Sec. 6. A firm engaged in Indiana in the practice of accountancy as accounting practitioners shall register with the board as a firm of accounting practitioners, and have and maintain all of the following requirements:
(1) A least one (1) partner must be a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or an accounting practitioner who holds an active certificate to practice in Indiana.
(2) Each partner personally engaged within Indiana in the practice of accountancy as a member of the firm must be a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or an accounting practitioner who holds an active certificate to practice in Indiana.
(3) Each partner:
(A) shall be a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or an accounting practitioner in good standing of a state; or
(B) who is a nonresident of the United States and who is not a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or an accounting practitioner in good standing of a state shall hold a license or rating in a foreign country that is equivalent to that of a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or an accounting practitioner in the United States.
(4) Each resident manager in charge of an office of a firm in Indiana must be a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or an accounting practitioner who holds a certificate to practice in Indiana.