1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not sign or affix his or her name or the name of a partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or sole proprietorship, or any trade or assumed name used by the person or by the partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or sole proprietorship in business, with any wording indicating that he or she is an accountant or auditor, or that the partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or sole proprietorship is authorized to practice as an accountant or auditor or with any wording indicating that the person or the partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or sole proprietorship has expert knowledge in accounting or auditing, to any accounting or financial statement, or attest to any accounting or financial statement, unless:

(a) The person holds a live permit or the partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or sole proprietorship is registered pursuant to NRS 628.335 and all of the person’s offices in this State for the practice of public accounting are maintained and registered under NRS 628.370;

(b) The person is a natural person granted practice privileges pursuant to NRS 628.315; or

(c) The partnership, corporation, limited-liability company or sole proprietorship is performing services within the practice of public accounting pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 628.335.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not prohibit:

(a) Any officer, employee, partner, principal or member of any organization from affixing his or her signature to any statement or report in reference to the financial affairs of that organization with any wording designating the position, title or office which he or she holds in the organization.

(b) Any act of a public official or public employee in the performance of his or her duties as such.

(c) Any person who does not hold a live permit from preparing a financial statement or issuing a report if the statement or report, respectively, includes a disclosure that:

(1) The person who prepared the statement or issued the report does not hold a live permit issued by the Board; and

(2) The statement or report does not purport to have been prepared in compliance with the professional standards of accounting adopted by the Board.

(Added to NRS by 1960, 174; A 1981, 1396; 1995, 1483; 1999, 1705; 2009, 326; 2017, 3474)