A. A domestic or foreign professional corporation may render professional services in this state only through individuals licensed in this state to render the services.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-2213

  • 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.
  • Entity: includes a corporation, foreign corporation, not for profit corporation, profit and not for profit unincorporated association, nonprofit corporation, close corporation, corporation sole or limited liability company, a professional corporation, association or limited liability company, a business trust, estate, partnership, registered limited liability partnership, trust or joint venture, two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest, any person other than an individual and a state, the United States and a foreign government. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • Foreign professional corporation: means a corporation or association for profit incorporated for the purpose of rendering professional services under a law other than the law of this state. See Arizona Laws 10-2201
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Individual: includes the estate of an incompetent or deceased individual. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • licensed: means any license, authorization, certificate, registration, certificate of registration, membership or other evidence of the satisfaction of the requirements of this state for the practice of a professional service. See Arizona Laws 10-2201
  • Licensing authority: means the officer, board, agency, court or other authority in this state empowered by law to license or otherwise authorize the rendition of a professional service. See Arizona Laws 10-2201
  • Person: includes an individual and entity. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • Professional service: means a service that may be lawfully rendered only by a person licensed or otherwise authorized by a licensing authority in this state to render the service. See Arizona Laws 10-2201
  • Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Arizona Laws 10-140

B. Subsection A of this section does not:

1. Require an individual employed by a professional corporation to be licensed to perform services for the corporation if a license is not otherwise required or prohibit the professional corporation from employing that individual.

2. Prohibit a licensed individual from rendering professional services in an individual capacity although the licensed individual is a shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent of a domestic or foreign professional corporation or any other person or from being a shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent of more than one domestic or foreign professional corporation or other person.

3. Prohibit an individual licensed in another state from rendering professional services for a domestic or foreign professional corporation in this state if not prohibited by the licensing authority.

C. Nothing contained in this chapter alters the right of persons licensed to engage in the rendering of a professional service from rendering a professional service, and those persons may render a professional service, in any other business form or entity, including a corporation incorporated under a general law of this state other than this chapter, unless the use of the form or entity is expressly prohibited by the licensing law of this state applicable to the profession or by the licensing authority with jurisdiction over the profession.

D. This chapter does not apply to any persons in this state who before January 1, 1996 were permitted to render personal services or professional services by means of a corporation other than a professional corporation incorporated under chapter 3, article 1 of this title prior to January 1, 1996 or other business form or entity, or to any corporations other than professional corporations incorporated under chapter 3, article 1 of this title prior to January 1, 1996 or other business forms or entities organized by them unless an exempt corporation or other business form or entity elects professional corporation status pursuant to section 10-2210.

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