The mission of the Minnesota Board of Accountancy is to protect the public through the regulation of the practice of accounting by Certified Public Accountants, Registered Accounting Practitioners and others in Minnesota by: Ensuring that those entering the practice meet standards of competency by way of education, experience and examination; Establishing standards of practice for those certified or registered to practice; Requiring that anyone practicing or offering to practice accounting be certified or registered and continue to maintain their professional competence; Enforcing the laws, rules and standards governing the practice of accounting in Minnesota in a fair, expeditious and consistent manner.