(a) One or more natural persons, each of whom is licensed to render the same type of professional service within this state, may incorporate a professional corporation to practice that same type of professional service by filing articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The articles of incorporation shall set forth as its purpose the type of professional service to be practiced through the professional corporation and shall otherwise meet the requirements of the general corporation code of the state of Kansas. A certificate by the regulating board of the profession involved that each of the incorporators is duly licensed to practice that profession, and that the proposed corporate name has been approved, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state prior to issuance of the certificate of incorporation. When two or more types of professions are to be rendered by such corporation, as shown in the articles of incorporation, a certificate of each regulatory board shall be required. Whenever an amendment is filed to change the name or purposes of any professional corporation, a certificate of each regulatory board involved shall be required.

(b) Each regulating board is authorized and directed to issue the certificate required herein. Each regulating board may charge and collect a fee not to exceed two dollars ($2) for each person so certified.

Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-2709

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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.
  • Professional corporation: means a corporation organized under this act. See Kansas Statutes 17-2707
  • Professional service: means the type of personal service rendered by a person duly licensed, registered or certified by this state as a member of any of the following professions, each paragraph constituting one type:

    (1) A certified public accountant;

    (2) an architect;

    (3) an attorney-at-law;

    (4) a chiropractor;

    (5) a dentist;

    (6) an engineer;

    (7) an optometrist;

    (8) an osteopathic physician or surgeon;

    (9) a physician, surgeon or doctor of medicine;

    (10) a veterinarian;

    (11) a podiatrist;

    (12) a pharmacist;

    (13) a land surveyor;

    (14) a licensed psychologist;

    (15) a specialist in clinical social work;

    (16) a licensed physical therapist;

    (17) a landscape architect;

    (18) a registered professional nurse;

    (19) a real estate broker or salesperson;

    (20) a clinical professional counselor;

    (21) a geologist;

    (22) a clinical psychotherapist;

    (23) a clinical marriage and family therapist;

    (24) a licensed physician assistant;

    (25) a licensed occupational therapist;

    (26) a licensed audiologist;

    (27) a licensed speech-pathologist; and

    (28) a licensed naturopathic doctor. See Kansas Statutes 17-2707

  • Regulating board: means the court, board or state agency that is charged with the licensing, registering or certifying and regulation of the practice of the profession that the professional corporation is organized to render. See Kansas Statutes 17-2707
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(c) At the time of filing its articles of incorporation, every professional corporation shall pay the fees required by subsection (a) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-7502.

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