B.__Consents, as a condition of the granting of this privilege:

(1)__To the jurisdiction of the board;

(2)__To comply with this chapter and the board's rules; and

(3)__To the appointment of the state board that issued the applicant's certificate as the applicant's agent upon whom process may be served in any action or proceeding by this board against the applicant.

Sec. 11. 32 MRSA §12251, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1989, c. 483, Pt. A, §54, is further amended to read:

5. Renewal. An applicant for renewal of a permit under this section shall show that requirements of continuing professional education consisting of not less than 12 20 hours in each one- year period and not less than 72 120 hours in any 3-year period have been fulfilled. The board shall establish by rule the number of hours of continuing professional education required in each one-year period and 3-year period and shall not require more than 120 hours in each 3-year period. That education shall must consist of the general kinds and in such subjects as shall have been that are specified by the board by rule. The board may provide by rule that fulfillment of continuing professional education requirements of other states will be accepted in lieu of the foregoing requirements of this subsection. The board may also provide by rule for prorated continuing professional education requirements to be met by applicants whose initial permits were issued less than one year prior to the renewal date. The board may prescribe by rule special lesser continuing education requirements to be met by applicants for permit renewal whose prior permits lapsed prior to their applications for renewal. The board, in its discretion, may renew a permit to practice despite failure to furnish evidence of satisfaction of requirements of continuing professional education only upon condition that the applicant follow a particular program or schedule of continuing professional education. In issuing rules and individual orders in respect of requirements of continuing professional education, the board in its discretion may use and rely, among other things, upon guidelines and pronouncements of recognized educational and professional organizations; may prescribe for content, duration and organization of courses; may take into account any impediments to interstate practice of public accountancy which that may result from differences in those requirements in other states; and may provide for relaxation or suspension of those requirements in regard to