Wisconsin Code § 442.12

Disciplinary action
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(1) Subject to the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1), the examining board may do any of
the following:
(a) Make investigations and conduct hearings.
(b) Revoke, limit, or suspend for a definite period any certificate, license, or practice privilege, or officially reprimand the
holder, if it finds that the holder has violated this chapter or any
duly promulgated standard or rule of practice or for any other sufficient cause.
(c) In the case of a firm, revoke, limit, or suspend the license
of the firm, or reprimand it, if it is found that any member of the
firm has been guilty of such act or omission as would be cause for
revoking, limiting, or suspending a certificate or license to the
person as an individual or for reprimanding the person.
(d) Impose a period of probation under specified conditions,
whether or not in conjunction with other sanctions.
(e) Require additional professional education or training, or
reexamination, or any combination, as a condition precedent to
the reinstatement of a license or of any privilege, or as a condition
precedent to the termination of any suspension.
(f) Suspend a license until further order of the examining
board or for a specified period for failure to comply with an order
of the examining board imposing disciplinary sanctions.
(g) Upon application in writing and after hearing pursuant to
notice, issue a new license to a licensee whose license has been
revoked, reinstate a revoked certificate or modify the suspension
of any license or certificate which has been suspended. This subsection does not apply to a license or certificate that is suspended
under s. 440.13 (2) (c) or that is revoked under s. 440.12.
(2m) A person who is licensed or certified under this chapter
who practices as a certified public accountant in another state is
subject to disciplinary action by the examining board under this
section for an act committed in the other state that would subject
the person to disciplinary action in the other state.
(3m) The examining board shall investigate and may take disciplinary action under sub. (1) against a person licensed or certified in this state upon receipt of a complaint by the examining
board of accountancy of another state against that person.

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