{"data":{"id":"us-ks/k.s.a.-1-307","jurisdiction":"us-ks","citation":"K.S.A. 1-307","heading":"Reciprocity; waiver of examination; conditions; requirements.","body":"(a) The board, in its discretion, may waive the examination of and may issue a certificate to a holder of a certificate as a \"certified public accountant\" issued under the laws of any state upon a showing that:\n(1) The applicant passed the examination required for issuance of the applicant's certificate with grades that would have been passing grades at the time in this state; and the applicant: (A) Meets all current requirements in this state for the issuance of a certificate at the time application is made; (B) at the time of the issuance of the applicant's certificate in the other state, met all such requirements then applicable in this state; or (C) had four years of experience of the type described in K.S.A. 1-302b(a), and amendments thereto, after passing the examination upon which the applicant's certificate was based and within the 10 years immediately preceding the application; or\n(2) the applicant meets the substantial equivalency standard set out in either K.S.A. 1-322(a)(1) or (2), and amendments thereto.\n(b) The board shall issue a certificate to a holder of a foreign designation, granted in a foreign country entitling the holder thereof to engage in the practice of certified public accountancy, provided that:\n(1) The foreign authority which granted the designation makes similar provision to allow a person who holds a valid certificate issued by this state to obtain such foreign authority's comparable designation;\n(2) the foreign designation: (A) Was duly issued by a foreign authority that regulates the practice of certified public accountancy and the foreign designation has not expired or been revoked or suspended; (B) entitles the holder to issue reports upon financial statements; and (C) was issued upon the basis of educational, examination and experience requirements established by the foreign authority or by law;\n(3) the applicant: (A) Received the designation, based on educational and examination standards substantially equivalent to those in effect in this state at the time the foreign designation was granted; (B) completed an experience requirement, substantially equivalent to the requirement set out in K.S.A. 1-302b, and amendments thereto, in the jurisdiction which granted the foreign designation; and (C) passed a uniform qualifying examination in national standards and an examination on the laws, regulations and code of ethical conduct in effect in this state acceptable to the board; and\n(4) the applicant shall in the application list all jurisdictions, foreign and domestic, in which the applicant has applied for or holds a designation to practice public accountancy.\nEach holder of a certificate issued under this subsection shall notify the board in writing, within 30 days after its occurrence, of any issuance, denial, revocation or suspension of a designation or commencement of a disciplinary or enforcement action by any jurisdiction. The board has the sole authority to interpret the application of the provisions of this subsection.","path":["Chapter 1.—ACCOUNTANTS; CERTIFIED PUBLIC","Article 3.—LICENSURE, EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATIO"],"source_url":"https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch01/001_003_0007.html","current_through":"2025 legislative session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:09:40Z","sha256":"c90840de56b58bd963d6d5da3530e1c51c2c879ae3360b71b95fb4f12813c3c9","source_id":"us-ks","stale":false,"prev":"us-ks/k.s.a.-1-304","next":"us-ks/k.s.a.-1-308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}