33-3-132. Practice monitoring program.

(a) As used in this article:

(i) "Peer review" means a study, appraisal or review of one (1) or more aspects of the professional work of a person or firm in the practice of certified public accountancy by a person who holds certificates and who is not affiliated with the person or firm being reviewed;

(ii) "Practice monitoring program" means a program consisting of peer reviews which are conducted in conformity with standards promulgated by the peer review committees of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or successor organization;

(iii) "Reviewer" means a certified public accountant active in public practice and fulfilling requirements for peer reviewers as established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or successor organization.

(b) The board may require, on a uniform basis, that certificate and permit holders undergo practice monitoring conducted in a manner the board may specify by rule and regulation.

(c) Except in any action before the board to enforce its rules and regulations regarding the practice monitoring program, any report, statement, memorandum, transcript, finding, record or working paper prepared and any opinion formulated in connection with any practice monitoring program, which is in the possession of the board or the reviewer, shall be considered privileged and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena or other means of legal compulsion for release to any person or entity or be admissible as evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding.