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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="2-102" title_number="2" title_name="Accountants" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the person does not engage in any activity expressly included in the definition of practice certified public accountancy, this title does not prohibit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an individual from serving as an employee of or assistant to a licensee or permit holder;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a public official or public employee from performing the duties of the position of that individual; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a person from providing or offering to the public bookkeeping and accounting services, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>development or installation of a bookkeeping system;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>recordation or presentation of financial information;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>preparation of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a financial statement;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a compilation of a financial statement that:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>does not reference the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services issued by AICPA; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>expressly states that the person has not undergone and is not required to undergo peer review;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a report;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a schedule; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>an exhibit; or</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>any similar activity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This title does not prohibit a licensee or permit holder from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>employing a certified public accountant licensed by another state or a foreign country; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>listing that individual as a certified public accountant, if the individual qualifies for a practice privilege under § 2–321 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall adopt regulations that specify the language of the disclosure statement relating to exemption from peer review that is required to be included in a compilation of a financial statement prepared under subsection (a)(3)(iii)2 of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
