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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="2-4A-01" title_number="2" title_name="Accountants" subtitle_number="4A" subtitle_name="Peer Review">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Engagement review” means a peer review that evaluates whether there is a reasonable basis for expressing limited assurance that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>financial statements with which the individual or firm is associated conform in all material respects with professional standards; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>reports and internal documentation of the work performed by the individual or firm conform with professional standards.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Fail” means, in connection with a report of a peer reviewer, one or more significant deficiencies in performing or reporting in conformity with professional standards in the individual or the firm being reviewed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Peer review” means a study, appraisal, or review of one or more aspects of the professional work of an individual or firm performed by a person licensed as a certified public accountant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Report indicating pass with deficiencies” means a report of a peer reviewer that indicates one or more deficiencies in performing or reporting in conformity with professional standards in the individual or firm being reviewed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Review” means the analysis of a financial statement that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is performed in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides a licensee with a reasonable basis for expressing limited assurance that there are no material modifications that should be made to the statement in order for it to be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or, if applicable, with any other comprehensive basis of accounting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“System review” means a peer review evaluating whether there is reasonable assurance that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the system of quality control of the individual or firm being reviewed is designed and operated in such a manner as to meet professional standards;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>financial statements with which the licensee or firm is associated conform in all material respects with professional standards; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>reports and internal documentation of the work performed by the licensee or firm conform with professional standards.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
