Tennessee Code 48-101-626 – Foreign professional corporation – Application for certificate of authority
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-101-626
- 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.
- Directors: means natural persons, designated in the charter or bylaws or elected or appointed by the incorporators, and their successors and natural persons elected or appointed to act as members of the board, irrespective of the names or titles by which such persons are described. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
- 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, and that may not be lawfully rendered by a corporation under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, compiled in chapters 11-27 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-101-603
- Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
The application of a foreign professional corporation for a certificate of authority to render professional services in this state shall contain the information required in § 48-25-103, state its purpose to render a specified professional service, and include a statement that all of its shareholders, not less than one half (1/2) of its directors, and all of its officers other than its secretary and any assistant secretary and treasurer (if any) and any assistant treasurer, are qualified persons with respect to the corporation.