Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-7

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Disqualified person: means any natural person, corporation, partnership, fiduciary, trust, association, government agency, or other entity which for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 415A-2

A professional corporation may purchase its own shares from a disqualified person without regard to the availability of capital or surplus for such purchase; provided no purchase of or payment for its own shares shall be made at a time when the corporation is insolvent or when such purchase or payment would make it insolvent.