# Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Hearing Officers
> **US Securities and Exchange Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2019-04-03 · Effective 2019-04-03 · 84 FR 12906
## Document
- **Document number:** 2019-06427
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Securities and Exchange Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 84 FR 12906
- **CFR reference:** 17 CFR 202
- **Publication date:** 2019-04-03
- **Effective date:** 2019-04-03
- **Docket:** Release No. 34-85437
## Abstract

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is revising its regulations with respect to the method by which hearing officers of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("Board" or "PCAOB") are appointed and removed from office. Specifically, the Commission is adopting a rule expressly requiring that the appointment or removal of a PCAOB hearing officer be subject to Commission approval.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/04/03/2019-06427/public-company-accounting-oversight-board-hearing-officers)
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