1. A foreign professional limited liability company may practice a profession in this state if it complies with the provisions of this article. The secretary of state may prescribe forms for this purpose. A foreign professional limited liability company may practice a profession in this state only through members, managers, employees, and agents who are licensed to practice the profession in this state. The provisions of this article with respect to the practice of a profession by a professional limited liability company apply to a foreign professional limited liability company.
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 489.1117

  • Foreign professional limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized under laws other than the laws of this state for a purpose for which a professional limited liability company may be organized under this article. See Iowa Code 489.1101
  • Licensed: includes registered, certified, admitted to practice, or otherwise legally authorized under the laws of this state. See Iowa Code 489.1101
  • Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Member: means a person that has become a member of a limited liability company under section 489. See Iowa Code 489.102
  • Profession: means the following professions:
  • Professional limited liability company: means a limited liability company subject to this article, except a foreign professional limited liability company. See Iowa Code 489.1101
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Iowa Code 489.102
 2. This article does not prohibit the practice of a profession in this state by an individual who is a member, manager, employee, or agent of a foreign professional limited liability company, if the individual could lawfully practice the profession in this state in the absence of any relationship to a foreign professional limited liability company. This subsection applies regardless of whether or not the foreign professional limited liability company is authorized to practice a profession in this state.