{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-5000.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 5000.5","heading":"","body":"No public member shall be a current or former licensee of the board or an immediate family member of a licensee, or be currently or formerly employed by a public accounting firm, bookkeeping firm, or firm engaged in providing tax preparation as its primary business, or have any financial interest in the business of a licensee. Each public member shall meet all of the requirements for public membership on the board as set forth in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 450) of Division 1.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 1. Accountants [5000. - 5158.]","ARTICLE 1. Administration [5000. - 5025.3.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"e58ff30222f8ad50eed99e21cbdfab00ffba9869f38cf096fffda8ea9f172ebf","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-5000.1","next":"us-ca/bpc-5001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}