Section 7403. State board for public accountancy

A state board for public
  accountancy shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation
  of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the  board  of  regents
  and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
  conduct  in  accordance  with  section  sixty-five hundred eight of this
  title.  The board shall be composed of not  less  than  twenty  licensed
  accountants,  not  less  than  fifteen  of  whom  shall  be  licensed as
  certified public accountants in this state, and the board should be kept
  in such proportion if it is ever increased.  An executive  secretary  to
  the  board  shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation
  of the commissioner and shall be a certified public accountant  licensed
  in this state.