(7) EFFECT OF SUSPENSION.
(A) ASSOCIATION WITH A PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM.— It shall be unlawful for any person that is suspended or barred from being associated with a registered public accounting firm under this subsection will fully to become or remain associated with any registered public accounting firm, or for any registered public accounting firm that knew, or, in the exercise of reasonable care should have known, of the suspension or bar, to permit such an association, without the consent of the Board or the Commission.