N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 1513: Business corporation law applicable

§ 1513. Business corporation law applicable.

This chapter, except article 13 and article 15-A, shall be applicable

to a professional service corporation, including a design professional

service corporation, except to the extent that the provisions thereof

conflict with this article. A professional service corporation,

including a design professional service corporation, may consolidate or

merge only with another corporation organized under this article or

authorized to do business in this state under article 15-A of this

chapter or authorized and registered to practice the same profession, or

in the case of a design professional service corporation one or more

professions as provided in paragraph (e) of section 1501 of this

article, pursuant to the applicable provisions of subdivision six of

section seventy-two hundred nine of the education law, subdivision four

of section seventy-three hundred seven of the education law or

subdivision four of section seventy-three hundred twenty-seven of the

education law, or may be a member of a professional service limited

liability company, a foreign professional service limited liability

company, a registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited

liability partnership, and only if all of the professions practiced by

such corporations, limited liability companies or limited liability

partnerships could be practiced by a single corporation organized under

this article.