PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 4-25-660 Advertising and other forms of solicitation.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.04.055.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Part of the agency's fiscal year 2000 rules review, reviewing the rule for effectiveness, clarity, cost, fairness, and need. The board will also consider expanding the rule to include a client notification requirement. Such notification would require a licensee in public practice to display his/her license on the licensee's web site and potentially on letter head, business cards, etc.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by writing to Dana M. McInturff, Executive Director, Washington State Board of Accountancy, P.O. Box 9131, Olympia, WA 98507-9131, (360) 664-9194, fax (360) 664-9190, e-mail cpaboard@compuserve.com.
November 9, 1999
Dana M. McInturff, CPA
Executive Director