Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-2716

• 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.
• 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.
• 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