Terms Used In Utah Code 16-11-11

  • 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.
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Professional corporation: means a corporation organized under this chapter. See Utah Code 16-11-2
  • Regulating board: means the board that is charged with the licensing and regulation of the practice of the profession which the professional corporation is organized to render. See Utah Code 16-11-2
     Nothing in this act shall restrict or limit in any manner the authority and duty of the regulating board for the licensing of individual persons rendering professional services or the practice of the profession which is within the jurisdiction of such regulating board, notwithstanding that such person is an officer, director, shareholder or employee of a professional corporation and rendering such professional services or engaging in the practice of such profession through such professional corporation.

Enacted by Chapter 20, 1963 General Session