Nevada Revised Statutes 89.060 – Professional relationship preserved
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The provisions of this chapter relating to professional entities do not modify any law applicable to the relationship between a person furnishing professional service and a person receiving such service, including liability arising out of such professional service, but nothing contained in this section renders:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 89.060
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Employee: means a person licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render professional service within this State who renders such service through a professional entity or a professional association, but does not include clerks, bookkeepers, technicians or other persons who are not usually considered by custom and practice of the profession to be rendering professional services to the public. See Nevada Revised Statutes 89.020
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Professional entity: means either a professional corporation or a professional limited-liability company. See Nevada Revised Statutes 89.020
- Professional service: means any type of personal service which may legally be performed only pursuant to a license, certificate of registration or other legal authorization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 89.020
- Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
1. A person personally liable in tort for any act in which the person has not personally participated.
2. A director, officer or employee of a professional entity liable in contract for any contract which the director, officer or employee signs on behalf of a professional entity within the limits of his or her actual authority.