Section 33-3-102 - Definitions(a) As used in this act: (i) "Board" means the Wyoming board of certified public accountants created by W.S. 33-3-103;(ii) "State" means any state of the United States excluding Wyoming, any territory or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia;(iii) Masculine terms when used in this act shall include the feminine;(iv) "Permit" means a permit to engage in the practice of public accounting as a "certified public accountant firm" issued by the board under W.S. 33-3-118 and 33-3-120 which has not expired, been revoked or suspended;(v) "Examination" means a written examination described in W.S. 33-3-109(a)(iv);(vi) "Attest service" means any of the financial statement services described in the following subparagraphs. The statements on standards specified in the following subparagraphs shall be adopted by reference by the board pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act and shall be those developed for general application by recognized national accountancy organizations such as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the public company accounting oversight board: (A) Any audit or other engagement performed in accordance with the statements on auditing standards;(B) Any review of a financial statement to be performed in accordance with the statements on standards for accounting and review services;(C) Any examination of prospective financial information to be performed in accordance with the statement on standards for attestation engagements;(D) Any engagement to be performed in accordance with the auditing standards of the public company accountancy oversight board;(E) Any examination, review or agreed upon procedures engagement to be performed in accordance with the statement on standards for attestation engagements other than examinations described in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.(vii) "Certificate" means a certificate as "certified public accountant" issued under this act or corresponding provisions of prior law, or a corresponding certificate as certified public accountant issued after examination under the law of any other state;(viii) "Certified public accountant firm" means any form of organization allowed by state law that has been issued a permit under this act;(ix) "Compilation service" means providing a service to be performed in accordance with the statements on standards for accounting and review services the objective of which is to assist management in the presentation of financial statements and to report on that information without undertaking to obtain or provide any assurance that there are no material modifications that should be made to the financial statements in order for them to be in accordance with the applicable financial reporting framework;(x) "Home office" means the location specified by the client as the address to which a service described in W.S. 33-3-116(a)(iv) is directed;(xi) "License" means an active certified public accountant certificate or any other comparable document issued by any other state based on completing education, examination and experience requirements;(xii) "NASBA" means the national association of state boards of accountancy;(xiii) "Principal place of business" means the office location designated by the licensee for purposes of substantial equivalency and reciprocity;(xiv) "Substantial equivalency" is a determination by the board or its designee that the education, examination and experience requirements contained in the statutes and administrative rules of another jurisdiction are comparable to or exceed the education, examination and experience requirements of W.S. 33-3-116(c)(i) or that an individual certified public accountant's education, examination and experience are comparable to or exceed the education, examination and experience requirements of W.S. 33-3-116(c)(i). In ascertaining substantial equivalency the board shall take into account the qualifications without regard to the sequence in which experience, education or examination requirements were attained;(xv) "This act" means W.S. 33-3-101 through 33-3-201.Amended by Laws 2019 , ch. 2, § 1, eff. 7/1/2019.