teaching courses, and taking self-study courses if the activities contribute to maintaining and improving of professional competence in accounting. 3. “Facilitated State Board Access (FSBA)” means the sponsoring organization’s process for providing the Board access to peer review results via a secured website. 4. “Party” means each person or agency named or admitted as a party, or properly seeking and entitled, as of right, to be admitted as a party. 5. “Peer review” means an assessment, conducted according to R4-1-454(A), of one or more aspects of the professional work of a firm. 6. “Peer review program” means the sponsoring organization’s entire peer review process, including but not limited to the standards for administering, performing and reporting on peer reviews, oversight procedures, training, and related guidance materials. 7. “Person” may include any individual, and any form of corporation, partnership, or professional limited liability company. 8. “Principal place of business” means the office designated by the individual as the principal location for the individual’s practice of accounting. 9. “Sponsoring organization” means a Board-approved professional society, or other organization approved by the Board responsible for the facilitation and administration of peer reviews through use of its peer review program and peer review standards. 10. “Upper level course” means a course taken beyond the basic level, after any required prerequisite or introductory accounting course and does not include principles of accounting or similar introductory accounting courses.