Section 57.38. Availability and maintenance of CPA work papers.

 

(1)  A care management organization shall require the accountant or accounting firm which conducts an audit or other procedure under this subchapter to make available for review by the commissioner all work papers and any communications related to the audit or procedure between the care management organization and the accountant or accounting firm at the offices of the care management organization or at a reasonable place designated by the commissioner. The care management organization shall require that the accountant retain the audit work papers and communications until the commissioner has filed a report on examination covering the period of the audit but no longer than 7 years from the date of the audit report.

(2)  The commissioner may access work papers, reports, and other materials generated during the audit. Such access shall include the right to obtain photocopies of the work papers and copies of computer disks, or other electronic media, upon which records or working papers are stored. All working papers and communications obtained by the commissioner under this section may be treated by the commissioner as confidential under s. 601.465 , Stats.

History: EmR0927 : emerg. cr. eff. 10-10-09; CR 09-093 : cr. Register May 2010 No. 653 , eff. 6-1-10.