(a) A domestic or foreign LLC may render professional services in this state only through individuals licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to render the services.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-248-202

  • Employee: includes an officer but not a director. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Individual: includes the estate of an incompetent or deceased individual. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Licensing authority: means the officer, board, agency, court or other authority in this state empowered to license or otherwise authorize the rendition of a professional service. See Tennessee Code 48-248-102
  • LLC: means a limited liability company, organized under chapters 201-248 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Manager: means a person elected, appointed, or otherwise designated as a manager by the governing body, and any other person considered elected as a manager pursuant to §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Member: means a person reflected in the required records of an LLC as the owner of some governance rights of a membership interest of the LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • PLLC: means an LLC, other than a foreign professional LLC, which has elected to become subject to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 48-248-102
  • 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
(b) Subsection (a) does not:

(1) Require an individual employed by a PLLC to be licensed to perform services for the PLLC if a license is not otherwise required;
(2) Prohibit a licensed individual from rendering professional services in the individual’s individual capacity, although the individual is a member, manager, employee or agent of a domestic or foreign PLLC; or
(3) Prohibit an individual licensed in another state from rendering professional services for a domestic or foreign PLLC in this state, if not prohibited by the licensing authority.
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